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

After a major engine version of your database reaches the RDS end of standard support date, Amazon RDS automatically upgrades your databases to the next supported major engine version. 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.

This paid feature gives you more time to upgrade to a supported major engine version. During Extended Support, Amazon RDS will supply patches for Critical and High CVEs as defined by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) CVSS severity ratings. For more information, see Vulnerability Metrics. You can also create new databases with major engine versions that have reached the RDS end of standard support date. When you create these databases, Amazon RDS automatically enables Amazon RDS Extended Support.

For example, the RDS end of standard support date for RDS for MySQL version 5.7 is February 29, 2024. But you aren't ready to manually upgrade to RDS for MySQL version 8.0 before that date or for Amazon RDS to automatically upgrade your DB instances to RDS for MySQL version 8.0 after that date. If you enable Extended Support for those DB instances before February 29, 2024, you can continue to run RDS for MySQL version 5.7, and starting March 1, 2024, Amazon RDS will automatically charge you for Extended Support.

This additional charge for Extended Support ends as soon as you upgrade to a supported major engine version or you delete the database that was running a major version past the RDS end of standard support date. For more information, see Amazon RDS for MySQL pricing and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL pricing.

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Extended Support is only available on the last minor version released before the RDS end of standard support date. If you enable Extended Support, Amazon RDS automatically upgrades your DB instance to a minor version that supports Extended Support. Amazon RDS won't upgrade your minor version until after the RDS end of standard support date for your major engine version. For more information, see Supported MySQL minor versions on Amazon RDS.

Extended Support is available for up to 3 years past the RDS end of standard support date for a major engine version. After 3 years, 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.

Extended Support is available for RDS for MySQL 5.7 and 8.0, and for RDS for PostgreSQL 11 and higher. For more information, see Supported MySQL major versions on Amazon RDS and Release calendar for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL.

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You must enable Extended Support for a particular version before the RDS end of standard support date for that version.

Extended Support will be available through the Amazon Web Services Management Console or the Amazon RDS API in December 2023.