End of life
Red Hat Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux · 6 (ELS)
All published support, including security fixes, has ended. The published end-of-support date was 2020-11-30, 2159 days ago.
Scope: software releaseAs of 2026-10-30
Lifecycle timeline
- 2010-11-10 — Release date · General availability
- 2016-05-10 — End of active support · End of maintenance
- 2020-11-30 — End of support · End of standard support
- 2024-06-30 — Extended support end · End of extended support
Why this status?
“Extended support end” (end-of-extended-support, 2024-06-30, confirmed) has also passed — extended support is over.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases still inside the support window
- 10 (Upcoming ELS) — support ends 2035-05-31
- 9 (Upcoming ELS) — support ends 2032-05-31
- 8 (Upcoming ELS) — support ends 2029-05-31
The cited source lists these as still supported. Check Red Hat's upgrade path for your edition and contract before planning change work.
Evidence
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle Official · checked 2026-10-30
- endoflife.date product data independent-open · checked 2026-10-30
Related
- All Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux lifecycle dates· 7 tracked releases
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- CVE email alerts for Red Hat
Status is calculated from the published milestones. When a vendor does not publish a date, this page says so and does not estimate one.