Lifecycle

Cakewalk Product Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and end-of-support dates for 3 Cakewalk products and 13 versions.

Releases and Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and support and end-of-life dates as published by Cakewalk. Dates within the next 12 months are highlighted; past dates are dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

Cakewalk Sonar 12 versions

Releases are numbered by year and month; the dates are the posting dates of the vendor's release announcements on its Product Release Info forum. Cakewalk states Sonar receives ongoing updates and publishes no end-of-support dates for Sonar releases.

Version	Released	Source
2026.10	30 Sep 2026	[1]
2026.08	5 Aug 2026	[1]
2026.07	8 Jul 2026	[1]
2026.06	12 Jun 2026	[1]
2026.04	7 Apr 2026	[1]
2026.02	5 Feb 2026	[1]
2025.12	23 Dec 2025	[1]
2025.11	26 Nov 2025	[1]
2025.09	24 Sep 2025	[1]
2025.08	25 Jul 2025	[1]
2025.07	18 Jun 2025	[1]
2025.05	15 May 2025	[1]

Retired 1: Cakewalk by BandLab (Cakewalk states that activation renewals for Cakewalk by BandLab cease on December 31, 2025, marking the official end of development and support.)[2]
No published lifecycle 1: Cakewalk Next

Sources 2

Product Release Info - Cakewalk Discuss retrieved 2026-10-14
Cakewalk Sonar - The Classic Powerhouse DAW, Reinvented retrieved 2026-10-14