Status of version 3.0.x

[Burn Zero]

Hi Alan,

Thank you and your team for the continued support on older releases. I am
very happy and proud that I moved to 3.2.8 recently from 3.0.27 without any
issues :)

On Thu, 4 Dec 2025 at 01:17, Alan DeKok via Freeradius-Users <
freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org> wrote:

>   Unless there is significant support for updates to 3.0.x, we are going
> to declare it "EOL".  The only changes to it will be patches to address any
> security flaws which may be discovered.  There are a few reasons for this
> decision:
>
> * The OpenSSL APIs have changed significantly in recent years.  v3.2.x has
> been updated to support the new APIs, but the changes have not been
> back-ported to the v3.0.x branch.
> * Back-porting these changes would require a fair bit of work.
>
> * 3.0.x currently works on older operating systems, so it can continue to
> be used there.
>
> * However, if the OS is upgraded, you will like need to upgrade to 3.2.x.
>
> * 3.2.x has a number of changes to the RadSec code, and it would take a
> significant effort to back-port those to 3.0.x.
>
> * most new OS distributions have moved to 3.2.x already.
>
>   We will continue to support 3.0.x for people who are using it.  But any
> new functionality will be in 3.2, and any new OS distributions are shipping
> 3.2.x.
>
>   Questions or comments are welcome.
>
>   Alan DeKok.
>
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