# containerd 2.4 — lifecycle date releaseDate is now 2026-09-16

For containerd 2.4, product is containerd; field changed is releaseDate; new value is 2026-09-16; detected is 2026-09-21, recorded from its source on 2026-09-21; source re-checked 2026-10-26.

- **Product:** containerd
- **Product label:** containerd
- **Release cycle:** 2.4 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Field changed:** releaseDate _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **New value:** 2026-09-16 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Detected:** 2026-09-21 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> {"name":"2.4","codename":null,"label":"2.4","releaseDate":"2026-09-16"

## Source

- https://endoflife.date/api/v1/products/containerd

Last verified: 2026-10-26. Review by: 2026-11-09.
Part of [Software end-of-life date changes — which dates moved and what they were before](https://referencesource.org/software-eol-change-feed/).