Oracle Lifetime Support:
Coverage for Oracle Technology Products
Lifetime Support Policy, Coverage for Oracle Technology Products January, 2021 Page 4
Oracle Database Releases
Release GA Date
Premier
Support Ends
Extended
Support Ends
Sustaining
Support
Ends
8.1.7 Sep 2000 Dec 2004 Dec 2006 Indefinite
9.2 Jul 2002 Jul 2007 Jul 2010 Indefinite
10.1 Jan 2004 Jan 2009 Jan 2012 Indefinite
10.2 Jul 2005 Jul 2010 Jul 2013 Indefinite
11.1 Aug 2007 Aug 2012 Aug 2015 Indefinite
11.2 Sep 2009 Jan 2015 Dec 2020 Indefinite
Enterprise Edition 12.1
2
Jun 2013 Jul 2018 Jul 2022 Indefinite
Standard Edition (SE) 12.1
Jun 2013 Aug 2016 Not Available Indefinite
Standard Edition One (SE1) 12.1 Jun 2013 Aug 2016 Not Available Indefinite
Standard Edition 2 (SE2) 12.1
2
Sep 2015 Jul 2018 Jul 2022
Indefinite
12.2.0.1
1
Mar 2017
Nov 30, 2020
(Limited Error
Correction Period
for 12.2.0.1 - Dec
1, 2020 – Mar 31,
2022)
Not Available
Indefinite
18c Jul 2018 Jun 2021 Not Available
Indefinite
19c (Long Term Release) Apr 2019 Apr 2024 Apr 2027
Indefinite
For more detailed information on bug fix and patch release policies and dates, please refer to the Database Error Correction
Support Policy (Doc ID 209768.1) and the Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (Doc ID 742060.1) located on My
Oracle Support (MOS).
Information on upgrade paths can be found in the Database Upgrade Guide for the release you plan to upgrade to. Product
documentation can be found at https://docs.oracle.com in the Oracle Help Center.
1
Oracle Database 12.2.0.1: Premier Support error correction provided for the period of December 1, 2020 through March 31,
2022 will be limited to Severity 1 production fixes and security fixes delivered via the Quarterly Release Update (RU)
process. Error Correction support will be available only for the following platforms: Linux x86-64, Solaris x86-64, Solaris
SPARC, IBM AIX on Power Systems, IBM Linux on System Z (ZLinux), HP-UX Itanium, Fujitsu BS2000 and Microsoft
Windows x64. This extension excludes:
• Functional upgrades of any kind, issues associated with Third-Party software, and certifications with new
versions of the OS; embedded components in the Oracle Database that rely upon de-supported releases of
Java products; updates to any cryptography related functionality, including, but not limited to, Transport Layer
Security (TLS), network encryption, and other forms of secured communications.
• Embedded components in the Oracle Database that rely upon de-supported releases of Java products; updates
to any cryptography related functionality, including, but not limited to, Transport Layer Security (TLS), network
encryption, and other forms of secured communications.
2
Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 : Extended Support is offered for the period August 2021 through July 2022 for the following
platforms: Linux x86-64, Linux on IBM Z, IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64 bit), HP-UX Itanium, Fujitsu BS2000, Oracle
Solaris on SPARC and Oracle Solaris on x86-64.