Is NixOS 26.05 end-of-life?

As of 2026-10-12: No. NixOS 26.05 is supported; its end-of-life date is 2026-12-31 (in 80 days).

NixOS release cycles

Status of every cycle as of 2026-10-12, newest first: supported, security-only (active support ended), eol or unknown.

CycleStatus
26.05supported
25.11eol
25.05eol
24.11eol
24.05eol
23.11eol
23.05eol
22.11eol
22.05eol
21.11eol
21.05eol
20.09eol
20.03eol
19.09eol
19.03eol
18.09eol
18.03eol
17.09eol
17.03eol
16.09eol
16.03eol
15.09eol
14.12eol
14.04eol
13.10eol

Dates, LTS and versions from the API

This page shows the status only. The signed API answer has every cycle with its release, support and end-of-life dates, LTS flag and latest version: GET /v1/eol/nixos ($0.001 per call, paid with x402 in USDC; no account, no API key).

Source

Data from endoflife.date (https://endoflife.date), Copyright 2020 endoflife.date contributors, MIT License.

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