End of life
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat · 5
All published support, including security fixes, has ended. The published end-of-support date was 2012-09-30 — 5052 days ago.
Scope: software releaseAs of 2026-08-01
Lifecycle timeline
- 2003-09-06 — Release date · General availability
- 2012-09-30 — End of support · End of standard support
Why this status?
“End of support” (end-of-standard-support, 2012-09-30, confirmed) has passed and no later support phase is published.
Tomcat releases still inside the support window
- 9.0 — support ends 2027-03-31
Reported as still supported by the cited source. Apache documents the upgrade path for your edition and contract — confirm there before planning change work.
Evidence
- Apache Tomcat versions Official · checked 2026-08-01
- endoflife.date product data independent-open · checked 2026-08-01
Keep going
- All Apache Tomcat lifecycle dates· 9 tracked releases
- Apache Tomcat security advisories· 16 tracked
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