Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL

Service

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 18 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 18.6. 8 of 10 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 11, on February 29, 2024.

Latest version

18.6

Aug 25, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

5

of 10 tracked

Total cycles tracked

10

since Nov 11, 2016

Support pattern

How Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 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

61 mo (~5 years)

median of 10 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

12 months

median gap between releases

Compared with service

+17 mo

longer than the service median

Next end of life

172 days

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 14

Support windows are getting longer: the most recent cycles run about 3 months longer than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. 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
18Latest
18.6 · Aug 25, 2026
17
17.11 · Aug 25, 2026
16
16.15 · Aug 25, 2026
15
15.19 · Aug 25, 2026
14
14.24 · Aug 25, 2026
13
EOL Feb 28, 2026
12
EOL Feb 28, 2025
11
EOL Feb 29, 2024
10
EOL Apr 30, 2023
9.6
EOL Apr 30, 2022
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