Celery 5 lifecycle

Current status

standard supportlow

Celery 5 is currently in standard support.

Security: 2 tracked advisories affecting this line. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.

Official lifecycle source: Celery PyPI releases

Support phase
standard support
End of life
Not officially published
Latest release
5.2.2
Released
26 Dec 2021

At a glance

Version line
5
Initial release
24 Sept 2020
Lifecycle phase
standard support
Latest stable
5.2.2
Latest release date
26 Dec 2021
EOL
Not officially published
Risk
low
Releases tracked
32

Lifecycle timeline

Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.

  1. Release

    24 Sept 2020

  2. standard supportcurrent

    24 Sept 2020 → —

    Source: Celery PyPI releases

Celery 5 is currently in standard support.

Security

Advisories affecting Celery 5 (OSV.dev evidence). Known exploited status, due dates, and ransomware use from CISA KEV when matched.

Known vulnerabilities
2
Known exploited
0
Highest CVSS
  • CVE-2021-23727GHSA-q4xr-rc97-m4xx

    OS Command Injection in celery

    Affected:
    <5.2.2
    Fixed in:
    5.2.2
    Source:
    OSV source · Advisory
  • CVE-2021-23727PYSEC-2021-858
    Affected:
    <5.2.2
    Fixed in:
    5.2.2
    Source:
    OSV source · Advisory

Latest release

5.2.2

Released 26 Dec 2021 · stable

https://pypi.org/pypi/celery/5.2.2/json

Previous releases

  • 5.2.3

    29 Dec 2021

  • 5.0.0

    24 Sept 2020

  • 5.2.1

    16 Nov 2021

Release history

32 concrete releases tracked for this line.

VersionRelease dateChannelSource
5.2.116 Nov 2021stableSource
5.2.226 Dec 2021stableSource
5.2.329 Dec 2021stableSource
5.0.024 Sept 2020stableSource
5.0.118 Oct 2020stableSource
5.0.22 Nov 2020stableSource
5.0.33 Dec 2020stableSource
5.0.48 Dec 2020stableSource
5.0.516 Dec 2020stableSource
5.0.628 Jun 2021stableSource
5.1.023 May 2021stableSource
5.1.117 Jun 2021stableSource
5.1.228 Jun 2021stableSource
5.2.08 Nov 2021stableSource
5.2.43 Apr 2022stableSource
5.2.53 Apr 2022stableSource
5.2.65 Apr 2022stableSource
5.2.729 May 2022stableSource
5.3.06 Jun 2023stableSource
5.3.118 Jun 2023stableSource
5.3.43 Sept 2023stableSource
5.3.510 Nov 2023stableSource
5.3.622 Nov 2023stableSource
5.4.017 Apr 2024stableSource
5.5.031 Mar 2025stableSource

Release activity

Total releases
32
Last 30 days
0
Last 90 days
0
Avg. interval
~65 days
Most recent
26 Dec 2021

Should I use this version?

Suitable for new deployments

Celery 5 is currently supported (standard support).

Version comparison

Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.

54
Statusstandard supportstandard support
Latest release5.2.14.0.0
EOLNot publishedNot published
Risklowlow

Compatibility

Evidence-backed compatibility results involving Celery 5. Only combinations CompatHub can evaluate from upstream sources are listed.

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Sources

Where this information comes from.

Lifecycle sources

Release sources

Data coverage

Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.

Releases tracked
32
Lifecycle periods
1
EOL
Not officially published
Provenance records
2
Data last checked
2 Sept 2026
Latest source update
2 Sept 2026

EOL: Not officially published

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