> Dear Sir or Madam, > > I would like to inquire about the official End-of-Life (EOL) date of Debian > 12 (“Bookworm”), as I have encountered conflicting information. > According to statements from the Proxmox team, the Proxmox Virtual > Environment reaches its End of Life alongside Debian 12, which they indicate > is in August 2026. > However, the following official Debian resources list the EOL date as June > 10, 2026: > > https://www.debian.org/releases/oldstable/ > https://www.debian.org/releases/ > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Versions_of_Debian_stable > > > > After contacting Proxmox support, I received the following explanation: > > “Hello Max, > > Please see the footnote at the linked page: > "Reminder: the EOL date for the stable release is the date of the next stable > release plus one year. For example, Debian bullseye ("buster +1") was > released on 2021-08-14 so Debian buster's EOL is around 2022-08." > > Best Regards, Proxmox Office Team” > > The footnote can be found in > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Versions_of_Debian_stable > > > > This information (also referenced in the Debian Wiki) seems to differ from > the fixed date published on the Debian websites. > Could you please clarify which date accurately reflects the End of Life for > Debian 12? > Specifically, I would like to understand whether the EOL is determined by a > fixed schedule or dynamically based on the release date of the subsequent > Debian version.
In addition to what other people already replied - we (Proxmox) set our own EOL dates roughly aligned with when the base Debian oldstable version is handed over from regular support to LTS. Our documentation[0] states (note that *at least*): > How long will my Proxmox VE version be supported? > > Proxmox VE versions are supported at least as long as the > corresponding Debian version, i.e. approximately 3 years after its > initial release, see Debian lifespan. In practice this usually means roughly a year of overlap where both the previous, oldstable-based version and the current, stable-based version are supported. The exact amount of overlap depends on release dates both on the Debian and our side. I'll get the docs on our end updated to make this more clear/explicit and fix the wrong Bookworm EOL date. 0: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/FAQ
