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• MongoDB 7.0: end of life August 31, 2027

  MongoDB 7.0 reaches end of life on August 31, 2027. 8.0 runs to October 31, 2029 and 9.0 to October 31, 2031. Plan the major upgrade.

• Alpine 3.22: end of support May 1, 2027

  Alpine 3.22 base image in your Dockerfile? End of support is May 1, 2027, and its community repo is already out of support.

• Django 6.0: extended support ends April 2027

  Django 6.0 gets security fixes until April 2027. Then 6.1 runs to December 2027 and 5.2 LTS to April 2028. Which one are you on?

• Layers on your computer and phone

  Work with documents, chats and this channel in the Layers app: Word and Excel files open right on your computer, even offline. Mac:…

• Laravel 12: security fixes until February 24, 2027

  Laravel 12 gets security fixes until February 24, 2027. Bug fixes ended August 13, 2026. Time to schedule the move to 13.

• Kubernetes 1.34 is end of life; 1.35 follows Feb 28, 2027

  Kubernetes 1.34 reached end of life on October 27, 2026. 1.35 follows on February 28, 2027. Check what your clusters run.

• Angular 20: LTS ends November 28, 2026

  Angular 20 leaves LTS on November 28, 2026. Versions 2 to 19 are already unsupported. What to check before the date.

• Rails 8.0: security support ends November 7, 2026

  Rails 8.0 gets security fixes until November 7, 2026. After that it is end-of-life. The policy lists 8.1 until October 10, 2027. Plan the…

• PHP 8.3: security fixes only until December 31, 2027

  PHP 8.3 left active support on December 31, 2025. It now gets security fixes only, until December 31, 2027. Plan the upgrade path.

• PostgreSQL 15: end of life November 11, 2027

  PostgreSQL 15 gets its final release on November 11, 2027. A major upgrade on a big cluster is a project — start the plan a year ahead.

• Ruby 3.3: security fixes only, EOL expected March 31, 2027

  Ruby 3.3 is in security maintenance and its expected end of life is March 31, 2027. Choose the target now: 3.4 or 4.0.

• Node.js 22: end of life April 30, 2027

  Node.js 22 reaches end of life on April 30, 2027. Node 24 is supported to April 2028 — and from Node 27 every major release becomes LTS.

• Python 3.11: security fixes only, end of life October 2027

  Python 3.11 is in security-only mode and reaches end of life in October 2027. Pin, test on 3.12+, and stop starting new services on 3.11.

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: standard support ends May 2027

  Ubuntu 22.04 LTS leaves standard support in May 2027. Six months is a normal migration window for a fleet — the plan starts this quarter.

• Let's Encrypt: 64-day certificates by default from February 10, 2027

  Let's Encrypt switches its default certificates to 64 days on February 10, 2027. If your renewal runs on a fixed 60-day cron, check it now.

• SQL Server 2016 is past extended support

  SQL Server 2016 left extended support on July 14, 2026. Still running it? Year 1 of extended security updates runs to July 13, 2027 — a…

• Windows Server 2016: extended support ends January 12, 2027

  Windows Server 2016 extended support ends January 12, 2027. If a service still runs on it, there are ten weeks to choose: upgrade, move or…

• PostgreSQL 14 end of life: November 12, 2026

  PostgreSQL 14 reaches end of life on November 12, 2026 — its final minor release, then no more fixes. A plan for the major upgrade, with a…

• Python 3.10 is end-of-life: plan the move off it

  Python 3.10 reached end of life on October 1, 2026 with 3.10.22, its final security release. Python 3.15 shipped on October 9. If a cron…

• PHP 8.2 security support ends December 31, 2026

  PHP 8.2 gets its last security fixes on December 31, 2026 — two months from today. The same day PHP 8.4 leaves active support. Before…