In November 2024, we announced Standard and Extended Support dates for legacy Elasticsearch versions (1.5 through 7.8) and OpenSearch versions (1.0 through 1.2, and 2.3 through 2.9) running on Amazon OpenSearch Service. At that time, Extended Support for these versions was set to end on November 7, 2026 (except Elasticsearch 5.6, for which Extended Support ends on November 7, 2028), after which domains would no longer receive security fixes or operating system patches.
Since that announcement, many customers have upgraded to newer versions. However, some customers need more time to plan and complete their migrations. To provide this flexibility, we are continuing security and operating system patch coverage for these versions for an additional 12 months, through November 7, 2027, at an updated support rate.
Today, we’re announcing two updates: Extended Support extension for present versions and End of Standard Support and Extended Support for additional…