Windows 10 has officially reached its end-of-life (EOL) on 14.10.2025.
Due to the operating system's popularity, Windows 10 is currently covered in Microsoft's Extended Security Updates (ESU) program.
For consumers, this means that the operating system will receive security fixes until 13.10.2026. For more information, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/extended-security-updates.
For commercial users, the program will run for three years (until 10.10.2028) and comes with increasing costs per device per year, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended-security-updates.
Considering these time lines, it is highly recommended to consider the Windows 10 end-of-life in your Qt applications. Qt 6.12 will be the last Qt release that will include support for Windows 10. As it's a long-term support (LTS) release with a 5-year support period, this should give consumers a chance to use this version during their ESU period and commercial Qt users enough time to prepare for an operating system and Qt version change. Qt 6.12 LTS, foreseeably supported until 2031, gives your Qt applications support beyond Microsoft's promises for this operating system.
