ibm aix end of life dates — full support timeline
9 of 13 tracked ibm aix 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3.4 | 2025-12-06 | 2028-12-31 | 7.3.4 | supported |
| 7.3.3 | 2024-12-06 | 2027-12-31 | 7.3.3 | supported |
| 7.3.2 | 2023-11-30 | 2026-11-30 | 7.3.2 | ends soon |
| 7.3.1 | 2022-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | 7.3.1 | ended |
| 7.3.0 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 7.3.0 | ended |
| 7.2.5 | 2020-11-30 | not announced | 7.2.5 | supported |
| 7.2.4 | 2019-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 7.2.4 | ended |
| 7.2.3 | 2018-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 7.2.3 | ended |
| 7.2.2 | 2017-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 7.2.2 | ended |
| 7.2.1 | 2016-11-30 | 2019-11-30 | 7.2.1 | ended |
| 7.2.0 | 2015-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 7.2.0 | ended |
| 7.1.5 | 2017-10-31 | 2023-04-30 | 7.1.5 | ended |
| 6.1.9 | 2013-11-30 | 2017-04-30 | 6.1.9 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported ibm aix 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/ibm-aix, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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