Amazon RDS for MySQL

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Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.4.9 is the newest actively maintained release. 17 of 18 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 5.7, on February 29, 2024.

Latest version

8.4.9

May 8, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

of 18 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Jul 1, 2013

Support pattern

How Amazon RDS for MySQL has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

44 mo (~3.7 years)

median of 18 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

2 months

median gap between releases

Compared with service

−1 mo

shorter than the service median

Next end of life

1056 days

Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.4.9

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 41 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Amazon RDS for MySQL. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life

Today

8.4.9Latest

8.4.9 · May 8, 2026

8.0.46

EOL Jul 31, 2026

8.4.8

8.4.8 · Feb 3, 2026

8.0.45

EOL Jul 31, 2026

8.4.7

8.4.7 · Nov 13, 2025

8.0.44

EOL Jul 31, 2026

8.4.6

8.4.6 · Aug 1, 2025

8.0.43

EOL Jul 31, 2026

8.4.5

8.4.5 · Apr 29, 2025

8.0.42

EOL Jul 31, 2026

8.4.4

8.4.4 · Feb 19, 2025

8.0.41

EOL Jul 31, 2026

8.4

8.4.11 · Aug 21, 2026

8.4.3

8.4.3 · Nov 21, 2024

8.0.40

EOL Jul 31, 2026

8.0

EOL Jul 31, 2026

5.7

EOL Feb 29, 2024

5.6

EOL Mar 1, 2022

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