Celery 5 lifecycle
Current status
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.
Release
24 Sept 2020
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
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.
| Version | Release date | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2.1 | 16 Nov 2021 | stable | Source |
| 5.2.2 | 26 Dec 2021 | stable | Source |
| 5.2.3 | 29 Dec 2021 | stable | Source |
| 5.0.0 | 24 Sept 2020 | stable | Source |
| 5.0.1 | 18 Oct 2020 | stable | Source |
| 5.0.2 | 2 Nov 2020 | stable | Source |
| 5.0.3 | 3 Dec 2020 | stable | Source |
| 5.0.4 | 8 Dec 2020 | stable | Source |
| 5.0.5 | 16 Dec 2020 | stable | Source |
| 5.0.6 | 28 Jun 2021 | stable | Source |
| 5.1.0 | 23 May 2021 | stable | Source |
| 5.1.1 | 17 Jun 2021 | stable | Source |
| 5.1.2 | 28 Jun 2021 | stable | Source |
| 5.2.0 | 8 Nov 2021 | stable | Source |
| 5.2.4 | 3 Apr 2022 | stable | Source |
| 5.2.5 | 3 Apr 2022 | stable | Source |
| 5.2.6 | 5 Apr 2022 | stable | Source |
| 5.2.7 | 29 May 2022 | stable | Source |
| 5.3.0 | 6 Jun 2023 | stable | Source |
| 5.3.1 | 18 Jun 2023 | stable | Source |
| 5.3.4 | 3 Sept 2023 | stable | Source |
| 5.3.5 | 10 Nov 2023 | stable | Source |
| 5.3.6 | 22 Nov 2023 | stable | Source |
| 5.4.0 | 17 Apr 2024 | stable | Source |
| 5.5.0 | 31 Mar 2025 | stable | Source |
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.
Compatibility
Evidence-backed compatibility results involving Celery 5. Only combinations CompatHub can evaluate from upstream sources are listed.
Compatible targets
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- Celery PyPI releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://pypi.org/project/celery/
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- OSV.devfirst party
Official source: https://osv.dev
Verification time not recorded
- NVD (NIST)first party
Official source: https://nvd.nist.gov
Verification time not recorded
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesfirst party
Official source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Verification time not recorded
Release sources
- Celery PyPI releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://pypi.org/project/celery/
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
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
