.NET 8 LTS
Current patch release: 8.0.24
End of life in 253 days (November 10, 2026). Plan your upgrade now.
November 14, 2023
Ongoing
November 10, 2026
8.0.24 (February 10, 2026)
Yes
About .NET 8 LTS
.NET 8 is the current Long-Term Support release, recommended for production workloads. It brought Native AOT improvements, performance gains, and Blazor unification.
Key Changes in .NET 8
- ●LTS release with 3 years of support (until November 2026)
- ●Native AOT compilation for console apps and ASP.NET Core (smaller, faster cold start)
- ●Blazor United combining server and WASM rendering in a single project
- ●C# 12 with collection expressions, primary constructors for classes
- ●Time abstraction (TimeProvider) for testable time-dependent code
.NET 8 LTS is the current Long-Term Support release, originally launched on November 14, 2023. It is the recommended version for production systems where you need a balance of modern features and long-term stability. Active support runs until November 10, 2026, with the full support lifecycle extending to November 10, 2026.
Lifecycle Progress
77% through its lifecycle. 253 days remaining.
All .NET Versions
| Version | Released | EOL | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | November 11, 2025 | November 14, 2028 | 10.0.3 | LTS — Active |
| 9 | November 12, 2024 | November 10, 2026 | 9.0.13 | Active |
| 8 (current page) | November 14, 2023 | November 10, 2026 | 8.0.24 | LTS — Active |
| 7 | November 8, 2022 | May 14, 2024 | 7.0.20 | End of Life |
| 6 | November 8, 2021 | November 12, 2024 | 6.0.36 | End of Life |
| 5 | November 10, 2020 | May 10, 2022 | 5.0.17 | End of Life |
| 3.1 | December 3, 2019 | December 13, 2022 | 3.1.32 | End of Life |
| 3.0 | September 23, 2019 | March 3, 2020 | 3.0.3 | End of Life |
| 2.2 | December 4, 2018 | December 23, 2019 | 2.2.8 | End of Life |
| 2.1 | May 30, 2018 | August 21, 2021 | 2.1.30 | End of Life |
| 2.0 | August 14, 2017 | October 1, 2018 | 2.0.9 | End of Life |
| 1.1 | November 16, 2016 | June 27, 2019 | 1.1.13 | End of Life |
| 1.0 | June 27, 2016 | June 27, 2019 | 1.0.16 | End of Life |
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