ReleaseTeam
Important Info
Launchpad Team: http://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-release
IRC: #ubuntu-release on Libera.Chat
Mailing List: ubuntu-release
Coordination
- Location: Mail to ubuntu-release list
Template to be e-mailed to list each week by teams and product managers.
Previous Meetings: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/
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List of releases
Ubuntu Website release cycle page
Current
Version |
Code name |
Docs |
Release |
End of Standard Support |
End of Life |
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS |
June 2029 |
April 2036 |
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Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS |
June 2027 |
April 2034 |
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS |
June 2027 |
April 2034 |
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS |
June 2027 |
April 2034 |
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS |
June 2027 |
April 2034 |
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS |
June 2027 |
April 2034 |
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Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS |
April 2032 |
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Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS |
April 2032 |
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Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS |
April 2032 |
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Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS |
April 2032 |
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Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |
April 2032 |
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Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS |
April 2032 |
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS |
April 2032 |
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Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS |
April 2030 |
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Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS |
April 2030 |
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Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS |
April 2030 |
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Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS |
April 2030 |
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Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS |
April 2030 |
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Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS |
April 2030 |
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS |
April 2030 |
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Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS |
April 2028 |
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Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS |
April 2028 |
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Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS |
April 2028 |
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Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS |
April 2028 |
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Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS |
April 2028 |
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Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS |
April 2028 |
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Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS |
April 2028 |
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS |
April 2028 |
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Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS |
April 2026 |
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Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS |
April 2026 |
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Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS |
April 2026 |
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Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS |
April 2026 |
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Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS |
April 2026 |
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Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS |
April 2026 |
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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS |
April 2026 |
Release announcements are posted on the ubuntu-announce mailing list.
Future
Version |
Code name |
Schedule |
Docs |
Release |
End of Standard Support |
Ubuntu 24.10 |
October 10, 2024 |
July 2025 |
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Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS |
August 29, 2024 |
June 2029 |
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Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS |
August 29, 2024 |
June 2027 |
Expanded Security Maintenance
Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) provides security updates on Ubuntu LTS releases for additional 5 years. It is available with both the free or paid Ubuntu Pro subscriptions.
Version |
Detailed ESM Coverage |
Start of ESM |
# of Years |
End of Life |
Ubuntu 20.04 ESM |
To be announced |
April 2025 |
5 years |
April 2030 |
Ubuntu 18.04 ESM |
June 2023 |
5 years |
April 2028 |
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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM |
5 years |
April 2026 |
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM |
5 years |
April 2024 |
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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM |
2 years |
April 2019 |
Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on
Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on provides security updates on Ubuntu LTS releases for additional 2 years beyond the end of ESM. It is available with a Paid Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on subscription.
Version |
Detailed Legacy Coverage |
Start of Legacy |
# of Years |
End of Life |
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM |
2 years |
April 2026 |
End of Life
Version |
Code name |
Docs |
Release |
End of Life |
Ubuntu 23.10 |
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Ubuntu 23.04 |
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Ubuntu 22.10 |
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Ubuntu 21.10 |
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Ubuntu 21.04 |
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Ubuntu 20.10 |
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Ubuntu 19.10 |
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Ubuntu 19.04 |
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Ubuntu 18.10 |
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Ubuntu 17.10 |
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Ubuntu 17.04 |
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Ubuntu 16.10 |
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Ubuntu 15.10 |
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Ubuntu 15.04 |
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Ubuntu 14.10 |
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Ubuntu 13.10 |
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Ubuntu 13.04 |
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Ubuntu 12.10 |
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Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS |
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Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS |
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Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS |
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS |
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS |
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
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Ubuntu 11.10 |
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Ubuntu 11.04 |
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Ubuntu 10.10 |
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Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS |
May 9, 2013 (Desktop) |
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Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS |
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Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS |
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Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS |
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS |
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Ubuntu 10.04 |
Lucid Lynx (Desktop) |
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Ubuntu 9.10 |
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Ubuntu 9.04 |
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Ubuntu 8.10 |
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Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS |
Hardy Heron (Server) |
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Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS |
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Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS |
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Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS |
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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS |
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Ubuntu 8.04 |
Hardy Heron (Desktop) |
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Ubuntu 7.10 |
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Ubuntu 7.04 |
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Ubuntu 6.10 |
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Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS |
Dapper Drake (Server) |
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Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS |
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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS |
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Ubuntu 6.06 |
Dapper Drake (Desktop) |
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Ubuntu 5.10 |
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Ubuntu 5.04 |
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Ubuntu 4.10 |
The content of these old releases can be accessed at the old Ubuntu releases directory.
Management of releases
Support length
Regular releases are supported for 9 months.
Packages in main and restricted are supported for 5 years in long term support (LTS) releases. Flavors generally support their packages for 3 years in LTS releases but there are exceptions. See the release notes for specific details.
Release cadence
Releases are published in a time based fashion, every 6 months, following a planned schedule.
Release team
Visit the release team page.
To find your release
Open a terminal and type
lsb_release -a
Release Documentation
ReleaseTeam (last edited 2021-09-15 22:24:16 by brian-murray)