{
  "id": "product-lifecycle",
  "title": "Redis Enterprise Software product lifecycle",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/7.8/installing-upgrading/product-lifecycle/",
  "summary": "The product lifecycle of Redis Enterprise Software.",
  "content": "The Redis Enterprise Software product lifecycle fully reflects the [subscription agreement](https://redis.io/legal/software-agreement/).\nHowever, for any discrepancy between the two policies, the subscription agreement prevails.\n\nRedis Enterprise modules follow the [modules lifecycle]().\n\n## Release numbers\n\nRedis uses a four-place numbering scheme to designate released versions of its products.\nThe format is \"Major1.Major2.Minor-Build\".\n\n- Major sections of the version number represents fundamental changes and additions in\n    capabilities to Redis  Enterprise Software. The Major1 and Major2 part of the\n    version number are incremented based on the size and scale of the changes in each\n    release.\n- The Minor section of the version number represents quality improvements, fixes to\n    existing capabilities, and new capabilities which are typically minor, feature-flagged, or optional. \n- Build number is incremented with any changes to the product. Build number is\n    incremented with each build when any change is made to the binaries.\n\nRedis Enterprise Software typically gets two major releases every year but the product shipping cycles may vary.\nMaintenance releases, typically available on the last minor release of the current major1.major2 release are typically made available on a monthly cadence, although cycles may vary.\n\n## End-of-life schedule {#endoflife-schedule}\n\nFor Redis Enterprise Software versions 6.2 and later, the end-of-life (EOL) for each major release occurs 24 months after the formal release of the subsequent major version. Monthly maintenance will be provided on the last minor release of the major1.major2 releases.\nThis update to the EOL policy allows a lead time of at least 24 months to upgrade to the new release after it is available.\n\n\n| Version - Release date | End of Life (EOL)  |\n| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------ |\n| 7.8 – November 2024\t\t\t\t        | - |\n| 7.4 – February 2024\t\t\t\t        | November 30, 2026 |\n| 7.2 – August 2023\t\t\t\t            | February 28, 2026 |\n| 6.4 – February 2023\t\t\t\t\t\t| August 31, 2025 |\n| 6.2 – August 2021                         | February 28, 2025  |\n| 6.0 – May 2020                            | May 31, 2022  |\n| 5.6 – April 2020                          | October 31, 2021  |\n| 5.4 – December 2018                       | December 31, 2020  |\n| 5.2 – June 2018                           | December 31, 2019  |\n\n## Supported cluster version upgrade paths\n\n\n\nFor detailed upgrade instructions, see [Upgrade a Redis Enterprise Software cluster]().\n\n\nRedis Enterprise for Kubernetes has its own support lifecycle, which accounts for the Kubernetes distribution lifecycle. For details, see [Supported Kubernetes distributions]().\n\n",
  "tags": ["docs","operate","rs"],
  "last_updated": "2026-04-01T08:10:08-05:00"
}