For Ubuntu LTS releases, starting from Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, the official support has been extended to 15 years.
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, announced the expansion of the Legacy add-on for Ubuntu Pro few days ago. Along with the Standard and Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) support, the total coverage is expanded to 15 years.
Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop
Ubuntu LTS Support History
Ubuntu LTS, the releases published every even-numbered years in April (e.g., Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 and 24.04), initially has 5 years of standard support.
Start in January 2023, Canonical announced the general availability of Ubuntu Pro, expanded Ubuntu LTS support circle with additional 5 years for subscribed users through Expanded Security Maintenance.
Then, the Legacy add-on for Ubuntu Pro was announced in last year expanded the security and support with 2 more years.
Due to the positive reception and growing interest in longer life-cycle coverage (according to the announcement), the legacy add-on was extended to 5 years, thus the total support Ubuntu LTS releases has updated to 15 years.
Current Ubuntu Releases Support Circle
Ubuntu website has updated the life-circle page for all releases that are still in coverage. And, here’s a table for them.
| Ubuntu Releases | Release Date | End of Standard Support | End of Ubuntu Pro Support | End of Legacy Addon Coverage |
| 25.10 (Questing Quokka) | Oct 2025 | Jul 2026 | – | – |
| 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) | Apr 2025 | Jan 2026 | – | – |
| 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) | Apr 2024 | Apr 2029 | Apr 2034 | Apr 2039 |
| 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) | Apr 2022 | Apr 2027 | Apr 2032 | Apr 2037 |
| 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) | Apr 2020 | Apr 2025 | Apr 2030 | Apr 2035 |
| 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) | Apr 2018 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2028 | Apr 2033 |
| 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) | Apr 2016 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2026 | Apr 2031 |
| 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) | Apr 2014 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2024 | Apr 2029 |
As you see in the table, the support for LTS releases include 5 years of standard support for free, including security updates for packages in Canonical-supported Main repository, Hardware enablement (HWE) with major Kernel version updates and graphics stacks, some popular app updates (e.g., Firefox), and bug fixes and maintenance updates to ensure stability.
For user with Ubuntu Pro subscription (see how to enable Ubuntu Pro), there’ll be another 5 years of security updates for packages in Main and Universe repositories, and bug-fixes to ensure stability.
Ubuntu Pro is free for personal users on up to 5 machines, and on up to 50 machines for active Ubuntu Community members, while, enterprise customers and others need to pay for support. See Ubuntu Pro pricing.
The Legacy add-on for Ubuntu Pro provides 5 years more security coverage and support. However, it’s only available for Ubuntu Pro paying customers who pay extra.
image from Ubuntu website
In short, Ubuntu LTS now has 5 years of standard support for free, another 5 years of support through Ubuntu Pro that’s free for personal users, and 5 years more security coverage for paying customers pay extra.
