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In the rare case where no release was made in one year, we will extend the support period for the previous release until the next release is made.</p> <h3 id="bug-fixes">Bug Fixes</h3> <p>Minor releases will receive bug fixes for one year after the first release in its series. For example, if a theoretical 1.1.0 is released on January 1, 2023, it will receive bug fixes until January 1, 2024. After that, it will be considered unsupported.</p> <h6>List of currently supported releases</h6> <ul> <li><strong>7.2.x</strong> - Supported until August 9, 2025</li> </li> </ul> <h3 id="security">Security Issues</h3> <p> Minor releases will receive security fixes for two years after the first release in its series. For example, if a theoretical 1.1.0 is released on January 1, 2023, it will receive security fixes until January 1, 2025. After that, it will reach its end-of-life. </p> <h6>List of currently supported releases</h6> <ul> <li><strong>7.2.x</strong> - Supported until August 9, 2026</li> <li><strong>7.1.x</strong> - Supported until October 1, 2025</li> <li><strong>7.0.x</strong> - Supported until April 1, 2025</li> </ul> <h3 id="unsupported">Unsupported Release Series</h3> <p>When a release series is no longer supported, it鈥檚 your own responsibility to deal with bugs and security issues. We may provide backports of the fixes and publish them to git, however there will be no new versions released. If you are not comfortable maintaining your own versions, you should upgrade to a supported version.</p> <hr class="divider" /> <p>You can read the <a href="https://guides.rubyonrails.org/maintenance_policy.html" title="Rails maintenance policy">full policy in the Rails guides</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="footer common-background--grey common-padding--bottom common-padding--top common-shape--top-white-up-left"> <div class="footer__logo"><a href="/" aria-label="Ruby on Rails"></a></div> </footer> </body> </html>