> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://siderolabs-fe86397c-1-11-reference.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Support Matrix

> Table of supported Talos Linux versions and respective platforms.

| Talos Version                                                                                               | 1.7                                                                                                                                                                             | 1.6                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Release Date                                                                                                | 2024-04-19                                                                                                                                                                      | 2023-12-15 (1.6.0)                                                                                                                                                                      |
| End of Community Support                                                                                    | 1.8.0 release (2024-09-23)                                                                                                                                                      | 1.7.0 release (2024-04-15)                                                                                                                                                              |
| Enterprise Support                                                                                          | [offered by Sidero Labs Inc.](https://www.siderolabs.com/support/)                                                                                                              | [offered by Sidero Labs Inc.](https://www.siderolabs.com/support/)                                                                                                                      |
| Kubernetes                                                                                                  | 1.30, 1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.26, 1.25                                                                                                                                              | 1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.26, 1.25, 1.24                                                                                                                                                      |
| Architecture                                                                                                | amd64, arm64                                                                                                                                                                    | amd64, arm64                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Platforms**                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| - cloud                                                                                                     | Akamai, AWS, GCP, Azure, Digital Ocean, Exoscale, Hetzner, OpenNebula, OpenStack, Oracle Cloud, Scaleway, Vultr, Upcloud                                                        | AWS, GCP, Azure, Digital Ocean, Exoscale, Hetzner, OpenStack, Oracle Cloud, Scaleway, Vultr, Upcloud                                                                                    |
| - bare metal                                                                                                | x86: BIOS, UEFI, SecureBoot; arm64: UEFI, SecureBoot; boot: ISO, PXE, disk image                                                                                                | x86: BIOS, UEFI; arm64: UEFI; boot: ISO, PXE, disk image                                                                                                                                |
| - virtualized                                                                                               | VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox, Xen                                                                                                                                              | VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox, Xen                                                                                                                                                      |
| - SBCs                                                                                                      | Banana Pi M64, Jetson Nano, Libre Computer Board ALL-H3-CC, Nano Pi R4S, Pine64, Pine64 Rock64, Radxa ROCK Pi 4c, Radxa Rock4c+, Raspberry Pi 4B, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 | Banana Pi M64, Jetson Nano, Libre Computer Board ALL-H3-CC, Nano Pi R4S, Orange Pi R1 Plus LTS, Pine64, Pine64 Rock64, Radxa ROCK Pi 4c, Raspberry Pi 4B, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 |
| - local                                                                                                     | Docker, QEMU                                                                                                                                                                    | Docker, QEMU                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Cluster API**                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| [CAPI Bootstrap Provider Talos](https://github.com/siderolabs/cluster-api-bootstrap-provider-talos)         | >= 0.6.5                                                                                                                                                                        | >= 0.6.3                                                                                                                                                                                |
| [CAPI Control Plane Provider Talos](https://github.com/siderolabs/cluster-api-control-plane-provider-talos) | >= 0.5.6                                                                                                                                                                        | >= 0.5.4                                                                                                                                                                                |
| [Sidero](https://www.sidero.dev/)                                                                           | >= 0.6.4                                                                                                                                                                        | >= 0.6.2                                                                                                                                                                                |

## Platform Tiers

* Tier 1: Automated tests, high-priority fixes.
* Tier 2: Tested from time to time, medium-priority bugfixes.
* Tier 3: Not tested by core Talos team, community tested.

### Tier 1

* Metal
* AWS
* GCP

### Tier 2

* Azure
* Digital Ocean
* OpenStack
* VMWare

### Tier 3

* Akamai
* Exoscale
* Hetzner
* nocloud
* OpenNebula
* Oracle Cloud
* Scaleway
* Vultr
* Upcloud