angularjs 1.x support lifecycle and end-of-life

Question

I am currently managing an AngularJS development project. There is talk that we need to move to at least AngularJS 1.5 from our current 1.2. One of my requirements to move is that I have to provide evidence of the end of support for 1.5 but cannot find any end of support information after many hours on the angular site and multiple google searches.

Has there been an official comment on when security patches and bug fixes will no longer be developed for Angular v1.x?

Answer 1

End Of Life for AngularJS is December 31st, 2021. You can read more about it HERE on the AngularJS docs page.

Previously the EOL was scheduled for June 30, 2021. However, the Angular team released a blog post stating that they moved that deadline back to the end of December 2021 due to COVID-19.

On July 1st 2018, we entered a Long Term Support (LTS) period for AngularJS 1.8. We originally announced that we would discontinue the support on the 31st of July 2021.

Over the past few months we heard that many companies are hurt by the unprecedented times caused by the global pandemic of COVID-19. In response, we are extending the AngularJS LTS with another 6 months, until the 31st of December 2021.

A lot of companies have yet to begin/finish their migrations away from AngularJS 1.x. On the AngularJS docs there is a project referenced called XLTS.dev that will be providing an extended support for AngularJS projects. That team is made up of some of the core AngularJS team members, AngularJS Material team members, inventors of Angular Universal, former Angular team members, the Scully team members, and ng-conf team members. Sounds like you can go there to continue getting:

• Security Patches
• Browser Breakage Patches
• jQuery Breakage Patches

This is great news for anyone still on an AngularJS project that needs support.