oracle solaris end of life dates — full support timeline
7 of 8 tracked oracle solaris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.4 | 2018-08-28 | 2031-11-01 | — | supported |
| 11.3 | 2015-10-26 | 2021-01-01 | — | ended |
| 11.2 | 2014-04-29 | ended | — | ended |
| 11.1 | 2012-10-03 | ended | — | ended |
| 11 | 2011-11-09 | ended | — | ended |
| 10 | 2005-01-31 | 2018-01-01 | — | ended |
| 9 | 2002-05-28 | 2011-10-01 | — | ended |
| 8 | 2000-02-01 | 2009-03-01 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported oracle solaris 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/oracle-solaris, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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