Perl end of life: end of support by version
The Perl Foundation · Development & DevOps
For Perl by The Perl Foundation, patchletter knows 10 support cycles. 7 of them have already ended and receive no more security updates. The next support window closes on 09/06/2027, 213 days from now. The current version of Perl is 5.44.0. The cycles come from the open endoflife.date project, last reconciled on 07/11/2026.
When does support end for which Perl version?
A cycle is a maintained version line. Where a date is given, support ends on that day. After it the vendor ships no more security updates for that line.
| Cycle | Latest version | End of support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.44 | 5.44.0 | 980 days left | EOL 15 Jul 29 |
| 5.42 | 5.42.3 | 603 days left | EOL 3 Jul 28 |
| 5.40 | 5.40.5 | 213 days left | EOL 9 Jun 27 |
| 5.38 | 5.38.5 | 129 days ago | End of Life |
| 5.36 | 5.36.3 | 530 days ago | End of Life |
| 5.34 | 5.34.3 | 902 days ago | End of Life |
| 5.32 | 5.32.1 | 1237 days ago | End of Life |
| 5.30 | 5.30.3 | 1631 days ago | End of Life |
| 5.28 | 5.28.3 | 1964 days ago | End of Life |
| 5.26 | 5.26.3 | 2353 days ago | End of Life |
Which Perl versions no longer receive security updates?
7 of 10 cycles have ended. If you run one of those lines, the vendor ships you no more patches, not even for critical flaws.
- Perl 5.385.38.5
- Perl 5.365.36.3
- Perl 5.345.34.3
- Perl 5.325.32.1
- Perl 5.305.30.3
- Perl 5.285.28.3
- Perl 5.265.26.3
Where does the EOL data for Perl come from?
From the open endoflife.date project, which collects vendors' official support commitments. patchletter reconciles the cycles daily; the Perl data is as of 07/11/2026. In case of doubt the vendor's own lifecycle page applies. patchletter deliberately stores no vendor full texts.
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