The End of Life (EOL) feature is a crucial component of our code quality and security product. It provides a comprehensive dashboard to monitor and manage the lifecycle status of software dependencies. This feature helps developers and security teams proactively identify and update dependencies that are approaching or have reached their end-of-life, thereby mitigating potential security risks and maintaining code quality.
In the context of software dependencies, End of Life refers to the point in time when a software component no longer receives updates or patches, including critical security fixes. Once a dependency reaches its end of life, it is no longer safe to use in production as it may expose the application to vulnerabilities and compliance issues.
The EOL dashboard utilizes data from the endoflife.date database, which is sponsored by Datadog and Netlify. It provides up-to-date information on the lifecycle status of various software packages. The dashboard supports the following data:
Current version: Displays the latest stable version of each package.
Release dates: Shows the release history and dates for each version.
EOL dates: Indicates the projected or confirmed end-of-life dates for each version.