Note: Transition of ownership of the open source project began a transition from SUSE to Krumware in January 2025. Version 1.12.x is the first GA release under Krumware’s stewardship, and former versions are transitioned to End-of-Life upon its release. All users are recommended to migrate to version 1.12.x immediately upon its release. Quarterly “minor version” (major.minor.patch) release cadence will begin with version 1.13.x
General policy: As this product runs on Kubernetes, support timelines are being updated to follow a similar cadence as Kubernetes in order to provide maximum supportability and compatibility.
For more information see: https://kubernetes.io/releases/
Version Support Timeline
| Version | GA | EOM | EOL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.14.x | March 2026 | 31 Dec 2026 | 31 March 2027 |
| 1.13.x | Dec 2025 | 30 Sept 2026 | 30 June 2027 |
| 1.12.x | Oct 2025 | 30 June 2026 | 31 March 2027 |
| 1.11.x | March 2024 | 01 Dec 2024 | 30 Sept 2025 |
Support Phases
| Phases | Description |
|---|---|
| GA to EOM | Upon the General Availability date, the 9 month Full Support window begins, until the End of Maintenance date. • Applying configuration changes • Upgrade recommendation to an existing newer version of product • Code-level maintenance in the form of Software updates; typically, results in a maintenance release, which is a newer version of product that was not existing at the time the issue was encountered |
| EOM to EOL | At this stage, the 9-month Maintenance Support window begins. After a product release reaches its End of Maintentance date, no further code-level maintenance will be provided, except for critical security-related fixes on a per-request basis. After the EOM date, Epinio will continue to be supported until it reaches its End of Life date, in the form of: • General troubleshooting of a specific issue to isolate potential causes • Upgrade recommendation to an existing newer version of product • Issue resolution limited to applying configuration changes and/or an upgrade recommendation to an existing newer version of product |
| EOL | Once a product release reaches its End of Life date, the customer may continue to use the product within the terms of product licensing agreement. Support Plans from Krumware do not apply to product releases past their EOL date. |
Visual Representation
Definitions
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Community Release | The latest to-be-released is made available. Stability validation window of ~1 month before releasing. (for minor releases where minor is x.y.z -> y) |
| Supported Release | Available only for paying customers with active subscriptions |
| Full Support (9 months) | Urgent and selected high-priority bug fixes will be released during the full support window, and all other patches (non-urgent, enhancements, new capabilities) will be released via the regular release schedule. |
| Maintenance Support (9 months) | During this period, Critical and Important Security Advisories (CVEs) will be released via patches. Other bug fixes may be released at Krumware’s discretion but should not be expected. |
Supported Kubernetes Platforms for Epinio
| Distro | Lowest Version certified | Highest Version certified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RKE2 | v1.31 | v1.33 | See RKE2 Support Matrix for specific system requirements |
| RKE1 | v1.30 | v1.33 | See RKE1 Support Matrix for specific system requirements |
| K3s | v1.31 | v1.33 | See k3s Support Matrix for specific system requirements |
| AKS | v1.31 | v1.33 | |
| EKS | v1.31 | v1.33 | |
| GKE | v1.31 | v1.33 |