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Package support status

This is current as of 2023-09-01T15:42:52.148382.

Amazon Corretto 8 has security support until June 2026

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The last planned update of Amazon Corretto 8 is in April 2026, with an End of Life in July 2026.

Amazon Corretto 11 has security support until September 2027

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The last planned update of Amazon Corretto 11 is in July 2027, with an End of Life in October 2027.

Amazon Corretto 17 has security support until March 2028

https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

The last planned update of Amazon Corretto 17 is in July 2028, with an End of Life in October 2028. Since the Amazon Linux 2023 EoL date is early, it applies for Corretto 17 in AL2023.

MariaDB 10.5 has security support until June 2025

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-105/

Support period for MariaDB 10.5 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

NGINX has security support until March 2028

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/

AL2023 will keep ingesting new upstream NGINX releases.

PHP 8.1 has security support until November 2024

https://www.php.net/supported-versions

Support period for PHP 8.1 is the same as PHP 8.1 upstream end-of-life. PHP 8.2 is available with an upstream end-of-life date of 2025-12-08.

PHP 8.2 has security support until December 2025

https://www.php.net/supported-versions

Support period for PHP 8.2 is the same as PHP 8.2 upstream end-of-life.

PostgreSQL 15 has security support until November 2027

https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

Support period for PostgreSQL 15 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

Python 3.9 (System Python) has security support until March 2028

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0596/#lifespan

AL2023 has Python 3.9 as the System Python. Amazon will continue to security patch this version of Python until the end-of-life of AL2023, which is beyond when upstream Python supports this version until.

Python 3.11 has security support until October 2027

https://devguide.python.org/versions/

AL2023 provides Python 3.11 that can be installed alongside the System Python (Python 3.9). Amazon will provide security patches and support for this version of Python until the upstream end-of-life of Python 3.11, which is estimated to be in October 2027. If a version of Python is required that is supported until the EOL of Amazon Linux 2023, use Python 3.9 which is the System Python for AL2023.

Redis 6 has security support until August 2025

https://docs.redis.com/latest/rs/installing-upgrading/product-lifecycle/

The support period for Redis 6 is specific to Redis 6.2 end-of-life period. AL2023 will keep ingesting minor versions of Redis 6 as they become available.

Ruby 3.2 has security support until March 2026

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/branches/

Support period for Ruby 3.2 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

PCRE has security support until June 2024

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/

pcre version 1 is deprecated, replaced by pcre2. This support period is to allow migration time for remaining pcre version 1 users.

Dotnet6.0 has security support until November 2024

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/support/policy/dotnet-core

Support period for Dotnet6.0 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

Kernel has security support until March 2028

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/

There may be live patches available for a kernel for the first three months after it is released. Individual live patches don't get updates, but new live patches and new kernels may be released.

Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/

This is the support statement for AL2023. The end-of-life of Amazon Linux 2023 is March 2028. From this point, the Amazon Linux 2023 packages will no longer receive any updates from Amazon.

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