CentOS Stream: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for CentOS Stream from CentOS

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

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📅 Last update on 2026-04-10

What is CentOS Stream?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementCentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) is a discontinued Linux distribution that provides a free and open-source community-supported computing platform, functionally compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
 

The entire lifecycle of CentOS Stream

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of CentOS Stream. 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.
CentOS Stream (CentOS) release, version and end-of-life information
XCentOS Stream (CentOS) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product CentOS Stream (CentOS)
 

What is the CentOS Stream release strategy?

CentOS Stream only has major versions, no minor versions. Its support ends when its corresponding Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) release leaves full support.

Facts and figures about CentOS Stream

Product
CentOS Stream
Vendor
CentOS
Latest version
10.latest
Number of releases
3
Number of versions
6
Number of unstable versions
0
Number of versions affected by CVE
-
Licence
GPL and more
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS#cite_note-centos-life-cycle-dates-41
 
 

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