amazon linux end of life dates — full support timeline
16 of 17 tracked amazon linux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2023-03-01 | 2029-06-30 | 2023.12.20260724.0 | supported |
| 2 | 2018-06-26 | 2026-06-30 | 2.0.20260720.0 | ended |
| 2018.03 | 2018-04-25 | 2023-12-31 | 2018.03.0.20231218.0 | ended |
| 2017.09 | 2017-11-03 | 2023-12-31 | 2017.09.1.20180409 | ended |
| 2017.03 | 2017-04-07 | 2023-12-31 | 2017.03.1.20170812 | ended |
| 2016.09 | 2016-11-16 | 2023-12-31 | 2016.09.1.20161221 | ended |
| 2016.03 | 2016-03-22 | 2023-12-31 | 2016.03 | ended |
| 2015.09 | 2015-09-22 | 2023-12-31 | 2015.09 | ended |
| 2015.03 | 2015-03-24 | 2023-12-31 | 2015.03 | ended |
| 2014.09 | 2014-09-23 | 2023-12-31 | 2014.09 | ended |
| 2014.03 | 2014-03-27 | 2023-12-31 | 2014.03 | ended |
| 2013.09 | 2013-09-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2013.09 | ended |
| 2013.03 | 2013-03-27 | 2023-12-31 | 2013.03 | ended |
| 2012.09 | 2012-10-11 | 2023-12-31 | 2012.09 | ended |
| 2012.03 | 2012-03-28 | 2023-12-31 | 2012.03 | ended |
| 2011.09 | 2011-09-26 | 2023-12-31 | 2011.09 | ended |
| 2010.11 | 2010-12-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2010.11 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported amazon linux 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-linux, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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