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IBM Db2 12.1 is the newest actively maintained release. 2 of 8 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 11.5, on April 30, 2027.

Latest version

12.1

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Actively maintained cycles

of 8 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Sep 22, 2006

Support pattern

How IBM Db2 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

81 mo (~6.8 years)

median of 7 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

33 months

median gap between releases

Compared with database

+63 mo

longer than the database median

Next end of life

233 days

IBM Db2 11.5

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 7 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for IBM Db2. 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

12.1Latest

12.1 · —

11.5

11.5 · —

11.1

EOL Apr 30, 2022

10.5

EOL Apr 30, 2020

10.1

EOL Sep 30, 2017

9.7

EOL Sep 30, 2017

9.5

EOL Apr 30, 2015

9.1

EOL Apr 30, 2012

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