Ubuntu (ubuntu-lts) End of Life
Canonical
| Version | Released | Standard security maintenance | Expanded Security Maintenance (Ubuntu Pro) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.04 LTSLTS | Apr 2026 | May 2031 | May 2036 | Supported ~1,732 days left |
| 24.04 LTSLTS | Apr 2024 | May 2029 | May 2034 | Supported ~1,002 days left |
| 22.04 LTSLTS | Apr 2022 | May 2027 | May 2032 | Ending Soon ~271 days left |
| 20.04 LTSLTS | Apr 2020 | May 2025 | May 2030 | Extended Support ~1,367 days left |
| 18.04 LTSLTS | Apr 2018 | May 2023 | May 2028 | Extended Support ~637 days left |
| 16.04 LTSLTS | Apr 2016 | Apr 2021 | May 2026 | End of Life ~1,950 days ago |
| 14.04 LTSLTS | Apr 2014 | Apr 2019 | May 2024 | End of Life ~2,681 days ago |
Dates are published to month precision upstream, so day counts are approximate
Support policy
An Ubuntu LTS release receives five years of standard security maintenance. An Ubuntu Pro subscription extends security maintenance (ESM) to ten years, and a further Legacy add-on extends it to twelve years.
Notes
Ubuntu LTS support comes in three tiers: five years of standard security maintenance, ten years with Ubuntu Pro (ESM), and twelve years with the Legacy add-on. The "End of Life" column on this site shows the standard five-year date; the "Extended Support" column shows the ESM date.
ESM requires an Ubuntu Pro subscription. Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on a limited number of machines, but commercial deployments need a paid subscription. Treating "Ubuntu is supported for ten years" as automatic will leave systems without updates once standard maintenance ends.
The Legacy add-on, which reaches twelve years, is not included in the table here; it is a further option on top of ESM with limited version coverage. For reference, 24.04 LTS carries a Legacy add-on date of May 2039.
Interim releases (24.10, 25.04 and so on) are not listed. They receive only nine months of support and should not be treated as equivalent to LTS for servers.
Canonical publishes these dates to month precision only, and this site preserves that.
Sources
Last verified: 2026-08-03