Red Hat Enterprise Linux Retired Life Cycle Dates
Current support dates
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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 |