From 73d52567a0e14593cd92b4968063ae5b976f1888 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Viktor Szakats Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 03:33:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] DEPRECATE.md: drop support for Windows XP/2003 Dropped from curl-for-win on August 28, 2022: https://github.com/curl/curl-for-win/commit/6976612160075c1e9ee967964d5dec1a25c5ac6c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2003 Ref: #17985 Closes #18016 --- docs/DEPRECATE.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/DEPRECATE.md b/docs/DEPRECATE.md index c7cb97d9df..862b82f8d4 100644 --- a/docs/DEPRECATE.md +++ b/docs/DEPRECATE.md @@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ Bumping the minimum to VS2010. VS2008 is a pain to support. Previous discussion and details: https://github.com/curl/curl/discussions/15972 +## Windows XP + +In January 2026, curl drops support for Windows XP and Server 2003. Their +"mainstream support" ended in 2014, with final updates on May 14, 2019. + +Making the new minimum target Windows version Vista / Server 2008. + ## Past removals - axTLS (removed in 7.63.0) -- 2.47.2