Rails 6.1 reached EOL June 2024. Rails 7.0 reached EOL April 2025. The Rails maintenance policy is lean — here's what's still receiving patches and how to upgrade safely.
The Rails maintenance policy is lean by design: only the most recent minor version of the most recent two major versions receives security patches. Everything else is on its own.
That policy creates a faster EOL cadence than most teams expect. Rails 7.0 felt modern — it shipped with Hotwire, import maps, and CSS bundling. It reached end of life on April 1, 2025.
Here's the current state of the Rails lifecycle.
Rails EOL Schedule
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