Red Hat Enterprise Linux Retired Life Cycle Dates

Updated -

Current support dates

Please see the Product Life Cycles

ELS

RHEL 5 ELS (ended November 30, 2020)
RHEL 6 ELS (ends June 30, 2024)

Extended Update Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, EUS was available for the following minor releases:

5.2 (ended March 31, 2010)
5.3 (ended November 30, 2010)
5.4 (ended July 31, 2011)
5.6 (ended July 31, 2013)
5.9 (ended March 31, 2015)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, EUS was available for the following minor releases:

6.0 (ended November 30, 2012)
6.1 (ended May 31, 2013)
6.2 (ended January 7, 2014)
6.3 (ended June 30, 2014)
6.4 (ended March 3, 2015)
6.5 (ended November 30, 2015)
6.6 (ended October 31, 2016)
6.7 (ended December 31, 2018)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, EUS was available for the following minor releases:

7.1 (ended March 31, 2017)
7.2 (ended November 30, 2017)
7.3 (ended November 30, 2018)
7.4 (ended August 31, 2019)
7.5 (ended April 30, 2020)
7.6 (ended May 31, 2021)
7.7 (ended August 30, 2021; Final RHEL 7 EUS Release)

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Update Services for SAP Solutions was available for the following minor releases:

 7.2 (ended November 30, 2019)
 7.3 (ended November 30, 2020)
 7.4 (ended August 31, 2021)
 7.6 (ended October 31, 2022)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 - (Non-EUS / Non-Update Services for SAP Solutions minor releases)

 7.8 (retired  September 30, 2020)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, EUS was available for the following minor releases:

 8.1 (ended November 30, 2021)
 8.2 (ended April 30, 2022)
 8.4 (ended May 31, 2023)
 8.6 (ended May 31, 2024)
 8.8 (ends May 31, 2025)

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Update Services for SAP Solutions was available for the following minor releases:

 8.1 (ended November 30, 2023)
 8.2 (ended April 30, 2024)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 - (Non-EUS / Non-Update Services for SAP Solutions minor releases)

 8.3 (retired  May 31, 2021)
 8.5 (retired  May 31, 2022)
 8.7 (retired  May 31, 2023)
 8.9 (retired  May 31, 2024)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, EUS was available for the following minor releases:

 9.0 (ended May 31, 2024)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 - (Non-EUS / Non-Enhanced EUS / Non-Update Services for SAP Solutions minor releases)

 9.1 (retired  May 31, 2023)
 9.3 (retired  Apr 30, 2024)

Life-cycle Dates

Version General Availability End of Full Support End of Maintenance Support 1 End of Maintenance Support 2 (Product retirement) End of Extended Life-cycle Support End of Extended Life Phase Last Minor Release
3 October 23, 2003 July 20, 2006 June 30, 2007 October 31, 2010 January 30, 2014 January 30, 2014
4 February 14, 2005 March 31, 2009 February 16, 2011 February 29, 2012 March 31, 2017 May 18, 2022 4.9
5 March 15, 2007 January 8, 2013 January 31, 2014 March 31, 2017 November 30, 2020 Ongoing 5.11
6 November 10, 2010 May 10, 2016 May 10, 2017 November 30, 2020 June 30, 2024 Ongoing 6.10
7 (System z (Structure A)) April 10, 2018 August 6, 2019 August 6, 2020 May 31, 2021 Not Applicable Ongoing 7.6
7 (ARM) November 13, 2017 August 6, 2019 August 6, 2020 November 30, 2020 Not Applicable Ongoing 7.6
7 (POWER9) November 13, 2017 August 6, 2019 August 6, 2020 May 31, 2021 Not Applicable Ongoing 7.6

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