Last updated on JULY 28, 2023
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- Windows 32bit client is not planned for Oracle Database 23c
- Oracle Database 19c released on Linux on Arm (28-June-2023)
- RUR's are transitioning to MRPs (available on Linux x86-64)
- Oracle Database 19c will have first year of Extended Support (EXS, ES) fees waived
Oracle Database Release Roadmap
There are two types of Oracle Database releases: Long Term Release and Innovation Release.
- Long Term Release:
Oracle Database Long Term releases are ideal for use cases that benefit from less frequent upgrades to newer releases. Long Term Releases offer the highest level of stability and the longest length of error correction support. These releases have at least 5 years of Premier Support followed by 3 years of Extended Support. As necessary, Oracle may extend the Premier Support period or waive the Extended Support fee. When combined with Extended Support, customers typically have 4 or more years to upgrade from one Long Term release to the next Long Term release.
- Innovation Release:
In between Oracle Database Long Term releases, Oracle delivers Oracle Database Innovation releases that include many enhancements and new capabilities which will also be included in the next Long Term release. Innovation releases are designed to enable customers to continuously use leading-edge technologies to rapidly develop or deploy new applications or augment existing applications. Support for Innovation releases includes at least 2 years of Premier Support and there will be no Extended Support or exceptions. Production workloads can be deployed on Innovation releases if upgrading to the next database release within one year after the next database release ships is factored into the deployment plan.
To help you plan ahead, below is a visual roadmap that captures Oracle Database Releases from 11.2 onward, showing the lifetime support stages (Premier, Extended, etc.) and the Error Correction windows for each release. Note, not all releases are eligible for Extended Support (i.e. 12.2.0.1, 18c).
Figure 1 - Database Release Roadmap
Oracle is mindful of the unprecedented economic and business disruption our customers faced in 2020. We decided to not promote our Database 20c Preview version to General Availability. Instead, we incorporated all of the 20c functionality into the 21c release and made 21c available initially in our Autonomous Database Free Tier so that all can test drive the new features and enhancements for free.
- For details on the Database Suite Lifetime Support Policy (incl. Premier, Extended, Sustaining), see Lifetime Support Policy - Oracle Technology Products.
- For details on the Database Suite Error Correction Policy (incl. Patching end dates and grace periods), see Database, FMW, EM Grid Control, and OCS Software Error Correction Support Policy (Doc ID 209768.1).
- For details on Global Database Extended Support (ES) Fee Waivers, and Limited Error Correction, see Oracle Software Technical Support Policies Section 3 "Lifetime Support" subtitle "Exceptions".
Table 1 - Patching End Dates for Roadmap
| Release | Patching End Date | Notes and Exceptions |
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| 21c Innovation Release |
April 30, 2024 |
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| 19c Long Term Release |
April 30, 2025 with no ES/ULA April 30, 2027 with ES/ULA |
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| 18c Innovation Release |
Jun 30, 2021 |
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| 12.2.0.1 |
March 31, 2022 |
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| 12.1.0.2 Terminal Release |
Jul 31, 2022 with paid ES, ULA, or EBS waiver Dec 31, 2023 (with Upgrade Support - contact ACS for details) |
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| 12.1.0.1 |
Aug 31, 2016 |
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| 11.2.0.4 Terminal Release for 11.2 |
Dec 31, 2020 (with paid Extended Support or ULA Extended Support or EBS Waiver) Dec 31, 2023 (with Upgrade Support - contact ACS for details) Dec 31, 2021 for the OpenVMS platform |
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Recommended Upgrade Path
Oracle recommends the following upgrade options:
- For product longevity and patching, Oracle strongly recommends upgrading to 19c which is the Long Term release with a support end date of April 30, 2027 (or April 30, 2025 if you choose not to pay Extended Support fees or purchase a ULA).
- If you are currently running 11.2.x/12.1.x you will need to upgrade to the terminal release (i.e. 11.2.0.4/12.1.0.2) for the DB Release you are running and then continue the upgrade process to 19c.
- 11.2.0.4 and 12.1.0.2 are in Sustaining Support with Upgrade Support available for some platforms. Contact ACS for more details.
- If you are currently running 12.2.0.1 or 18c, you should upgrade to 19c without delay. 18c and 12.2 are in Sustaining Support.
- The next Long Term release will be 23c. To upgrade to 23c, you must be on 19c or later.
For questions related to certification combinations and Lifetime Support agreements with other Oracle products like Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle JD Edwards, Oracle PeopleSoft, and Oracle Siebel, please contact your Oracle Account Representative.
Oracle Database Release Schedule
These are server releases unless otherwise specified. Server releases always include the native word size client (e.g. 64-bit). Where the platform supports it, a 32-bit and 64-bit client is also part of the release.
Table 2 - Database Release Schedule
| Platform | 23c Long Term Release |
21c Innovation Release |
19c Long Term Release |
18c | 12.2.0.1 | 12.1.0.2 | 12.1.0.1 | 11.2.0.4 | |||
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Oracle Public Cloud Releases |
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| Exadata Express Cloud Service | Not Planned | Not Planned | Not Planned | Not Planned | 18-Sep-2016 | N/A | |||||
| Base Database Service1 (Previously known as: Database Cloud Service) |
TBA |
08-Dec-2020 available on VM (RAC or single-instance) and Bare Metal (single-instance) |
OCI DB System - VM: Jul-2019 OCI DB System - Bare Metal: April 2020 |
1-Mar-2018 | 4-Nov-2016 | Sep-2014 | N/A | Sep-2014 | |||
| Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure1 (Previously known as: Exadata Cloud Service) |
TBA | N/A | 19-Jun-2019 | Jun-2018 | 4-Nov-2016 | Oct-2015 | N/A | Oct-2015 | |||
| Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer1 (Previously known as: Exadata Cloud at Customer) |
TBA | N/A | 17-Sep-2019 | May-2018 | 2-May-2017 | Dec-2016 | N/A | ||||
| Exadata Database Service on Cloud at Customer 2 | TBA | N/A | 17-Sep-2019 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure 2 | TBA | TBA | 26-Jun-2019 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud at Customer 2 | TBA | TBA | 08-Jul-2020 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Autonomous Database on Shared Exadata Infrastructure 2 | TBA | TBA | 15-Mar-2020 | 18-Mar-2018 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
On-Premises Engineered Systems(Same software as released for other platforms but tested on Engineered Systems) |
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| Oracle Database Appliance | TBA | 16-Sep-2021 | 16-Oct-2019 | 7-Mar-2018 | 17-Nov-2017 | Apr 2014 | N/A | Oct 2013 | |||
| Exadata | TBA | 13-Aug-2021 | 13-Feb-2019 | 16-Feb-2018 | 10-Feb-2017 | Oct 2014 | Mar 2013 | Nov 2013 | |||
| Supercluster | TBA | TBA | 26-Apr-2019 |
12-Mar-2018 | 10-Feb-2017 | Nov 2014 | Apr 2014 | Dec 2013 | |||
On-Premises Server Releases (includes client) |
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| Linux x86 | Not Planned | Not Planned | Not planned | Not planned | Not planned | Not planned | Not planned | 28-Aug-2013 | |||
| Linux x86-64 | TBA | 13-Aug-2021 | 25-Apr-2019 | 23-Jul-2018 | 1-Mar-2017 | 22-Jul-2014 | 25-Jun-2013 | 27-Aug-2013 | |||
| Linux on Arm | TBA | Not Planned | 28-June-2023 | Not Planned | Not Planned | Not Planned | Not Planned | Not Planned | |||
| Oracle Solaris SPARC (64-bit) | TBA | Not Planned | 26-Apr-2019 | 30-Jul-2018 | 1-Mar-2017 | 22-Jul-2014 | 25-Jun-2013 | 29-Aug-2013 | |||
| Oracle Solaris x86-64 (64-bit) | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | 07-Nov-2019 Terminal Release |
6-Aug-2018 | 1-Mar-2017 | 22-Jul-2014 | 25-Jun-2013 | 29-Aug-2013 | |||
| Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit) | TBA | 08-Oct-2021 | 08-Jun-2019 | 21-Aug-2018 | 16-Mar-2017 | 25-Sep-2014 | 9-Jul-2013 | 25-Oct-2013 | |||
| OpenVMS Itanium | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Terminal Release | |||
| HP-UX Itanium | TBA | 28-Sept-2021 | 28-May-2019 | 20-Nov -2018 | 13-Apr-2017 | 14-Nov-2014 | 9-Jan-2014 | 10-Oct-2013 | |||
| HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit) |
Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | Platform de-supported | 2-Jan-2014 | |||
| IBM AIX on POWER Systems | TBA | See DOC ID 2766930.1 | 28-May-2019 | 20-Nov -2018 | 13-Apr-2017 | 14-Nov-2014 | 9-Jan-2014 | 10-Oct-2013 | |||
| IBM Linux on System z | TBA | See DOC ID 2766930.1 | 06-June-2019 | 20-Nov -2018 | 6-Jun-2017 | 14-Nov-2014 | 9-Jan-2014 | 9-Jan-2014 | |||
| Microsoft Windows (32-bit) | Not Planned | Client Only - Oct 2021 | Client only - June 2019 |
Not planned | Not planned | Not planned | Not planned | 25-Oct-2013 | |||
| Platform | 23c | 21c | 19 | 18 | 12.2.0.1 | 12.1.0.2 | 12.1.0.1 | 11.2.0.4 | |||
Instant Client-Only Releases |
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| Apple macOS (Intel) download | 10-Sept-2019 | Mar-2018 | 15-Jan-2018 | 2016 | Not planned | 20-Apr-2014 Download |
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| IBM Linux on POWER (Big Endian) |
18-Dec-2015 (download) | 4-Dec-2014 | |||||||||
| IBM Linux on POWER (Little Endian) |
Jul-2019 |
31-Oct-2018 |
7-Jun-2017 (download) | 18-Dec-2015 (download) |
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| Linux on Arm
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Not Planned | May-2021 |
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| 1 Oracle Base Database Service, Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure, and Exadata Cloud at Customer follow the same support life and error correction schedule as on-premises dates unless otherwise noted in Table 1 above (for example, 11.2.0.4 MDS). Also, Extended Support is bundled with these services and does not require additional fees. These services will not be covered under Sustaining Support and Oracle makes no commitment that any cloud service instances will continue to run after the end of their support life (Premier, extended, error correction, or MDS). We will not disable any installed databases upon the expiration of support, but the underlying infrastructure will continue to be updated. The infrastructure updates may render the unpatched databases inoperable. We make no commitment as to how long any unpatched databases will continue to run. 2 Oracle's current plan for Oracle Autonomous Database - Shared Exadata Infrastructure, Oracle Autonomous Database - Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer services is to support Long Term Release versions for a similar period of time found for those major releases when deployed on-premises. The intent of this plan is to provide stability of service experience for the thousands of critical database deployments found in Oracle Cloud. Additionally, we will at times make available Innovation Releases as part of the Autonomous Database Cloud Services. Innovation Releases, when provided, will be supported for a shorter period of time as compared to a Long Term Release, similar to what is found for those releases when deployed on-premises. Oracle reserves the right to change this plan with changing business requirements. Any change will take into account that stability is of utmost importance to Oracle's many thousands of mission critical deployments. References for Client-Only: 32-bit Linux & Windows Instant Clients, https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/instant-client/linux-x86-32-downloads.html https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/instant-client/microsoft-windows-32-downloads.html |
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Legend:
- Qn CYyyyy: Date falls within the Calendar Year specified.
- 1H or 2H CYyyyy: Date falls within the 1st half (six months) or 2nd half of Calendar Year. For example 1H CY2009 means "some time within the first six months of 2009".
- TBA = Schedule To Be Announced
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