ROS Noetic is reaching End of Life in May 2025 – Which additional packages do you need in ROS Noetic ESM?

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ROS Noetic is reaching End of Life in May 2025 – Which additional packages do you need in ROS Noetic ESM?

With ROS Noetic and Ubuntu 20.04 approaching EOL, their Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) period begins in April-May this year. During this time, ROS packages inside Ubuntu’s ROS ESM repository will continue receiving five more years of security updates, alongside Ubuntu Main. This is crucial for companies that must comply with security regulations but aren’t ready to migrate to a newer ROS or Ubuntu distribution yet.

:light_bulb:Canonical would like to know which Noetic packages are essential for you to be included in our ESM.

Right now for each ROS distribution entering its ESM phase, we include:

  • REP-142 ‘ros_base’ for ROS 1
  • REP-2001 ‘ros_base’ for ROS 2

We follow a structured process, similar to Ubuntu’s Main Inclusion Process, to ensure long-term support for these packages.

This is your chance to let us know which additional packages you need.

You can use this form, it should take less than 5 minutes! Survey Form

Remember that ROS ESM is available with the Ubuntu Pro subscription – and anyone can use Ubuntu Pro for free with up to 5 machines!

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Hi @mirkoferrati , since Noetic’s EOL is on May, until when can we push releases? For example, if still have an upcoming patch in our package.

In addition, until when can we add packages in the rosdistro - noetic - distribution.yaml ? Assuming we want to still have our packages indexed, but maybe not (bloom) released?

Thanks!

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I’ve created a dedicated topic: Noetic EOL plan .