Phase 1 (Full support: about 5 years) | Phase 2 (Maintenance: about 5 years) | Phase 3 (Extended lifecycle: about 3 years) |
Phase | Definition | Duration |
Full support phase (Phase 1) | Includes fixes for Critical and Important security vulnerabilities, fixes for urgent high-priority bugs, OS software feature enhancements and optimizations, support for new hardware features that do not require extensive code changes, and continuous minor version updates for images on the cloud or ISO images in yum repositories. Tencent Cloud provides full OS technical support. | 5 years |
Maintenance phase (Phase 2) | Includes fixes for Critical and Important security vulnerabilities and fixes for urgent high-priority bugs. Generally, new OS software features or hardware features are no longer supported. Continuous minor version updates for images on the cloud or ISO images in yum repositories are provided. | 5 years |
Extended lifecycle phase (Phase 3) | Only fixes for Critical and Important security vulnerabilities and urgent high-priority bugs are included. New OS software features and new hardware features are no longer provided. Minor versions of cloud images or ISO images in yum repositories are no longer updated. | 3 years |
GA | End of Full Support (EOFS) | End of Maintenance (EOM) | End of Support (EOS) |
2019.12.31 | 2024.12.31 | 2029.12.31 | 2032.12.31 |
GA | End of Full Support (EOFS) | End of Maintenance (EOM) | End of Support (EOS) |
2019.12.31 | 2024.12.31 | 2029.12.31 | 2032.12.31 |
GA | End of Full Support (EOFS) | End of Maintenance (EOM) | End of Support (EOS) |
2023.4.30 | 2028.4.30 | 2033.4.30 | 2036.4.30 |
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