alibaba dragonwell end of life dates — full support timeline
1 of 5 tracked alibaba dragonwell releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 LTS | 2025-09-24 | 2029-09-30 | 25.0.3.0.3+9 | supported |
| 21 LTS | 2023-11-24 | 2029-11-30 | 21.0.11.0.11+10 | supported |
| 17 LTS | 2021-10-18 | 2027-09-30 | 17.0.19.0.20+10 | supported |
| 11 LTS | 2020-07-20 | 2027-09-30 | 11.0.31.27 | supported |
| 8 LTS | 2019-06-24 | 2026-06-30 | 8.29.28 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported alibaba dragonwell release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/alibaba-dragonwell, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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