@@ -25,69 +25,20 @@ should be stable enough to run.
2525
2626|  Release      |  Release Date |  End of Life            |  [ Supported Kubernetes versions] [ s ]  |  [ Supported OpenShift versions] [ s ]  | 
2727| --------------| :------------:| :----------------------:| :----------------------------------:| :---------------------------------:| 
28- |  [ 1.15] [ ]      |  Jun 05, 2024 |  Release of 1.17        |  1.24  → 1.30                         |  4.11  → 4.15                        | 
29- |  [ 1.14] [ ]      |  Feb 03, 2024 |  Release of 1.16        |  1.24 → 1.30                         |  4.11 → 4.15                        | 
30- |  [ 1.12 LTS] [ ]  |  May 19, 2023 |  May 19, 2025           |  1.22 → 1.30                         |  4.9 → 4.15                         | 
28+ |  [ 1.15] [ ]      |  Jun 05, 2024 |  Release of 1.17        |  1.25  → 1.31                         |  4.12  → 4.16                        | 
29+ |  [ 1.14] [ ]      |  Feb 03, 2024 |  Release of 1.16        |  1.24 → 1.31                         |  4.11 → 4.16                        | 
30+ |  [ 1.12 LTS] [ ]  |  May 19, 2023 |  May 19, 2025           |  1.22 → 1.31                         |  4.9 → 4.16                         | 
3131
3232cert-manager 1.12 is a Long Term Support (LTS) release sponsored by [ Venafi] ( https://www.venafi.com/ ) . It will continue to be supported for at least 2 years from release.
3333
3434## Upcoming releases  
3535
3636|  Release  |  Release Date |  End of Life      |  [ Supported Kubernetes versions] [ s ]  |  [ Supported OpenShift versions] [ s ]  | 
3737| ----------| :------------:| :----------------:| :----------------------------------:| :---------------------------------:| 
38- |  [ 1.16] [ ]  |  Oct 03, 2024 |  Release of 1.18  |           1.25  → 1.30                |          4.12  → 4.15                | 
38+ |  [ 1.16] [ ]  |  Oct 03, 2024 |  Release of 1.18  |           1.27  → 1.31                |          4.14  → 4.16                | 
3939
4040Dates in the future are not firm commitments and are subject to change.
4141
42- ## Old releases  
43- 
44- |  Release  |  Release Date |      EOL      |  Compatible Kubernetes versions |  Compatible OpenShift versions | 
45- | ----------| :------------:| :------------:| :------------------------------:| :-----------------------------:| 
46- |  [ 1.13] [ ]  |  Sep 12, 2023 |  Jun 05, 2024 |           1.21 → 1.27           |           4.8 → 4.14           | 
47- |  [ 1.11] [ ]  |  Jan 11, 2023 |  Sep 12, 2023 |           1.21 → 1.27           |           4.8 → 4.14           | 
48- |  [ 1.10] [ ]  |  Oct 17, 2022 |  May 19, 2023 |           1.20 → 1.26           |           4.7 → 4.13           | 
49- |  [ 1.9] [ ]   |  Jul 22, 2022 |  Jan 11, 2023 |           1.20 → 1.24           |           4.7 → 4.11           | 
50- |  [ 1.8] [ ]   |  Apr 05, 2022 |  Oct 17, 2022 |           1.19 → 1.24           |           4.6 → 4.11           | 
51- |  [ 1.7] [ ]   |  Jan 26, 2021 |  Jul 22, 2022 |           1.18 → 1.23           |           4.5 → 4.9            | 
52- |  [ 1.6] [ ]   |  Oct 26, 2021 |  Apr 05, 2022 |           1.17 → 1.22           |           4.4 → 4.9            | 
53- |  [ 1.5] [ ]   |  Aug 11, 2021 |  Jan 26, 2022 |           1.16 → 1.22           |           4.3 → 4.8            | 
54- |  [ 1.4] [ ]   |  Jun 15, 2021 |  Oct 26, 2021 |           1.16 → 1.21           |           4.3 → 4.7            | 
55- |  [ 1.3] [ ]   |  Apr 08, 2021 |  Aug 11, 2021 |           1.16 → 1.21           |           4.3 → 4.7            | 
56- |  [ 1.2] [ ]   |  Feb 10, 2021 |  Jun 15, 2021 |           1.16 → 1.21           |           4.3 → 4.7            | 
57- |  [ 1.1] [ ]   |  Nov 24, 2020 |  Apr 08, 2021 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
58- |  [ 1.0] [ ]   |  Sep 02, 2020 |  Feb 10, 2021 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
59- |  [ 0.16] [ ]  |  Jul 23, 2020 |  Nov 24, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
60- |  [ 0.15] [ ]  |  May 06, 2020 |  Sep 02, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
61- |  [ 0.14] [ ]  |  Mar 11, 2020 |  Jul 23, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
62- |  [ 0.13] [ ]  |  Jan 21, 2020 |  May 06, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
63- |  [ 0.12] [ ]  |  Nov 27, 2019 |  Mar 11, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
64- |  [ 0.11] [ ]  |  Oct 10, 2019 |  Jan 21, 2020 |            1.9 → 1.21           |           3.09 → 4.7           | 
65- 
66- [ s ] : #kubernetes-supported-versions 
67- [ 1.16 ] : https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/milestone/38 
68- [ 1.15 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.15.md 
69- [ 1.14 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.14.md 
70- [ 1.13 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.13.md 
71- [ 1.12 LTS ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.12.md 
72- [ 1.11 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.11.md 
73- [ 1.10 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.10.md 
74- [ 1.9 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.9.md 
75- [ 1.8 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.8.md 
76- [ 1.7 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.7.md 
77- [ 1.6 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.6.md 
78- [ 1.5 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.5.md 
79- [ 1.4 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.4.md 
80- [ 1.3 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.3.md 
81- [ 1.2 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.2.md 
82- [ 1.1 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.1.md 
83- [ 1.0 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.0.md 
84- [ 0.16 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.16.md 
85- [ 0.15 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.15.md 
86- [ 0.14 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.14.md 
87- [ 0.13 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.13.md 
88- [ 0.12 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.12.md 
89- [ 0.11 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.11.md 
90- 
9142We list cert-manager releases on [ GitHub] ( https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases ) ,
9243and release notes on [ cert-manager.io] ( https://cert-manager.io/docs/release-notes/ ) .
9344
@@ -230,16 +181,24 @@ depends on what the cert-manager maintainers think is reasonable to support and
230181
231182In practice, this is largely determined based on what versions of [ kind] ( https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind ) 
232183are available for testing, and which versions of Kubernetes are provided by major upstream cloud Kubernetes vendors
233- including EKS, GKE, AKS and OpenShift.
184+ including <abbr  title =" Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service " >EKS</abbr >, <abbr  title =" Google Kubernetes Engine " >GKE</abbr >, <abbr  title =" Azure Kubernetes Service " >AKS</abbr > and OpenShift.
185+ 
186+ We treat OpenShift <abbr  title =" Extended Update Support " >EUS</abbr > as a different distribution since the support periods are so much longer.
187+ We're likely to drop support for older OpenShift EUS before that release reaches EOL to increase the speed at which we can adopt
188+ newer Kubernetes features.
189+ 
190+ The table below lists the major Kubernetes distributions we check. In brackets next to each release is the <abbr  title =" End-of-life " >EOL</abbr >
191+ for that release. EOL dates often change throughout the lifecycle of a release.
234192
235- |       Vendor       |  Oldest Kubernetes Release\*  |                                 Other Kubernetes Releases                           | 
236- | :-----------------:| -----------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
237- |     [ EKS] [ eks ]      |  1.25 (EOL May 2024)         |  1.26 (EOL Jun 2024), 1.27 (EOL Jul 2024), 1.28 (EOL Nov 2024), 1.29 (EOL Mar 2025) | 
238- |     [ GKE] [ gke ]      |  1.26 (EOL May 2024)         |  1.27 (EOL Aug 2024), 1.28 (EOL Sep 2024), 1.29 (EOL Jan 2025)                      | 
239- |     [ AKS] [ aks ]      |  1.26 (EOL Jun 2024)         |  1.27 (EOL Jul 2024), 1.28 (EOL Nov 2024), 1.29 (EOL - )                            | 
240- |  [ OpenShift 4] [ os ]  |  1.25 (4.12, EOL Jul 2024)   |  1.26 (4.13, EOL Nov 2024), 1.27 (4.14, EOL May 2025), 1.28 (4.15, EOL Aug 2025)    | 
193+ The "Oldest Kubernetes Release" is the oldest release we deemed relevant to the next cert-manager release, as of 2024-09-25
241194
242- \* Oldest release relevant to the next cert-manager release, as of 2024-04-19
195+ |       Vendor           |   Oldest K8s Release   |                       Other Kubernetes Releases                       | 
196+ | :---------------------:| :---------------------:| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
197+ |     [ EKS] [ eks ]          |  1.28 (Nov 2024)       |  1.29 (Mar 2025), 1.30 (Jul 2025)                                     | 
198+ |     [ GKE] [ gke ]          |  1.28 (Feb 2025)       |  1.29 (Mar 2025), 1.30 (Sep 2025)                                     | 
199+ |     [ AKS] [ aks ]          |  1.28 (Jan 2025)       |  1.29 (Mar 2025), 1.30 (Jul 2025), 1.31 (Nov 2025)                    | 
200+ |  [ OpenShift 4] [ os ]      |  1.26 (4.13, Nov 2024) |  1.27 (4.14, May 2025), 1.28 (4.15, Aug 2025), 1.29 (4.16, Dec 2025)  | 
201+ |  [ OpenShift 4 EUS] [ os ]  |  1.25 (4.12, Jan 2025) |  1.27 (4.14, Oct 2025), 1.29 (4.16, Jun 2026)                         | 
243202
244203[ eks ] : https://endoflife.date/amazon-eks 
245204[ gke ] : https://endoflife.date/google-kubernetes-engine 
@@ -248,23 +207,21 @@ including EKS, GKE, AKS and OpenShift.
248207
249208### OpenShift  
250209
251- cert-manager supports versions of  OpenShift 4 based on the version of Kubernetes
252- that each version  maps to.
210+ cert-manager supports OpenShift 4 based on the version of Kubernetes
211+ that each release  maps to.
253212
254213For convenience, the following table shows these version mappings:
255214
256215|  OpenShift versions |  Kubernetes version | 
257- | --------------------| --------------------| 
216+ | :------------------:| --------------------| 
217+ |  4.16, 4.16 EUS     |  1.29               | 
258218|  4.15               |  1.28               | 
259- |  4.14                |  1.27               | 
219+ |  4.14, 4.14 EUS      |  1.27               | 
260220|  4.13               |  1.26               | 
261- |  4.12                |  1.25               | 
221+ |  4.12, 4.12 EUS      |  1.25               | 
262222|  4.11               |  1.24               | 
263223|  4.10, 4.10 EUS     |  1.23               | 
264224|  4.9                |  1.22               | 
265- |  4.8, 4.8 EUS       |  1.21               | 
266- |  4.7                |  1.20               | 
267- |  4.6, 4.6 EUS       |  1.19               | 
268225
269226Note that some OpenShift versions listed above may be predicted, since an updated version of OpenShift may
270227not yet be available for the latest Kubernetes releases.
@@ -308,3 +265,55 @@ v<major>.<minor>.<patch>
308265where ` <minor> `  is increased for each release, and ` <patch> `  counts the
309266number of patches for the current ` <minor> `  release. A patch is usually a
310267small change relative to the ` <minor> `  release.
268+ 
269+ ## Old cert-manager releases  
270+ 
271+ These cert-manager releases have reached their <abbr  title =" end-of-life " >EOL</abbr > date and
272+ are no longer supported.
273+ 
274+ |  Release  |  Release Date |      EOL      |  Compatible Kubernetes versions |  Compatible OpenShift versions | 
275+ | ----------| :------------:| :------------:| :------------------------------:| :-----------------------------:| 
276+ |  [ 1.13] [ ]  |  Sep 12, 2023 |  Jun 05, 2024 |           1.21 → 1.27           |           4.8 → 4.14           | 
277+ |  [ 1.11] [ ]  |  Jan 11, 2023 |  Sep 12, 2023 |           1.21 → 1.27           |           4.8 → 4.14           | 
278+ |  [ 1.10] [ ]  |  Oct 17, 2022 |  May 19, 2023 |           1.20 → 1.26           |           4.7 → 4.13           | 
279+ |  [ 1.9] [ ]   |  Jul 22, 2022 |  Jan 11, 2023 |           1.20 → 1.24           |           4.7 → 4.11           | 
280+ |  [ 1.8] [ ]   |  Apr 05, 2022 |  Oct 17, 2022 |           1.19 → 1.24           |           4.6 → 4.11           | 
281+ |  [ 1.7] [ ]   |  Jan 26, 2021 |  Jul 22, 2022 |           1.18 → 1.23           |           4.5 → 4.9            | 
282+ |  [ 1.6] [ ]   |  Oct 26, 2021 |  Apr 05, 2022 |           1.17 → 1.22           |           4.4 → 4.9            | 
283+ |  [ 1.5] [ ]   |  Aug 11, 2021 |  Jan 26, 2022 |           1.16 → 1.22           |           4.3 → 4.8            | 
284+ |  [ 1.4] [ ]   |  Jun 15, 2021 |  Oct 26, 2021 |           1.16 → 1.21           |           4.3 → 4.7            | 
285+ |  [ 1.3] [ ]   |  Apr 08, 2021 |  Aug 11, 2021 |           1.16 → 1.21           |           4.3 → 4.7            | 
286+ |  [ 1.2] [ ]   |  Feb 10, 2021 |  Jun 15, 2021 |           1.16 → 1.21           |           4.3 → 4.7            | 
287+ |  [ 1.1] [ ]   |  Nov 24, 2020 |  Apr 08, 2021 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
288+ |  [ 1.0] [ ]   |  Sep 02, 2020 |  Feb 10, 2021 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
289+ |  [ 0.16] [ ]  |  Jul 23, 2020 |  Nov 24, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
290+ |  [ 0.15] [ ]  |  May 06, 2020 |  Sep 02, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
291+ |  [ 0.14] [ ]  |  Mar 11, 2020 |  Jul 23, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
292+ |  [ 0.13] [ ]  |  Jan 21, 2020 |  May 06, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
293+ |  [ 0.12] [ ]  |  Nov 27, 2019 |  Mar 11, 2020 |           1.11 → 1.21           |           3.11 → 4.7           | 
294+ |  [ 0.11] [ ]  |  Oct 10, 2019 |  Jan 21, 2020 |            1.9 → 1.21           |           3.09 → 4.7           | 
295+ 
296+ [ s ] : #kubernetes-supported-versions 
297+ [ 1.16 ] : https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/milestone/38 
298+ [ 1.15 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.15.md 
299+ [ 1.14 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.14.md 
300+ [ 1.13 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.13.md 
301+ [ 1.12 LTS ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.12.md 
302+ [ 1.11 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.11.md 
303+ [ 1.10 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.10.md 
304+ [ 1.9 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.9.md 
305+ [ 1.8 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.8.md 
306+ [ 1.7 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.7.md 
307+ [ 1.6 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.6.md 
308+ [ 1.5 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.5.md 
309+ [ 1.4 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.4.md 
310+ [ 1.3 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.3.md 
311+ [ 1.2 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.2.md 
312+ [ 1.1 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.1.md 
313+ [ 1.0 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-1.0.md 
314+ [ 0.16 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.16.md 
315+ [ 0.15 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.15.md 
316+ [ 0.14 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.14.md 
317+ [ 0.13 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.13.md 
318+ [ 0.12 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.12.md 
319+ [ 0.11 ] : ./release-notes/release-notes-0.11.md 
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