amazon elasticache redis end of life dates — full support timeline
2 of 4 tracked amazon elasticache redis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2022-04-12 | not announced | 7.1 | supported |
| 6 | 2020-10-13 | 2027-01-31 | 6.2 | supported |
| 5 | 2018-10-17 | 2026-01-31 | 5.0.6 | ended |
| 4 | 2017-11-17 | 2026-01-31 | 4.0.10 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported amazon elasticache redis 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/amazon-elasticache-redis, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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