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Cisco IOS XE

releases20

Status as of UTC
VersionStatusReleasedActive support endsMaintenance SupportEnd of lifeSecurity SupportLatest release
26.1 (LTS)LTSSupportedJun 3, 2026SupportedSupported—
17.18 (LTS)LTSSupportedAug 8, 2025Feb 8, 2028Aug 8, 2029—
17.17End of lifeMar 31, 2025Jul 30, 2026Jul 30, 2026—
17.16End of lifeDec 11, 2024Jan 13, 2026Jan 13, 2026—
17.15 (LTS)LTSSupportedAug 9, 2024Mar 30, 2027Sep 30, 2028—
17.14End of lifeApr 13, 2024May 31, 2025May 31, 2025—
17.13End of lifeNov 30, 2023Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2024—
17.12 (LTS)LTSSupportedJul 28, 2023Mar 30, 2026Sep 30, 2027—
17.11End of lifeMar 28, 2023May 14, 2024May 14, 2024—
17.10End of lifeNov 30, 2022Jan 3, 2024Jan 3, 2024—
17.9 (LTS)LTSEnd of lifeJul 29, 2022Mar 30, 2025Sep 30, 2026—
17.8End of lifeApr 11, 2022May 30, 2023May 30, 2023—
17.7End of lifeNov 30, 2021Jan 30, 2023Jan 30, 2023—
17.6 (LTS)LTSEnd of lifeJul 30, 2021Mar 31, 2024Sep 30, 2024—
17.5End of lifeMar 31, 2021May 30, 2022May 30, 2022—
17.4End of lifeNov 30, 2020Jan 28, 2022Jan 28, 2022—
17.3 (LTS)LTSEnd of lifeJul 31, 2020Mar 31, 2023Sep 30, 2023—
17.2End of lifeMar 30, 2020Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021—
17.1End of lifeNov 21, 2019Dec 30, 2020Dec 30, 2020—
16.12 (LTS)LTSEnd of lifeJul 31, 2019Feb 17, 2022Aug 18, 2022—

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