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Samba 4.25 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 4.25.0. 3 of 32 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 4.23, on March 31, 2027.

Latest version

4.25.0

Sep 24, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

3

of 32 tracked

Total cycles tracked

32

since Sep 24, 2003

Support pattern

How Samba 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

18 months

median of 32 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

6 months

median gap between releases

Compared with server app

+4 mo

longer than the server app median

Next end of life

159 days

Samba 4.23

Support windows have stayed consistent across the tracked history, so past cycles are a reasonable guide to what a new one will get.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Samba. 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
4.25Latest
4.25.0 · Sep 24, 2026
4.24
4.24.8 · Oct 12, 2026
4.23
4.23.13 · Oct 1, 2026
4.22
EOL Sep 30, 2026
4.21
EOL Mar 31, 2026
4.20
EOL Sep 12, 2025
4.19
EOL Mar 6, 2025
4.18
EOL Sep 2, 2024
4.17
EOL Mar 27, 2024
4.16
EOL Sep 4, 2023
4.15
EOL Mar 8, 2023
4.14
EOL Sep 13, 2022
4.13
EOL Mar 21, 2022
4.12
EOL Sep 20, 2021
4.11
EOL Mar 9, 2021
4.10
EOL Sep 22, 2020
4.9
EOL Mar 3, 2020
4.8
EOL Sep 17, 2019
4.7
EOL Mar 19, 2019
4.6
EOL Sep 13, 2018
4.5
EOL Mar 13, 2018
4.4
EOL Sep 21, 2017
4.3
EOL Mar 7, 2017
4.2
EOL Sep 7, 2016
4.1
EOL Mar 22, 2016
4.0
EOL Sep 8, 2015
3.6
EOL Mar 4, 2015
3.5
EOL Oct 11, 2013
3.4
EOL Dec 11, 2012
3.3
EOL Aug 9, 2011
3.2
EOL Mar 1, 2010
3.0
EOL Aug 5, 2009
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