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Support Policy
Long Term Support (LTS)
The npm CLI project does not have designated LTS releases. The project only makes regular releases to the most recent major release-line.
Historical Notes:
- During the
npm@3release cycle,npm@2was maintained as an "LTS release". Support for this version ended whennpm@4was released & no new version was promoted to LTS status; Theltsdist-tag, & any references in our documentation, are remnants that will be removed by: February 28th, 2021- There have historically been out-of-band releases to older versions of the CLI at the request of the Node.js project, & at this team's discretion (ex. important updates to
node-gyp)
Security Issues
In the event of a security issue, the npm CLI project will backport security patches to any version of npm currently shipping with a supported Node.js version; That is to say, any Node.js version still in its "maintenance window".
Using Old Versions
Older versions of npm should continue to work with the registry.npmjs.org registry but may not support all of its latest features.
Questions & Comments
Questions, comments, or requests to change this policy should be opened in npm's feedback repository.
