MariaDB Lifecycle: End Of Life And Support Status
Last updated on December 4, 2024
MariaDB is a database management system, just like MySQL. More precisely, it is a community-developed Relational Database Management System (RDBMS).
MariaDB is used for different purposes, such as e-commerce, logging applications, enterprise-level features, and data warehousing. It is even used for banking applications.
Support status guide
End of life (EOL) is the end of a product’s useful life. When a product reaches the end of its life cycle, the manufacturer no longer supports it. The following table explains the different phases of a product’s lifecycle. Testing status is when the product is initially released and EOL is when product support is no longer offered. The time between these two points is the support timeframe.
Testing
The software is not yet publicly available. It is in testing phase i.e., alpha, beta, release preview etc.
Active
The software is actively supported by the vendor.
Phasing Out
The software will soon reach its end of life. You need to look for upgrade or migration options. The software will automatically go into phasing out status 2 months before end of life.
End Of Life
The software is no longer supported by the vendor. You need to make sure your system and environment are safe.
Version
Released
Active Support
A newer MariaDB version is announced every quarter, which amounts to 4 releases per year. These updates include new features. They then receive active support from the community for 1 year since General Availability (GA).
However, the Long Term Servicing (LTS) releases are maintained for 5 years since their launch date.
After the release of MariaDB version 10.6 in 2021, some non-LTS releases also received 5-year active support but were never officially labeled as LTS. This practice is continuing today.
Note that the EOL dates for MariaDB constitute the public policy of the MariaDB Foundation and are not legally binding.
EOLs