Laravel 12 lifecycle
Label: Laravel 12.x
Current status
Laravel 12 is currently in security support. The release line remains supported, but it is no longer in its earlier standard support phase.
Official lifecycle source: Laravel GitHub Releases
- Support phase
- security support
- End of life
- 24 Feb 2027
- Latest release
- 12.69.0
- Released
- 1 Sept 2026
At a glance
- Version line
- 12
- Initial release
- 1 Sept 2026
- Lifecycle phase
- security support
- Latest stable
- 12.69.0
- Latest release date
- 1 Sept 2026
- EOL
- 24 Feb 2027
- Until EOL
- ~6 months
- Risk
- medium
- Releases tracked
- 115
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
1 Sept 2026
standard support
24 Feb 2025 → 13 Aug 2026
Source: Laravel GitHub Releases
security supportcurrent
13 Aug 2026 → 24 Feb 2027
Source: Laravel GitHub Releases
end of life
24 Feb 2027 → —
Source: Laravel GitHub Releases
Laravel 12 is currently in security support. The release line remains supported, but it is no longer in its earlier standard support phase.
Runtime compatibility
PHP versions compatible with Laravel 12, derived from official PHP support policy from vendor releases.
Latest release
Previous releases
12.68.0
25 Aug 2026
12.67.0
18 Aug 2026
12.66.0
11 Aug 2026
Release history
115 concrete releases tracked for this line.
| Version | Release date | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.8.1 | 8 Apr 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.8.0 | 8 Apr 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.7.2 | 3 Apr 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.7.1 | 3 Apr 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.7.0 | 3 Apr 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.6.0 | 2 Apr 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.5.0 | 1 Apr 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.4.1 | 30 Mar 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.4.0 | 29 Mar 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.3.0 | 18 Mar 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.2.0 | 12 Mar 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.1.1 | 5 Mar 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.1.0 | 4 Mar 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.1 | 24 Feb 2025 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.0 | 24 Feb 2025 | stable | Source |
Release activity
- Total releases
- 115
- Last 30 days
- 5
- Last 90 days
- 9
- Avg. interval
- ~7 days
- Most recent
- 1 Sept 2026
Should I use this version?
Supported, but a newer release line may be preferable
Laravel 12 is in security support and remains supported.
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Compatibility
Evidence-backed compatibility results involving Laravel 12. Only combinations CompatHub can evaluate from upstream sources are listed.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- Laravel GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/releases
Last verified 1 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
- Laravel support policy (releases.md)first party
Official source: https://laravel.com/framework/docs/12.x/releases.md
Verification time not recorded
Release sources
- Laravel GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/releases
Last verified 1 Sept 2026
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 115
- Lifecycle periods
- 3
- EOL
- Known
- Provenance records
- 4
- Data last checked
- 1 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 1 Sept 2026