IBM MQ

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IBM MQ 10.0 is the newest actively maintained release. 5 of 13 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 9.1, on September 30, 2023.

Latest version

10.0

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Actively maintained cycles

of 13 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Dec 1, 2000

Support pattern

How IBM MQ 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

64 mo (~5.3 years)

median of 11 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

24 months

median gap between releases

Compared with server app

+50 mo

longer than the server app median

Next end of life

386 days

IBM MQ 9.3

Support windows have stayed consistent across the tracked history, so past cycles are a reasonable guide to what a new one will get.

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

10.0Latest

10.0 · —

9.4

9.4 · —

9.3

9.3 · —

9.2

EOL Sep 30, 2025

9.1

EOL Sep 30, 2023

9.0

EOL Sep 30, 2021

8.0

EOL Apr 30, 2020

7.5

EOL Apr 30, 2018

7.1

EOL Apr 30, 2017

7.0

EOL Sep 30, 2015

6.0

EOL Sep 30, 2012

5.3

EOL Sep 28, 2007

5.2

EOL Dec 31, 2003

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