OpenTofu 1.12 lifecycle
Current status
OpenTofu 1.12 is currently in standard support.
Official lifecycle source: OpenTofu GitHub Releases
- Support phase
- standard support
- End of life
- 1 Feb 2027
- Latest release
- 1.12.6
- Released
- 19 Aug 2026
At a glance
- Version line
- 1.12
- Initial release
- 14 May 2026
- Lifecycle phase
- standard support
- Latest stable
- 1.12.6
- Latest release date
- 19 Aug 2026
- EOL
- 1 Feb 2027
- Until EOL
- ~5 months
- Risk
- medium
- Releases tracked
- 7
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
14 May 2026
standard supportcurrent
14 May 2026 → 1 Feb 2027
Source: OpenTofu GitHub Releases
end of life
1 Feb 2027 → —
Source: OpenTofu GitHub Releases
OpenTofu 1.12 is currently in standard support.
Latest release
Previous releases
1.12.5
21 Jul 2026
1.12.4
13 Jul 2026
1.12.3
18 Jun 2026
Release history
7 concrete releases tracked for this line.
Release activity
- Total releases
- 7
- Last 30 days
- 1
- Last 90 days
- 5
- Avg. interval
- ~16 days
- Most recent
- 19 Aug 2026
Should I use this version?
Suitable for new deployments
OpenTofu 1.12 is currently supported (standard support).
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- OpenTofu GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- OpenTofu Support Policyfirst party
Official source: https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/blob/main/RELEASE.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
- OpenTofu GitHub Releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 7
- Lifecycle periods
- 2
- EOL
- Known
- Provenance records
- 3
- Data last checked
- 2 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 2 Sept 2026