Azul Product Support Lifecycle
Azul product releases align with Oracle’s and OpenJDK’s general availability for releases of Java SE.
Azul customers have access to bug fixes, enhancements, and quarterly and emergency security updates.
Azul’s commercial product releases are designated with one of two different support lifecycles: Long Term Support (LTS) and Medium Term Support (MTS).
- Releases designated as LTS are those same LTS releases as designated by Oracle and the OpenJDK community. For LTS releases, Azul provides at least 8 years of access to bug fixes, security updates, and other (“Production Support”) fixes as needed plus 2 years of additional support intended to advise and assist users to migrate to a newer JDK version (“Extended Support”).
- For those releases designed as MTS, Azul provides Production Support for at least 1.5 years after the general availability of the next LTS release, plus an additional 1 year of Extended Support.
- For other Java feature releases, Azul will make feature preview or community builds available on its download page for 6 months.
Support lifecycle for existing and planned JDK releases
You can also use the table below to determine the expected availability of public updates and the lifecycle of Oracle’s commercial Java support offerings.
| End of Commercial Support | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java SE Release | Azul Lifecycle | Java SE GA Date |
Oracle End of Free Commercial Use |
Oracle Java SE | Azul Platform Core | Azul Platform Prime | |
|
Current Offerings
|
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|
Java 6
|
LTS
|
Dec 2006
|
Apr 2013
|
Dec 2018
(12 yrs) |
Dec ’18 / Dec ’26*
(12 yrs) / (20 yrs)* |
Apr 2017
(11 yrs) |
|
|
Java 7
|
LTS
|
Jul 2011
|
Apr 2015
|
July 2022
(11 yrs) |
Jul ’22 / Jul ’23*
(11 yrs) / (12 yrs)* |
Dec 2021
(10.5 yrs) |
|
|
Java 8
|
LTS
|
Mar 2014
|
Jan 2019
|
Dec 2030
(16 yrs) |
Dec 2030
(16 yrs) |
Dec 2030
(16 yrs) |
|
|
Java 9
|
Preview
|
Sept 2017
|
Mar 2018
|
Mar 2018
(6 mo) |
Mar 2018
(6 mo) |
–
|
|
|
Java 10
|
Preview
|
Mar 2018
|
Sept 2018
|
Sept 2018
(6 mo) |
Sept 2018
(6 mo) |
–
|
|
|
Java 11
|
LTS
|
Sept 2018
|
Mar 2019
|
Sept 2026
(8 yrs) |
Sept 2026
(8 yrs) |
Sept 2026
(8 yrs) |
|
|
Java 12
|
Preview
|
Mar 2019
|
Sept 2019
|
Sept 2019
(6 mo) |
Sept 2019
(6 mo) |
–
|
|
|
Java 13
|
MTS
|
Sept 2019
|
Mar 2020
|
Mar 2020
(6 mo) |
Mar 2023
(3.5 yrs) |
Mar 2023
(3.5 yrs) |
|
|
Java 14
|
Preview
|
Mar 2020
|
Sept 2020
|
Sept 2020
(6 mo) |
Sept 2020
(6 mo) |
–
|
|
|
Java 15
|
MTS
|
Sept 2020
|
Mar 2021
|
Mar 2021
(6 mo) |
Mar 2023
(2.5 yrs) |
Mar 2023
(2.5 yrs) |
|
|
Java 16
|
Preview
|
Mar 2021
|
Sept 2021
|
Sept 2021
(6 mo) |
Sept 2021
(6 mo) |
–
|
|
|
Future Offerings (Est.)
|
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|
Java 17
|
LTS
|
Sept 2021
|
Mar 2022
|
Sept 2029
(8 yrs) |
Sept 2029
(8 yrs) |
Sept 2029
(8 yrs) |
|
* Only for those customers who have purchased extended Production Support for Java 6 or Java 7. Additional builds that may be provided during the extended Production Support period are not TCK-tested. Contact Azul for further information.
Additional Notes
- Oracle information is taken from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html.
- The dates shown above for the Azul products are for the end of the Production Support term. Add an additional 2 years, 1 year, and 6 months for Extended Support for LTS, MTS, and STS releases respectively.
- For Azul products or Java SE releases shown above which have not yet been released for general availability, Azul product availability and lifecycle designation are estimates and preliminary, and subject to change.
- Commercial support for Azul products may be available for periods longer than shown above. Contact Azul Sales for more information.
- For further information about the changes to the Java SE release cadence, Oracle’s announced support offerings, and further detail regarding Azul’s LTS and MTS releases, visit https://azul.com/products/core.
Other Releases
From time to time, Azul may offer “Feature Preview”, “Early Access” or “Not Supported” versions publicly or to select Azul customers. These releases are explicitly not supported in any manner.