AWS key dates

Every dated AWS change that forces action, in one place: end-of-life and end-of-support deadlines, plus announced pricing changes, configuration-default changes, retirements and policy mandates that impact your stack and costs. What's changing, when, and how long you have. For day-to-day announcements, see the AWS release feed.

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Dated changes (1)

Announced changes with an explicit effective date: pricing, defaults, retirements and policy mandates that existing workloads must plan around. Every date shown has been checked against the original announcement, which each row links to.

  1. 1 Sept 2028

    EKS Managed Certificate Authority auto-activation is scheduled. Review for potential impacts.

    704 days

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Version Released End of life Status Extended support
1.36 2 Jun 2026 2 Aug 2027 307 days left 2 Aug 2028
1.35 28 Jan 2026 27 Mar 2027 179 days left 27 Mar 2028
1.34 6 Oct 2025 2 Dec 2026 64 days left 2 Dec 2027
1.33 28 May 2025 29 Jul 2026 end of life 29 Jul 2027
1.32 25 Jan 2025 23 Mar 2026 end of life 23 Mar 2027
1.31 26 Sept 2024 26 Nov 2025 end of life 26 Nov 2026
1.30 23 May 2024 23 Jul 2025 end of life 23 Jul 2026
1.29 23 Jan 2024 23 Mar 2025 end of life 23 Mar 2026
1.28 26 Sept 2023 26 Nov 2024 end of life 26 Nov 2025
1.27 24 May 2023 24 Jul 2024 end of life 24 Jul 2025
1.26 11 Apr 2023 11 Jun 2024 end of life 11 Jun 2025
1.25 21 Feb 2023 1 May 2024 end of life 1 May 2025
1.24 15 Nov 2022 31 Jan 2024 end of life 31 Jan 2025
1.23 11 Aug 2022 11 Oct 2023 end of life 11 Oct 2024