# Announcing Chainguard EOL Grace Period: Time and Flexibility for Updating Software

DevFeed: [Announcing Chainguard EOL Grace Period: Time and Flexibility for Updating Software](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-chainguard-eol-grace-period-time-and-flexibility-for-updating-software-12878.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/announcing-chainguard-eol-grace-period-time-and-flexibility-for-updating-software>)

Published: 2025-02-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-images.md>), [container images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-images.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [customers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customers.md>), [cves](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cves.md>), [end-of-life](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/end-of-life.md>), [eol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eol.md>), [eol-grace-period](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eol-grace-period.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [software-supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-supply-chain.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain-security.md>)

## AI overview

Chainguard announces the beta of EOL Grace Period, a product for container images that supports customers transitioning away from end-of-life software. Chainguard will remediate CVEs and rebuild EOL images for up to six months after the initial EOL date, giving engineering teams more time to plan and execute migrations.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard EOL Grace Period is a product that is designed to support Chainguard Images customers as they transition off end-of-life software.