Support of Ruby 2.3 has ended
Posted by antonpaisov on 31 Mar 2019
We announce that all support of the Ruby 2.3 series has ended.
After the release of Ruby 2.3.7 on March 28, 2018, the support of the Ruby 2.3 series was in the security maintenance phase. Now, after one year has passed, this phase has ended. Therefore, on March 31, 2019, all support of the Ruby 2.3 series ends. Security and bug fixes from more recent Ruby versions will no longer be backported to 2.3. There won’t be any patches of 2.3 either. We highly recommend that you upgrade to Ruby 2.6 or 2.5 as soon as possible.
About currently supported Ruby versions
Ruby 2.6 series
Currently in normal maintenance phase. We will backport bug fixes and release with the fixes whenever necessary. And, if a critical security issue is found, we will release an urgent fix for it.
Ruby 2.5 series
Currently in normal maintenance phase. We will backport bug fixes and release with the fixes whenever necessary. And, if a critical security issue is found, we will release an urgent fix for it.
Ruby 2.4 series
Currently in security maintenance phase. We will never backport any bug fixes to 2.4 except security fixes. If a critical security issue is found, we will release an urgent fix for it. We are planning to end the support of the Ruby 2.4 series on March 31, 2020.
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