Ruby 2.6
end of lifeEOL 2022-04-12
Ruby 2.6 reached end of life on 2022-04-12 and is no longer supported. First release: 2018-12-25. Latest stable release: 2.6.10. Lifecycle periods below are derived from official vendor sources with provenance.
Latest stable 2.6.10 (2022-04-12)
Lifecycle & support periods
| Phase | From | Until | Provider | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| standard support | 2018-12-25 | 2021-04-01 | Ruby core team | Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org) |
| security support | 2021-04-01 | 2022-04-12 | Ruby core team | Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org) |
| end of life | 2022-04-12 | — | Ruby core team | Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org) |
Provenance
Every lifecycle fact is traceable to its authoritative source.
- Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org)first party · highhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/master/_data/branches.yml
Retrieved 2026-08-29 · Ruby 2.6 end-of-life (official eol_date)
- Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org)first party · highhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/master/_data/branches.yml
Retrieved 2026-08-29 · Ruby 2.6 security maintenance
- Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org)first party · highhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/master/_data/branches.yml
Retrieved 2026-08-29 · Ruby 2.6 normal maintenance (bug + security fixes)
Recent releases
- 2.6.102022-04-12
- 2.6.92021-11-24
- 2.6.82021-07-07
- 2.6.72021-04-05
- 2.6.62020-03-31
- 2.6.52019-10-01
- 2.6.42019-08-28
- 2.6.32019-04-17
- 2.6.22019-03-13
- 2.6.12019-01-30
- 2.6.02018-12-25
- 2.6.0-preview3prerelease2018-11-06