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. If you want to learn more, please read our LICENSE.

Security Issues & Backports

In the event of a security issue, the project will try to backport - when possible - security patches to versions of npm currently shipping with "maintained" Node.js versions. There are no guarantees that legacy versions of npm will receive updates.

Registry Service & Reliability

Older versions of the npm CLI should also continue to work with the npm Public Registry (ie. registry.npmjs.org) but may not support all of its latest features & reliability of those APIs/services may change or degrade over time.

Other Questions, Comments or Concerns

Questions, comments, or requests to change this policy should be opened in npm's feedback repository.