# Zend Framework 2.x LTS status

**URL:** <https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/zend-framework-2-x-lts-status/562>\
**Category:** Components & MVC\
**Created:** [April 13, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/zend-framework-2-x-lts-status/562 "2018-04-13T14:22:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![deviantintegral](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/deviantintegral/32/330_2.png) [@deviantintegral](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/deviantintegral)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/zend-framework-2-x-lts-status/562/1 "2018-04-13T14:22:12Z")

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I’m trying to determine the support status of a few Zend components. Long Term Support [https://framework.zend.com/long-term-support](https://framework.zend.com/long-term-support) says that Zend Framework 2.4 went out of support in March. Does that mean that only 3.x has current support, and Zend isn’t following the “current plus previous” support other projects often follow?

Second, how do I correlate an individual component with the core framework version? For example, zend-diactoros has a latest tag of 1.7.1. I thought I could perhaps correlate against [the core framework’s composer.json](https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework/blob/master/composer.json), but it doesn’t list diactoros as a dependency.

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**Author:** ![froschdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/froschdesign/32/38_2.png) [@froschdesign](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/froschdesign)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/zend-framework-2-x-lts-status/562/2 "2018-04-14T09:54:50Z")

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> [@deviantintegral](#):
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> but it doesn’t list diactoros as a dependency.

Really? 😉

> <https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework/blob/master/composer.json#L25>

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**Author:** ![deviantintegral](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/deviantintegral/32/330_2.png) [@deviantintegral](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/deviantintegral)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/zend-framework-2-x-lts-status/562/3 "2018-04-14T11:50:04Z")

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It turns out that searching for `dict` doesn’t match `diact`. Thanks for pointing that out. 🤦‍♂️

Is it reasonable to say that ZF 3.x will be supported for 2-3 years from whatever point a 4.x stable is tagged?

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**Author:** ![matthew](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/matthew/32/14_2.png) [@matthew](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/matthew)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/zend-framework-2-x-lts-status/562/4 "2018-05-16T16:24:58Z")

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Please see [my reply on a related topic](https://discourse.zendframework.com/t/zend-framework-2-5-x-support-status/586/2).

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**Author:** ![matthew](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/matthew/32/14_2.png) [@matthew](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/matthew)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/zend-framework-2-x-lts-status/562/5 "2018-07-24T16:34:58Z")

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We’ve finalized the Support and Long-Term Support policies; both can now be found at:

- [https://framework.zend.com/long-term-support](https://framework.zend.com/long-term-support)

This page also details current support status for each and every component we provide.