I see here that EOL for Centos 8 Stream is 2024-05-31.
Probably I'm not getting something but I understand it is upstream of RHEL 8 which has EOL in 2029.
What's happening in 2024?
CentOS 8 Stream EOL – End of Life Information
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I see here that EOL for Centos 8 Stream is 2024-05-31.
Probably I'm not getting something but I understand it is upstream of RHEL 8 which has EOL in 2029.
What's happening in 2024?
Best Answer
Centos 8 Stream is a separate thing, not really trying to be a direct equivalent of RHEL 8 (not in terms of the packaged software or timeline).
Centos 8 (non-"stream") was supposed to track RHEL 8 and presumably would have matched the RHEL 8 EOL date if the project hadn't been killed off.
From the Centos FAQ (emphasis added):
Ie, the Centos 9 Stream should appear when RHEL 9 releases and coexist with Centos 8 Stream until RHEL 8 Full Support ends.
My understanding is that if you run Centos 8 Stream, you are expected to transition to Centos 9 Stream during that overlap (while RHEL 8 continues to be maintained in it's Maintenance Support phase for another 5 years after that time).