Log4J: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for Log4J from Apache

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-03-09

What is Log4J?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementApache Log4j is a Java-based logging utility originally written by Ceki Gülcü. It is part of the Apache Logging Services, a project of the Apache Software Foundation. Log4j is one of several Java logging frameworks.
 

The entire lifecycle of Log4J

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Log4J. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
Log4J (Apache) release, version and end-of-life information
XLog4J (Apache) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Log4J (Apache)
 

Facts and figures about Log4J

Product
Log4J
Vendor
Apache
Latest version
2.25.3
Number of releases
30
Number of versions
151
Number of unstable versions
74
Number of versions affected by CVE
72
Licence
Apache License 2.0
Licence details
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License#Apache_License_2.0
 
 

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