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balenaOS

balenaOS is a balena product filed under IoT Operating Systems. Lifecycle: versioned, 8 versions listed, latest 8.x (17 Aug 2026).

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Release and support dates as published by balena; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

balenaOS 8 versions

Rolling releases are supported only until the next release. ESR releases (named yyyy.m, released quarterly) are supported for nine months. The versions below are meta-balena major versions plus the ESR line the vendor documents as an example.

Version	Released	End of life	Source
8.x	17 Aug 2026	–	[3]
7.x	24 Apr 2026	–	[3]
ESR 2026.1ESR process	Jan 2026	Oct 2026	[1]
6.x	19 Jul 2024	–	[3]
5.x	28 Nov 2023	–	[3]
4.x	6 Sep 2023	–	[3]
3.x	4 Jul 2023	–	[3]
2.x	31 Mar 2017	–	[3]

Lifecycle Policy

Rolling releases. A rolling balenaOS release is no longer officially maintained once the next rolling release is published. [2]

Sources 3

Extended Support Release (ESR) process retrieved 2026-10-14
Defaulting to stability: understanding balenaOS ESR changes retrieved 2026-10-14
meta-balena CHANGELOG (balenaOS) retrieved 2026-10-14

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