End-of-life policy

Magnolia releases

From version 6 onwards, Magnolia classifies major releases (x.y) into Long-Term Support (LTS) and Feature releases.

Long-term support (LTS)

Unless otherwise stated, Long-term support (LTS) releases are maintained for at least two years after their release. When a new major release is made available, the current LTS release goes into maintenance mode.

The duration of maintenance mode is determined by Magnolia.

For more information, see Magnolia maintenance policy.

Feature releases

Feature releases are fully maintained until the following LTS or Feature release is available.

When a new LTS or Feature release is available, we will ship one more maintenance release after which the current Feature release can be declared end-of-life:

  • Immediately with the final maintenance release.

  • After an extended end-of-life period, to support migration.

End-of-life

When the supported life of a version ends, we announce end-of-life (EoL) on this page. We do not provide formal support, bug fixes or security fixes for customers using an EoL version of Magnolia. However, we do our best to assist customers who encounter issues with EoL versions of Magnolia. DX Core customers who run an EoL version can use their support contract to verify issues, ask questions about the product, and get help with migration to a newer, supported version of the product.

Enterprise customers with a valid support contract can still use Magnolia support for questions and issues related to EoL versions.

Extended end-of-life

During the extended end-of-life (EEoL) period, which is intended to support migration, we only address critical stability and security issues. The start of this period is determined by Magnolia and announced below on this page.

Maintained releases

Release Date Cloud support End of life

Magnolia 6.2

2020-03-27

Unmaintained releases

Release Date End of life

Magnolia 6.1

2019-06-26

2021-03-31

Magnolia 6.0

2018-11-30

2019-06-26

Magnolia 5.7

2018-06-25

2023-12-31

Magnolia 5.6

2017-11-17

2020-06-25

Magnolia 5.5

2016-11-15

2019-11-15

Magnolia 5.4

2015-07-03

2018-11-15

Magnolia 5.3

2014-06-23

2017-06-30

Magnolia 5.2

2013-11-22

2016-06-30

Magnolia 4.5

2012-03-13

2016-06-30

Magnolia 4.4

2010-11-30

2015-06-30

End-of-life announcements

  • Magnolia 6.1 reached end-of-life (EoL) on March 31, 2021. The 6.1 branch is no longer maintained.

  • Magnolia 6.0 reached end-of-life (EoL) on June 26, 2019. The 6.0 branch is no longer maintained.

  • Magnolia 5.7 reached end-of-life (EoL) on December 31, 2023. The 5.7 branch is no longer maintained.

  • Magnolia 5.6 reached end-of-life (EoL) on June 25, 2020. The 5.6 branch is no longer maintained.

  • Magnolia 5.5 reached end-of-life (EoL) on November 15, 2019. The 5.5 branch is no longer maintained.

  • Magnolia 5.4 reached end-of-life (EoL) on November 15, 2018. The 5.4 branch is no longer maintained.

  • Magnolia 4.5 reached end-of-life (EoL) on June 30, 2016. The 4.5 branch is no longer maintained.

Versions earlier than those listed above are also in end-of-life status.

We encourage you to upgrade your sites to the latest release of the latest Magnolia branch.

Raising issues for supported versions

You can raise issues for supported versions of Magnolia at https://jira.magnolia-cms.com. Getting a fix may require upgrading to a version that includes the fix. Critical security fixes are backported to currently supported versions.

Extended support

To get extended support for your EoL version of Magnolia, contact info@magnolia-cms.com. Support for EoL instances is provided only under special terms agreed with the client.

Upgrading to a supported version

Magnolia International provides assistance upgrading your EoL version to a supported version. Contact info@magnolia-cms.com to get help. Our experienced Services team will help manage and implement a smooth migration.

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