# MySQL end of life?

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-end-of-life/35648>\
**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 8.0\
**Created:** [December 13, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-end-of-life/35648 "2024-12-13T18:03:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ipcmlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ipcmlr](https://forums.percona.com/u/ipcmlr)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-end-of-life/35648/1 "2024-12-13T18:03:51Z")

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I am a little confused about the end of life date for MySQL 8.0.  
Is the end of life april 2025 or april 2026?  
according to this [https://www.mysql.com/support/eol-notice.html](https://www.mysql.com/support/eol-notice.html)  
Starting with MySQL 8.1 and future releases, only 64-bit binaries will be provided. Existing MySQL 8.0 will continue to provide 32-bit and 64-bit binaries for supported platforms until EOL in April 2026.  
But here its april 2025. [MySQL | endoflife.date](https://endoflife.date/mysql)  
Is there a document with the actual dates of the end of life?

EDIT: We do not pay for oracle support. I just want to know until when MySQL community will continue to get bug/security fixes/patches. thanks.

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-end-of-life/35648/2 "2024-12-13T20:06:59Z")

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This is what I found:

> and 8.0.34+ will transition to only bug fixes until 8.0 End-Of-Life (EOL) scheduled for [April-2026](https://www.oracle.com/support/lifetime-support/resources.html).

[https://dev.mysql.com/blog-archive/introducing-mysql-innovation-and-long-term-support-lts-versions/](https://dev.mysql.com/blog-archive/introducing-mysql-innovation-and-long-term-support-lts-versions/)

Security patches should continue to at minimum, April 2025, and extended support (ie: paid) would go until 2026.

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**Author:** ![ipcmlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ipcmlr](https://forums.percona.com/u/ipcmlr)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-end-of-life/35648/3 "2024-12-13T20:08:35Z")

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Thanks,  
on the percona website though its april 2026?  
I’m totally confused since I know percona aligns the eol with oracle.

> **[Percona Software Support Lifecycle Overview](https://www.percona.com/services/policies/percona-software-support-lifecycle)**
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> This document is intended to clarify the impact of the Percona Release Lifecycle Overview and the Percona Services Lifecycle Policy on software which Percona produces and the Linux-based operating system platforms which we provide services and...

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-end-of-life/35648/4 "2024-12-13T20:13:52Z")

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If you are using Percona MySQL, then the 2026 date will stand. But once that date hits, there will be nothing more, just like how it is now with 5.7.

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**Author:** ![ipcmlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ipcmlr](https://forums.percona.com/u/ipcmlr)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-end-of-life/35648/5 "2024-12-13T21:56:10Z")

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@matthewb thank you.