"past end of life" or "passed end of life" or both

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I think it is proper to say software has passed end of life, however I've also seen it written as is past end of life, or for example OpenSSL 1.0.2 (past end of life).
"past end of life" has 321k hits on google.
"passed end of life" has 6k hits on google.
If they are both correct which would you use and why?

FeliniusRex · Accepted Answer

The key term here is end of life, because it refers to the end of the maintenance period for software. When something is no longer supported, it is past end of life. As your research has shown, that is the customary phrase. To say that something has "passed" end of life is much less common, and is usually a response to a question. However, the phrase past end of life has become a set phrase in software development.
https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/end-of-life

Hardware or software that is no longer manufactured or supported. An end of life
announcement by a vendor stipulates when the manufacturing will end, or if already
ended, how far into the future support for the product will be provided.

You can see examples of "past end of life" in the wild here:
https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/release-support-lifecycle

Support Past End of Life
It is very important for customers to upgrade to newer, fully supported releases periodically.

"past end of life" or "passed end of life" or both

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