Supported versions

This section lists the free and commercial Chef products and versions we currently support. The lifecycle stage defines the involvement by Chef Software in updating and maintaining each product.

Lifecycle definitions

Generally Available (GA)

This stage indicates that the product or version is in active development and/or maintenance.

• Chef continues to provide releases to the application or version in response to customer needs and security vulnerabilities
• Chef welcomes customer feature requests for the product roadmap for the application

Deprecated

This stage indicates that an application or version is no longer in active development and will eventually move to end of life status. Chef continues to provide support according to our SLAs.

• Chef no longer provides scheduled releases
• Customers should use the GA alternative to these products; contact us for help with product selection and deployment
• Chef may provide a release for a critical defect or security vulnerability

End of Life (EOL)

This stage indicates that Chef has set a date after which the application or version will no longer be supported or recommended for use by customers.

Versions and status

Chef follows a Long-Term Support (LTS) model. Chef Infra Client 19.x is the current LTS release. Chef Infra Client 18.x is deprecated, and any version lower than 18 is EOL. For more information about our LTS policy, review this blog post.

Supported commercial distributions

Use of these and later versions of these distributions must be in accordance with the Chef End User License Agreement or a commercial agreement with Chef. Additional information is available in this announcement.

Supported free distributions

Use of the following distributions is governed by the Apache License, version 2.0.

Deprecated products and versions

Progress Chef has deprecated the following products. If you’re using one of these products, migrate to a supported version or product.

End of Life (EOL) products