Rocky Linux

Rocky Linux 10 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 10.2. 3 of 3 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 8, on May 31, 2029.

Latest version

10.2

May 29, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

of 3 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since May 1, 2021

Support pattern

How Rocky Linux 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

119 mo (~10 years)

median of 3 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

25 months

median gap between releases

Compared with os

+84 mo

longer than the os median

Next end of life

995 days

Rocky Linux 8

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Rocky Linux. 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

10Latest

10.2 · May 29, 2026

9.8 · May 28, 2026

8.10 · May 31, 2024

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