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PowerShell 7.4 LTS
Support ends on 10 Nov 2026 (in 27 days). The newest release is 7.4.21, published 13 Oct 2026.
What to do
Plan the move now: after 10 Nov 2026 PowerShell 7.4 LTS gets no more updates, including security fixes. Until then, stay on 7.4.21.
Move to PowerShell 7.6 LTSLatest 7.6.7 · supported until 14 Nov 202824 more months of supportBuilt on .NET 8.0, supported until 10 Nov 2026.
- Microsoft lifecycle: PowerShell, PowerShell 7.4 (LTS) · End of servicing 10 Nov 2026
- Announced: Retirement: Support for PowerShell 7.4 ends on November 10, 2026 · Azure Updates, 23 Sep 2026
7.4.21Newest release · 1d ago
27
Days of support left · until 10 Nov 2026
8Releases in the last 12 months · typically every 30 days
Is your version current?
Compared with the publisher's releases of this linePowerShell support timeline
From first preview through release to end of support, as the vendors publish them- PowerShell 7.5 and PowerShell 7.4 LTS end on 10 Nov 2026 (in 27 days), with .NET 9.0 and .NET 8.0.
- The newest supported line is PowerShell 7.6 LTS on .NET 10.0, supported until 14 Nov 2028.
- PowerShell 7.6.7 (10.0.13), 7.5.12 (9.0.21) and 7.4.21 (8.0.32) each ship the newest .NET patch of their line.
- PowerShell usually ships a new .NET patch within 6 days (median over its last 23 .NET patches).
PowerShell 7.4 LTSLTS7.4.21 · until 10 Nov 2026 (in 27 days)
Ticks are releases; the red ones fix CVEs. Dates come from each vendor's release and lifecycle data and move when the vendor changes them.
Releases of PowerShell 7.4 LTS
8 collected, newest first| Version | Published | What the notes say |
|---|---|---|
| 7.4.21 | 13 Oct 2026 | Tolerate IO/JSON errors reading the per-user powershell.config.json (#28048) |
| 7.4.20 | 8 Sep 2026 | |
| 7.4.19 | 14 Aug 2026 | Fix the dot-sourcing behavior of pwsh -file for advanced-function scripts (#27760) |
| 7.4.18 | 20 Jul 2026 | Merged PR 40624: Validate CAB path before expansion |
| 7.4.17 | 16 Jun 2026 | |
| 7.4.16 | 21 May 2026 | Fix checks for local user config file paths (#27454) |
| 7.4.15 | 21 Apr 2026 | Delay update notification for one week to ensure all packages become available (#27229) |
| 7.4.14 | 12 Mar 2026 | Fix PSMethodInvocationConstraints.GetHashCode method (#26959) |
What changed
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