⚡ TL;DR | Go Straight to the Fedora Linux End of Life Audit Report
Version 42 of the popular Linux distribution Fedora will be going end-of-life on May 13, 2026. Fedora has a new version coming out every 6 months. Older versions usually reach their end of support around the same time.
With its initial v1 release back in 2003, Fedora Linux is one of the most popular Linux distributions and is managed by the Fedora Project. The development is primarily sponsored by Red Hat on which the operating system is largely based. Aside from that, it is also the upstream source for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Fedora has 6 editions available, Workstation, Server, CoreOS, KDE Plasma Desktop, Cloud, and IoT. The main advantage of Fedora is its rapid adoption of new technologies.
Fedora has a short lifecycle. Generally speaking, a new version is released every 6 months and is supported for 13 months. In scientific terms, version X is supported for 1 month after version X+2 is released, creating the 13-month lifecycle.
| Version | Release | End of Life |
| 43 | 2025-10-28 | 2026-12-09 |
| 42 | 2025-04-15 | 2026-05-13 |
| 41 | 2024-10-29 | 2025-11-19 |
| 40 | 2024-04-16 | 2025-05-13 |
| 39 | 2023-10-17 | 2024-11-26 |
| 38 | 2023-04-18 | 2024-05-21 |
| 37 | 2022-10-18 | 2023-12-05 |
| 36 | 2022-04-19 | 2023-05-16 |
| 35 | 2021-11-02 | 2022-12-13 |
| 34 | 2021-04-27 | 2022-05-17 |
| 33 | 2020-10-27 | 2021-11-30 |
Fedora Linux version 42 will reach its end of life on the 13th of May, 2026. In order to keep receiving support and updates, make sure to update any installations you have to version 43 or higher. Aside from still being supported, version 43 also adds several new features and changes that you can use, including but not limited to:
Lansweeper retrieves detailed operating system info from all your devices. This report shows you an overview of all your Fedora Linux devices along with the Fedora version it is running, when their end-of-life date is, and even how many days are remaining. This way, you have an actionable list of devices that shows you if your Fedora version is out of date or close to it.
On the 19th of November, 2025, Fedora Linux version 41 will reach its end of life. In order to keep receiving support and updates, make sure to update any installations you have to version 42 or higher. Aside from still being supported, version 42 also adds several new features and changes that you can use, including but not limited to:
Fedora Linux version 40 will go end of life on the 13th of May, 2025. Make sure to update any Fedora installations you have to version 41 or higher in order to keep receiving support and updates. Aside from being supported, version 41 also adds a number of new features and changes that you can use, including but not limited to:
Fedora Linux version 36 will go end of life on the 16th of May, 2023. In order to stay supported, make sure to update any Fedora installations you have to version 37 or higher. Aside from being supported, version 37 also adds a number of new features and changes that you can use, including but not limited to:
Fedora Linux version 35 will go end-of-life on the 13th of December, 2022. To ensure your Fedora version is fully supported it is advised to update to version 36 or higher. Aside from being supported, version 36 also adds a list of new features and changes that you can make use of, including but not limited to:
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