Skip to content

Adapt to Debian 11 (bullseye) EOL LTS exit on 2026-08-31 #2561

Description

@MikeMcC399

Situation

Debian distro parameters

Debian bullseye reaches the end of its 5-year lifecycle on Aug 31, 2026.

Docker node usage

versions.json defines usage of bullseye in Node.js 22, 24 and 26.

Change needed

### Deprecation

Deprecate bullseye Docker images in documentation.

Removal

After the end of bullseye LTS on 2026-08-31, wait for each of the release lines Node.js 22, 24 and 26 to produce releases, then:

  • remove bullseye* from versions.json
  • remove bullseye and bullseye-slim from architectures
  • remove 22/bullseye* 24/bullseye* 26/bullseye* directories to remove bullseye and bullseye-slim
  • remove bullseye from documentation

This will leave images / tags for bullseye that were published before 2026-08-31 and remove any later ones.

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    Type

    Projects

    No projects

    Milestone

    No milestone

    Relationships

    None yet

    Development

    No branches or pull requests

    Issue actions