Magento provides clarity around all software support commitments. These commitments and announcements define the approach towards providing software support for Magento platform. Commitments help many merchants to get additional time to make the transition to the newer Magento version. According to the announced lifecycle by Magento, customers can get sufficient time to reach that confidence to upgrade when it is right to their business.
There are 3 areas in this post that deserve attention:
- Lifecycle of Magento Open source software
- Lifecycle of Magento Commerce source software
- Applicable Magento software support
Lifecycle of Magento Open source software (formerly known as Community Edition):
For Magento 1 open source, only security patches will be provided until June 2020 to ensure Magento 1 sites remain secure and compliant. You can refer below table to see which version of Magento 1 open source continues to receive software security maintenance. Table contains Magento 2 open source lifecycle as well.
| Release | Release Date | End of Magento-providedbug fix maintenance | End of Magento-providedsecurity maintenance* |
| Community Edition 1.0 | March 2008 | March 2009 | March 2010 |
| Community Edition 1.1 | July 2008 | July 2009 | July 2010 |
| Community Edition 1.2 | December 2008 | December 2009 | December 2010 |
| Community Edition 1.3 | March 2009 | March 2010 | March 2011 |
| Community Edition 1.4 | February 2010 | February 2011 | February 2012 |
| Community Edition 1.5 | February 2011 | February 2012 | June 2020 |
| Community Edition 1.6 | August 2011 | August 2012 | June 2020 |
| Community Edition 1.7 | April 2012 | April 2013 | June 2020 |
| Community Edition 1.8 | September 2013 | September 2014 | June 2020 |
| Community Edition 1.9 | May 2014 | May 2015 | June 2020 |
| Community Edition 2.0 | November 2015 | March 2018 | March 2018 |
| Community Edition 2.1 | June 2016 | June 2019 | June 2019 |
| Open Source 2.2** | September 2017 | September 2019 | December 2019 |
| Open Source 2.3 | November 2018 | – | – |
| Open Source 2.4 | Q3 2020 | – | – |
** Software version becomes unsupported by Magento after the date listed
*** Name changed from “Community Edition” to “Open Source”
Lifecycle of Magento Commerce software (formerly known as Enterprise Edition):
For Magento 1 Commerce, only security patches will be provided until June 2020 to ensure Magento 1 Commerce sites remain secure and compliant. You can refer below table to see which version of Magento 1 commerce continues to receive software security maintenance. Table contains Magento 2 Commerce lifecycle as well.
| Release | Release Date | End of Software Support |
| Enterprise Edition 1.9 | July 2010 | July 2012¹ |
| Enterprise Edition 1.10 | February 2011 | February 2013¹ |
| Enterprise Edition 1.11 | August 2011 | August 2013¹ |
| Enterprise Edition 1.12 | April 2012 | April 2014¹ |
| Enterprise Edition 1.13 | October 2013 | June 2020 |
| Enterprise Edition 1.14 | June 2014 | June 2020 |
| Enterprise Edition 2.0 | November 2015 | March 2018 |
| Enterprise Edition 2.1 | June 2016 | June 2019 |
| Magento Commerce 2.2 | September 2017 | December 2019³ |
| Magento Commerce 2.3 | November 2018 | – |
| Magento Commerce 2.4 | Q3 2020 | – |
**Enterprise Edition was renamed Magento Commerce
***Software version becomes unsupported by Magento after the date listed
Applicable Magento Software support:
“Magento software support and/or security maintenance apply only to Magento software and does not apply to third-party extensions or customizations. Maintenance of extensions, customization or other modifications to the Magento codebase, including compliance with security and privacy standards (PCI, SOC, ISO, etc.), are the express responsibility of the merchant.”
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