Using Amazon RDS Extended Support

With Amazon RDS Extended Support, you can continue running your database on a major engine version past the Aurora end of standard support date for an additional cost. On the Aurora end of standard support date, Amazon Aurora automatically enrolls your databases in RDS Extended Support. Automatic enrollment into RDS Extended Support doesn't change the database engine and doesn't impact the uptime or performance of your DB instance.

This paid offering gives you more time to upgrade to a supported major engine version.

For example, the Aurora end of standard support date for Aurora MySQL version 2 is October 31, 2024. However, you aren't ready to manually upgrade to Aurora MySQL version 3 before that date. In this case, Amazon Aurora automatically enrolls your cluster in RDS Extended Support on October 31, 2024, and you can continue to run Aurora MySQL version 2. Starting December 1, 2024, Amazon Aurora automatically charges you for RDS Extended Support.

RDS Extended Support is available for up to 3 years past the Aurora end of standard support date for a major engine version (3 years and 4 months for Aurora MySQL version 2). After this time, if you haven't upgraded your major engine version to a supported version, then Amazon Aurora will automatically upgrade your major engine version. We recommend that you upgrade to a supported major engine version as soon as possible.