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Oracle Database 23 is the newest actively maintained release. 3 of 12 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 21, on July 31, 2027.

Latest version

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Actively maintained cycles

of 12 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Jun 1, 2001

Support pattern

How Oracle Database 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

62 mo (~5.2 years)

median of 12 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

25 months

median gap between releases

Compared with database

+43 mo

longer than the database median

Next end of life

325 days

Oracle Database 21

Support windows are getting longer: the most recent cycles run about 5 months longer than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Oracle Database. 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

23Latest

23 · —

21 · —

19 · —

EOL Jun 30, 2021

12.2

EOL Mar 31, 2022

12.1

EOL Jul 31, 2018

11.2

EOL Jan 31, 2015

11.1

EOL Aug 31, 2012

10.2

EOL Jul 31, 2010

10.1

EOL Jan 31, 2009

9.2

EOL Jul 31, 2007

9.0

EOL Dec 31, 2003

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