VMware Photon

VMware Photon 5.0 is the newest actively maintained release. 2 of 5 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 4.0, on October 11, 2027.

Latest version

5.0

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Actively maintained cycles

of 5 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Jun 11, 2016

Support pattern

How VMware Photon has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

74 mo (~6.2 years)

median of 4 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

21 months

median gap between releases

Compared with os

+39 mo

longer than the os median

Next end of life

397 days

VMware Photon 4.0

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for VMware Photon. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life

Today

5.0Latest

5.0 · —

4.0

4.0 · —

3.0

EOL Oct 2, 2025

2.0

EOL Dec 1, 2022

1.0

EOL Feb 28, 2022

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