Using Amazon RDS Extended Support - Amazon Relational Database Service
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Using Amazon RDS Extended Support

With Amazon RDS Extended Support, you can continue running your database on a major engine version past the RDS end of standard support date for an additional cost. On the RDS end of standard support date, Amazon RDS 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 RDS end of standard support date for RDS for MySQL version 5.7 is February 29, 2024. However, you aren't ready to manually upgrade to RDS for MySQL version 8.0 before that date. In this case, Amazon RDS automatically enrolls your databases in RDS Extended Support on February 29, 2024, and you can continue to run RDS for MySQL version 5.7. Starting March 1, 2024, Amazon RDS automatically charges you for RDS Extended Support.

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

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