Release Series
Overview
This guide explains what release series of RabbitMQ are currently covered by community or extended commercial support policies, which release series is coming next, and what series are no longer supported.
For guidance on upgrades, see the Upgrade and Blue/Green Deployment Upgrade guides.
Currently Supported RabbitMQ Release Series
| Version | Latest Patch | First Release | End of Community Support1 | End of Extended Commercial Support2 | In service for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.13 | 3.13.0 | 22 February 2024 | 1 March 2025 | 1 September 2025 | 18 months |
| 3.12 | 3.12.13 | 02 June 2023 | 30 June 2024 | 31 December 2024 | 18 months |
RabbitMQ Release Series That are Only Covered by Extended Support
| Version | Latest Patch | First Release | End of Community Support1 | End of Extended Commercial Support2 | In service for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.11 | 3.11.28 | 28 September 2022 | 31 December, 2023 | 31 July, 2024 | 22 months |
Definition of Community and Extended Commercial Support
In January 2023, the term general support was replaced with community support to avoid confusion with VMware terminology related to support lifecycle policy.
1 Community Support means patch releases are produced regularly based on feedback from all users, both community and those with a commercial license.
2 Extended Commercial Support means patches are produced for security and high severity issues reported by users with a commercial license.
Next Release Series
The next release series will be RabbitMQ 4.0. Its estimated availability date will be announced later.
Release Series That are Out of Support
| Version | Final Patch | First Release | End of Life | In service for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.10 | 3.10.25 | 3 May 2022 | 31 December, 2023 | 19 months |
| 3.9 | 3.9.29 | 26 July 2021 | 31 July, 2023 | 24 months |
| 3.8 | 3.8.35 | 1 October 2019 | 31 July 2022 | 34 months |
| 3.7 | 3.7.28 | 28 November 2017 | 30 September 2020 | 34 months |
| 3.6 | 3.6.16 | 22 December 2015 | 31 May 2018 | 29 months |
| 3.5 | 3.5.8 | 11 March 2015 | 31 October 2016 | 20 months |
| 3.4 | 3.4.4 | 21 October 2014 | 31 October 2015 | 12 months |
| 3.3 | 3.3.5 | 2 April 2014 | 31 March 2015 | 12 months |
| 3.2 | 3.2.4 | 23 October 2013 | 31 October 2014 | 12 months |
| 3.1 | 3.1.5 | 1 May 2013 | 30 April 2014 | 12 months |
| 3.0 | 3.0.4 | 19 November 2012 | 30 November 2013 | 12 months |
To learn more about individual releases, please see the change log.
Versions prior to v3.x
RabbitMQ v2.0.0 was released on 24 August 2010.
It reached end of life on 31 December 2012 as v2.8.7.
RabbitMQ v1.0.0 was released on 1 July 2007.
It reached end of life on 31 December 2010 as v1.8.1.