ibm mq end of life dates — full support timeline
10 of 13 tracked ibm mq 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2026-06-16 | not announced | — | supported |
| 9.4 | 2024-06-18 | not announced | — | supported |
| 9.3 | 2022-06-23 | 2027-09-30 | — | supported |
| 9.2 | 2020-07-23 | 2025-09-30 | — | ended |
| 9.1 | 2018-07-23 | 2023-09-30 | — | ended |
| 9.0 | 2016-06-02 | 2021-09-30 | — | ended |
| 8.0 | 2014-06-13 | 2020-04-30 | — | ended |
| 7.5 | 2012-06-15 | 2018-04-30 | — | ended |
| 7.1 | 2011-11-01 | 2017-04-30 | — | ended |
| 7.0 | 2008-05-01 | 2015-09-30 | — | ended |
| 6.0 | 2005-05-01 | 2012-09-30 | — | ended |
| 5.3 | 2002-06-01 | 2007-09-28 | — | ended |
| 5.2 | 2000-12-01 | 2003-12-31 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported ibm mq 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-mq, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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