Every VCF 4.x release is already end of life. VCF 5.0 and 5.1 both die June 1, 2027 — under ten months out — and 5.2 follows October 11, 2027. The oddity: VCF 9.0 expires September 17, 2027, before 5.2. All 16 versions' dates, what happened to VMware Tanzu under Broadcom, and the honest exit paths.
Every VMware Cloud Foundation version's dates
| Version | Released | End of support (EOL) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VCF 9.1 | May 12, 2026 | Aug 12, 2028 | Supported |
| VCF 9.0 | Jun 17, 2025 | Sep 17, 2027 | Supported |
| VCF 5.2 | Jul 23, 2024 | Oct 11, 2027 | Supported |
| VCF 5.1 | Nov 7, 2023 | Jun 1, 2027 | Supported |
| VCF 5.0 | Jun 1, 2023 | Jun 1, 2027 | Supported |
| VCF 4.5 | Oct 11, 2022 | May 31, 2025 | EOL |
| VCF 4.4 | Feb 10, 2022 | Sep 30, 2024 | EOL |
| VCF 4.3 | Aug 24, 2021 | Oct 31, 2023 | EOL |
| VCF 4.2 | Feb 4, 2021 | May 25, 2021 | EOL |
| VCF 4.1 | Oct 6, 2020 | Feb 10, 2022 | EOL |
| VCF 4.0 | Apr 14, 2020 | Aug 24, 2021 | EOL |
| VCF 3.11 | Feb 14, 2022 | Apr 30, 2023 | EOL |
| VCF 3.10 | May 26, 2020 | Sep 1, 2022 | EOL |
| VCF 3.9 | Oct 24, 2019 | Oct 24, 2020 | EOL |
| VCF 3.8 | Jul 18, 2019 | Jul 18, 2020 | EOL |
| VCF 2.3 | Aug 15, 2018 | Nov 15, 2020 | EOL |
What's covered
- The forced march: one line dead, one line closing, one exit
- Every VMware Cloud Foundation version's dates
- The oddity: VCF 9.0 dies before VCF 5.2
- What happened to VMware Tanzu?
- The security floor: what the KEV catalog already says
- The decision fork: the escalator or the exits
Full guide with every version, risk scores, and live updates: https://endoflife.ai/article-vmware-vcf-eol
