Scala 3.6 lifecycle
Current status
Scala 3.6 reached end of life on 7 May 2025. 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: Scala Development Guarantees
- Support phase
- end of life
- End of life
- 7 May 2025
- Latest release
- 3.6.4
- Released
- 7 Mar 2025
At a glance
- Version line
- 3.6
- Initial release
- 10 Dec 2024
- Lifecycle phase
- end of life
- Latest stable
- 3.6.4
- Latest release date
- 7 Mar 2025
- EOL
- 7 May 2025
- Risk
- high
- Releases tracked
- 3
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
10 Dec 2024
standard support
10 Dec 2024 → 7 May 2025
Source: Scala Development Guarantees
end of lifecurrent
7 May 2025 → —
Source: Scala Development Guarantees
Scala 3.6 reached end of life on 7 May 2025. Security and bug fixes are no longer provided by the project according to published lifecycle data.
Upgrade options
Newer supported Scala version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.
You are on Scala 3.6
End of lifeEOL 7 May 2025
Supported upgrade options
- Scala 3.8Upgrade planner →Supported· 2 minor versions newer
Latest release
Previous releases
3.6.3
20 Jan 2025
3.6.2
10 Dec 2024
Release history
3 concrete releases tracked for this line.
Release activity
- Total releases
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~43 days
- Most recent
- 7 Mar 2025
Should I use this version?
Not recommended for new deployments
Upgrade to a currently supported release line. Recommended target: Scala 3.3.
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Compatibility
Evidence-backed compatibility results involving Scala 3.6. Only combinations CompatHub can evaluate from upstream sources are listed.
Compatible targets
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- Scala Development Guaranteesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://www.scala-lang.org/development/
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- Scala JDK Compatibilityfirst party
Official source: https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/jdk-compatibility/overview.html
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
- Scala Development Guaranteesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://www.scala-lang.org/development/
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- Scala 3 GitHub Releasesfirst party
Official source: https://github.com/scala/scala3/releases
Verification time not recorded
- Scala 2 GitHub Releasesfirst party
Official source: https://github.com/scala/scala/releases
Verification time not recorded
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 3
- Lifecycle periods
- 2
- EOL
- Known
- Provenance records
- 3
- Data last checked
- 2 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 2 Sept 2026