MinIO 2018.12 lifecycle
Current status
MinIO 2018.12 reached end of life on 10 Jan 2019. Security and bug fixes are no longer provided by the project according to published lifecycle data.
This line is end of life.
Plan your upgrade →Official lifecycle source: MinIO GitHub Releases
- Support phase
- end of life
- End of life
- 10 Jan 2019
- Latest release
- 2018.12.27
- Released
- 27 Dec 2018
At a glance
- Version line
- 2018.12
- Initial release
- 13 Dec 2018
- Lifecycle phase
- end of life
- Latest stable
- 2018.12.27
- Latest release date
- 27 Dec 2018
- EOL
- 10 Jan 2019
- Risk
- high
- Releases tracked
- 4
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
13 Dec 2018
standard support
13 Dec 2018 → 10 Jan 2019
Source: MinIO GitHub Releases
end of lifecurrent
10 Jan 2019 → —
Source: MinIO GitHub Releases
MinIO 2018.12 reached end of life on 10 Jan 2019. Security and bug fixes are no longer provided by the project according to published lifecycle data.
Upgrade options
Newer supported MinIO version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.
You are on MinIO 2018.12
End of lifeEOL 10 January 2019
Supported upgrade options
- MinIO 2025.10Upgrade planner →Supported· 7 major versions newer
Latest release
2018.12.27
Released 27 Dec 2018 · stable
https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2018-12-27T18-33-08ZPrevious releases
2018.12.19
19 Dec 2018
2018.12.13
13 Dec 2018
2018.12.6
6 Dec 2018
Release history
4 concrete releases tracked for this line.
Release activity
- Total releases
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~7 days
- Most recent
- 27 Dec 2018
Should I use this version?
Not recommended for new deployments
Upgrade to a currently supported release line. Recommended target: MinIO 2025.10.
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- MinIO GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://github.com/minio/minio/releases
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- MinIO README Support Notefirst party
Official source: https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md
Verification time not recorded
- 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
- MinIO GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://github.com/minio/minio/releases
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 4
- Lifecycle periods
- 2
- EOL
- Known
- Provenance records
- 3
- Data last checked
- 2 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 2 Sept 2026