Red Hat Enterprise Linux Application Streams Life Cycle

Overview

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 introduced the concept of Application Streams - multiple versions of user space components that are delivered and updated more frequently than the core operating system packages. This provides greater flexibility to customize Red Hat Enterprise Linux without impacting the underlying stability of the platform or specific deployments.

Components made available as Application Streams can be packaged as:

  • RPM packages
  • Modules
  • Software Collections

Application Streams are delivered through the AppStream repository. Each Application Stream component has a given life cycle, either the same as the RHEL release or shorter.

Application Streams are available for Red Hat Enteprise Linux 8 and 9.

Details

Application Streams will be available during the Red Hat Enterprise Linux lifecycle. Multiple versions of user space components are delivered and updated more frequently than the core operating system packages. This provides greater flexibility to customize Red Hat Enterprise Linux without impacting the underlying stability of the platform or specific deployments.

For details regarding component lifecycles outside of the Application Streams defined below, please see Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle.

Releases and Support

Red Hat will support Application Streams for the defined life cycle, after which customers are encouraged either to upgrade to a later release or continue on as self-supported without official Red Hat Support. Application Streams will not have a corresponding Extended Update Support (EUS) nor an Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) offering.

Retired/Deprecated Application Streams packages do not receive updates or Errata.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Application Streams

RHEL 8 Application Streams Release Life Cycle

RHEL 8 Full Life Application Streams Release Life Cycle

RHEL 8 Rolling Application Streams Release Life Cycle

Rolling Application Stream Release Date Product Version Previous Release
container-tools May 2019 rhel8 LINK
Go Nov 2024 1.22.7 LINK
Java Mission Control Nov 2021 8.0.1 LINK
LLVM Nov 2024 18.1.8 LINK
GNU Make (Latest Version) Nov 2022 rhel8 LINK
Rust Nov 2024 1.79.0 LINK
The above-mentioned tools are available for the following architectures: AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures, the 64-bit ARM architecture, IBM Power Systems, Little Endian, and 64-bit IBM Z.

RHEL 8 Dependent Application Streams Release Life Cycle

Application Stream
389-ds 1.4
pki-core
pki-deps

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Application Streams

RHEL 9 Application Streams Release Life Cycle

RHEL 9 Full Life Application Streams Release Life Cycle

RHEL 9 Rolling Application Streams Release Life Cycle

RHEL 9 Dependent Application Streams Release Life Cycle

  • None at this time