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Version Support Policy

Version support for Kong Gateway (Enterprise)

Version Released Date End of Full Support End of Sunset Support
3.1.x.x 2022-12-06 2024-08-30 2025-08-30
3.0.x.x 2022-08-31 2024-08-30 2025-08-30
2.8.x.x 2022-03-02 2023-08-24 2024-08-24
2.7.x.x 2021-12-16 2023-02-24 2023-08-24
2.6.x.x 2021-10-14 2023-02-24 2023-08-24
2.5.x.x 2021-08-03 2022-08-24 2023-08-24
2.4.x.x 2021-05-18 2022-08-24 2023-08-24
2.3.x.x 2021-02-11 2022-08-24 2023-08-24
2.2.x.x 2020-11-17 2022-08-24 2023-08-24
2.1.x.x 2020-08-25 2022-08-24 2023-08-24
1.5.x.x 2020-04-10 2021-04-09 2022-04-09
1.3.x.x 2019-11-05 2020-11-04 2021-11-04
0.36 2019-08-05 2020-08-04 2021-08-04
0.35 2019-05-16 2020-05-15 2020-11-15
0.34 2018-11-19 2019-11-18 2020-11-18
0.33 2018-07-11 2019-06-10 2020-06-10
0.32 2018-05-22 2019-05-21 2020-05-21
0.31 2018-03-13 2019-03-12 2020-03-12
0.30 2018-01-22 2019-01-21 2020-01-21

Table 1: Version Support for Kong Enterprise

Types of releases

Kong primarily follows semantic versioning (SemVer) with its products. That is, products typically follow a pattern of {MAJOR_VERSION}.{MINOR_VERSION}.{PATCH_VERSION}. Kong Enterprise additionally has one more decimal point on the right which identifies a sub-patch based on the Kong Community Gateway. For the purposes of this support document:

  • Major Version refers to a version of Kong Enterprise identified by the number to the left of the leftmost decimal point. For example, 2.1.3.0 has Major Version 2 and 1.3.0.0 has Major Version 1.

  • Minor Version means a version of the Software identified by a change in the number in between the two leftmost decimal points (x.X.x). For example, 2.1.3.0 has Minor Version 1 and 1.3.0.0 has Minor Version 3.

  • The First Major Version Release is the first chronologically generally available release of a given Major Version. The First Major Version Release of Major Version 2 of Kong Enterprise was 2.1.3.0 and the First Major Version Release of Major Version 1 was 1.3.0.0.

  • The Latest Major/Minor Version Release is the most recent chronologically generally available Minor Version Release of a given Major Version.

For customers with an active enterprise support agreement, beginning with Kong Enterprise release version 2.1.3.x*. Kong provides support for each Major Version Release of Kong Enterprise for 24 months from the release date of the First Major Version Release.

Support includes:

  • Technical support on the use of the software as documented including:
    • Assistance with configuration of the software
    • Guidelines on performance tuning
  • Assistance with upgrades to later versions of the Kong software
  • Access to bug-fix releases and/or workarounds based on the below Bug Fix Guidelines

* 24 month support applies starting with Kong Enterprise 2.1.3.x. For prior releases, support remains at 12 months from the first minor version release. Support for the Kubernetes Ingress Controller and Kong Mesh remain at 12 months. The 24 month support applies to Kong Enterprise standard releases.

Sunset support

After the product hits the end of the support period, Kong will provide limited support to help the customer upgrade to a fully supported version of Kong Enterprise for up to an additional 12 month sunset period. Kong will not provide patches for software covered by this sunset period. If there is an issue that requires a patch during this period, the customer will need to upgrade to a newer Kong Enterprise version covered by 24 month active support.

Bug fix guidelines

Unfortunately, all software is susceptible to bugs. Kong seeks to remedy bugs through a structured protocol as follows:

  • Serious security vulnerabilities are treated with the utmost priority. See here for our security vulnerability reporting and remedy process, including how to report a vulnerability.

  • Bugs which result in production outages or effective non-operation (such as catastrophic performance degradation) will be remedied through high priority bug fixes and provided in patch releases to the Latest Major/Minor Version Release of all currently supported Major Versions of the software and optionally ported to other versions at Kong’s discretion based on the severity and impact of the bug.

  • Bugs which prevent the upgrade of a supported version to a more recent supported version will be remedied through high priority bug fixes and provided in the Latest Major/Minor Version Release of all currently supported Major Versions of the software and optionally ported to other versions at Kong’s discretion based on the severity and impact of the bug.

  • Other bugs as well as feature requests will be assessed for severity and fixes or enhancements applied to versions at Kong’s discretion depending on the impact of the bug. Typically, these types of fixes and enhancements will only be applied to the most recent Minor Version in the most recent Major Version.

Customers with platinum or higher subscriptions may request fixes outside of the above and Kong will assess them at its sole discretion.

Additional terms

  • The above is a summary only and is qualified by Kong’s Support and Maintenance Policy.
  • The above applies to Kong standard software builds only.

See also

  • Version support policy for Kong Mesh
  • Version support policy for Kubernetes Ingress Controller
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