Amazon OpenSearch Service announces additional upgrade runway for existing domains and support dates for additional versions

Amazon OpenSearch Service Extended Support Update

In November 2024, Amazon OpenSearch Service announced Extended Support for legacy Elasticsearch and OpenSearch engine versions. To provide flexibility for migrations, security and operating system patch coverage for certain versions will continue for an additional 12 months through November 7, 2027.

Extended Support Details

• Versions: Elasticsearch versions 1.5 to 7.8 (excluding 5.6), OpenSearch versions 1.0 to 1.2, and OpenSearch versions 2.3 to 2.9.
• Support Duration: Extended for 12 months through November 7, 2027.
• Charges: From November 7, 2026, the Extended Support surcharge will be equal to your instance pricing. Storage costs are not affected.
• Additional Versions: Extended Support dates for Elasticsearch versions 6.8, 7.9, and 7.10, OpenSearch version 1.3, and OpenSearch versions 2.11 to 2.19 are announced.
• Support Duration for Additional Versions: Elasticsearch versions 6.8 and 7.10 and OpenSearch versions 1.3 and 2.19 will receive 3 years of Extended Support. Elasticsearch version 7.9 and OpenSearch versions 2.11 to 2.17 will receive 1 year of Extended Support.
• Charges for Additional Versions: $0.0065 per Normalized Instance Hour (NIH) in US East (N. Virginia). For exact region pricing, see the pricing page.

What to do

• Upgrade to the latest available OpenSearch version for improved performance, security, and new features.
• Review the blog post, Extended Support documentation, and pricing page for more details.

Source: AWS release notes

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