# Microsoft Visual Studio 18.9 — lifecycle date releaseDate is now 2026-08-11 For Microsoft Visual Studio 18.9, product is visual-studio; field changed is releaseDate; new value is 2026-08-11; detected is 2026-08-29, recorded from its source on 2026-08-29. - **Product:** visual-studio _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Product label:** Microsoft Visual Studio _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Release cycle:** 18.9 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Field changed:** releaseDate _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **New value:** 2026-08-11 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Detected:** 2026-08-29 ## What the source says > {"name":"18.9","codename":"2026","label":"2026 - 18.9","releaseDate":"2026-08-11" ## Source - https://endoflife.date/api/v1/products/visual-studio Last verified: 2026-08-29. Review by: 2026-09-12. Part of [Software end-of-life date changes — which dates moved and what they were before](https://referencesource.org/software-eol-change-feed/).