33.33% of respondents reported using two versions of CentOS despite all stable versions now years into end of life.

5.56% of respondents reported using all three versions of CentOS despite all stable versions now years into end of life.

At least 43% of enterprises that use open-source technology report a mechanism in place to monitor whether those technologies are active, in maintenance, or EOL (7.5%do not track; 4.2% are unsure).

Organizations relying on public project documentation are most strongly represented among those discovering EOL during regular dependency reviews (57.1%).

Organizations in the 1,001–5,000 employee band are the most reactive, with 69.1% discovering EOL status only after something breaks or a vendor notifies them.

Teams that surface EOL through dependency reviews (74.3%) or security scanning (69.7%) most often choose upgrades, suggesting planned remediation is more feasible when signals arrive earlier.

When EOL is identified through breakage or compatibility failures, reliance on ELS/vendor patching rises (59.7%) while upgrades are least common (18.2%).

41.67% of CentOS users report that they're migrating / planning to migrate.

41.67% of CentOS users report purchasing or planning to purchase extended support.