Version support policy

A major or minor version of Cloud Data Fusion environment is supported for a specific period of time after it is released. During that period, Cloud Data Fusion instances that use the environment version are supported. After that period, instances that continue to use the environment version are no longer supported. When a version is not supported, existing instances will continue to work, but no new instances can be created. No additional fixes will be made and, if you have issues, Cloud Customer Care will recommend upgrading your environment to the latest version.

Cloud Data Fusion version support is defined as follows:

  • 0-18 months after a major or minor version of Cloud Data Fusion environment is released: Cloud Data Fusion instances running the version are supported.

  • Beyond 18 months after a major or minor version of Cloud Data Fusion environment is released: Cloud Data Fusion instances running the version are unsupported and need to be updated to regain support.

Support timelines

Versions are not supported after the following dates:

Cloud Data Fusion minor version GA release date Last day of support
6.9 September 7, 2023 March 31, 2025
6.8 February 28, 2023 August 31, 2024
6.7 August 15, 2022 February 29, 2024
6.6 April 1, 2022 October 31, 2023
6.5 November 5, 2021 May 31, 2023
6.4 May 27, 2021 November 30, 2022
6.3 * January 21, 2021 July 31, 2022
6.2 * September 30, 2020 March 31, 2022
6.1 * December 10, 2019 June 30, 2021

* Versions 6.1 through 6.3 use an unsupported version of Dataproc. See Version compatibility.

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