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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 9.1.1.0. 5 of 16 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 5.1, on June 1, 2027.

Latest version

9.1.1.0

Sep 3, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

of 16 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Aug 15, 2018

Support pattern

How VMware Cloud Foundation 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

27 mo (~2.3 years)

median of 16 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

6 months

median gap between releases

Compared with server app

+13 mo

longer than the server app median

Next end of life

265 days

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1

Support windows are getting longer: the most recent cycles run about 15 months longer than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for VMware Cloud Foundation. 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

9.1Latest

9.1.1.0 · Sep 3, 2026

9.0

9.0.2.0 · Jan 20, 2026

5.2

5.2.3 · Feb 24, 2026

5.1

5.1.1 · Mar 26, 2024

5.0

5.0.0.1 · Sep 29, 2023

4.5

EOL May 31, 2025

3.11

EOL Apr 30, 2023

4.4

EOL Sep 30, 2024

4.3

EOL Oct 31, 2023

4.2

EOL May 25, 2021

4.1

EOL Feb 10, 2022

3.10

EOL Sep 1, 2022

4.0

EOL Aug 24, 2021

3.9

EOL Oct 24, 2020

3.8

EOL Jul 18, 2020

2.3

EOL Nov 15, 2020

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