Docker Engine: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for Docker Engine from Docker

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

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📅 Last update on 2026-04-17

What is Docker Engine?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementDocker Engine is a containerisation technology that allows applications to be packaged independently, avoiding the requirement to install or manage software dependencies. Containers are isolated from one another and bundle their own software, libraries and configuration files.
 

The entire lifecycle of Docker Engine

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

What is the Docker Engine release strategy?

Docker Engine releases of a year-month branch are supported with patches as needed for one month after the next year-month general availability release.

Facts and figures about Docker Engine

Product
Docker Engine
Vendor
Docker
Latest version
29.4.0
Number of releases
69
Number of versions
507
Number of unstable versions
228
Number of versions affected by CVE
277
Licence
Apache License 2.0
Licence details
https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/LICENSE
Version command
docker version --format '{{.Server.Version}}'
 
 

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