Bitwarden Software Release Support

Bitwarden maintains software versions for the Bitwarden server, Bitwarden clients, and other supported integrations and modules. This document describes software lifecycle policies followed by Bitwarden, this information will help you prepare for updates appropriate for your organization.

As a security company building a globally trusted product, Bitwarden maintains up-to-date and relevant software versions for all of our user base, making them widely available and easy to access.

At the same time, we recognize there needs to be a balance between frequent updates and release lifespan. We also recognize there needs to be a balance between pushing forward with new features on newer systems and relinquishing support for older systems. (“Systems” in this case represents devices, operating systems, and software applications and frameworks.)

The following sections describe support policies for software developed by Bitwarden:

The Bitwarden cloud servers are operated and maintained directly by Bitwarden. We update the Bitwarden cloud servers regularly and post updates at status.bitwarden.com.

For self-hosting implementations with applicable subscription plans, Bitwarden servers receives ongoing updates.

Support for a given Bitwarden server release is available for a duration of 3 major releases following the initial release. Note that hotfix releases do not constitute major releases.

This means that self-hosting users may be required to update their server to stay current on Bitwarden features and support, and remain compatible with the latest released clients.

The Bitwarden API release cycle and duration aligns with Bitwarden servers. As a practice, we aim to provide backwards compatibility to the API indefinitely through semantic versioning. However, if we add enhancements that make it difficult or impossible to maintain backwards compatibility to all prior versions, we will indicate that by incrementing the major version number.

Support for a given Bitwarden client release is available for a duration of 3 releases following the initial release. Note that hotfix releases do not constitute major releases.

This means that self-hosting users may be required to update their server to remain compatible with the latest released clients.

The following sections describe support policies for software on which Bitwarden is installed or used:

For all underlying platforms on which Bitwarden clients applications are installed or used, for example desktop or mobile operating systems and web browser versions, Bitwarden aims to support those versions which are currently supported by the vendor.

Unless otherwise specified in the System Requirements, self-hosted installations should be maintained on up-to-date operating systems and compute platforms under active support from their vendor(s).