Support Lifecycle Policy and End of Life Dates

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SecureAuth® Identity Platform Product Lifecycle

The lifecycle for a product release of SecureAuth® Identity Platform (previously named SecureAuth IdP) consists of a Standard lifecycle of two (2) years, plus an extension of one (1) year of Limited Support (as defined below), followed by optional two (2) year Extended Support (as defined below) and then none thereafter.

The following diagram illustrates the lifecycle for SecureAuth® Identity Platform:

 Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6Year 7Year 8
Release Year 1StandardStandardLimitedExtendedExtendedNoneNoneNone
 Release Year 2StandardStandardLimitedExtendedExtendedNoneNone
  Release Year 3StandardStandardLimitedExtendedExtendedNone

 

The following table illustrates what falls under software maintenance during each phase of the lifecycle:

 StandardLimitedExtended bNone
New Features aYesNoNoNo
Enhancement RequestsYesNoNoNo
Issues ResolutionYesYes cYes cNo
Critical Security UpdatesYesYesYesNo
SupportYesYesYesNo
Knowledge Base AccessYesYesYesYes
ForumsYesYesYesYes
Access to Hot FixesYesYesYesYes
Access to DocumentationYesYesYesYes

– Access to these features are available to customers current with maintenance
– Extended support is available at a fee
– Critical priorities only

  1. Support access depends on the maintenance level purchased. Details of maintenance and support services are provided as part of SecureAuth’s software license agreement.
  2. SecureAuth may choose to address issues with a significant business impact for the customer through a hot fix. Each hot fix shall be subject to the same lifecycle as that of the release it applies to.
  3. SecureAuth may provide enhancements with new releases at its discretion. Our goal is to provide at least one new release per year.

 

Standard Lifecycle

Provided a customer is current with maintenance or subscription, standard product support shall be provided for each product release for up to two (2) years for SecureAuth Identity Platform. Product support includes hot fixes and patches for software defects that materially prevents product use and any available workarounds for other non-critical software defects.

During the Standard lifecycle and at its discretion, SecureAuth (i) may fix bugs in a current release and deliver it as a hot fix; or (ii) may schedule bug fixes in a future release. Customers that are current with maintenance may request support for any severity level issues.

Limited Support

Provided a customer is current with maintenance or subscription, limited product support starts immediately at the end of Standard Support and continues for one (1) year. Limited Support includes email and telephone support, problem investigation, and providing problem resolution recommendations based on existing knowledge, and existing supported product releases and patches ("Limited Support"). During the Limited Support phase, SecureAuth may provide qualified security updates at its discretion.

Extended Support

Provided a product qualifies for extended support and the customer is current with extended maintenance, extended support starts immediately at the end of Limited Support and continues for two (2) or more years (as determined by SecureAuth at its discretion). Extended Support includes email and telephone support, problem investigation, and problem resolution recommendations based on existing knowledge and existing supported product releases and patches. During the Extended Support phase, SecureAuth may provide qualified updates of critical priority at its discretion.

Air-gapped Support

Provided the customer is current with their maintenance or subscription, Air-Gapped Support begins immediately after Limited Support concludes, continuing for a minimum of three years (or more). This support includes email and telephone assistance, investigation of issues, and recommendations for problem resolution, based on available knowledge, supported product releases, and patches. During the Extended Air-Gapped Support phase, SecureAuth may, at its discretion, offer qualified updates deemed critical.

Lifecycle Dates

All future dates mentioned for "End of Standard Lifecycle" and "End of Limited Support", "End of Extended Support",  and "End of Air-gapped Support" are close approximations and subject to change.

 

Air-gapped SecureAuth IdP Lifecycle

SecureAuth IdP instances deployed in fully air-gapped environments are covered by extended standard lifecycle support. Contact SecureAuth Support or your Customer Success Manager for full details.

Identity Platform ReleaseGeneral AvailabilityEnd of Standard LifecycleEnd of Limited SupportEnd of Air-gapped Support
9.2FEB 01 2018FEB 01 2021FEB 01 2022FEB 01 2028
20.06JUL 31 2020JUL 31 2022JUL 31 2023JUL 31 2028

 

Identity Platform Lifecycle

Identity Platform ReleaseGeneral AvailabilityEnd of Standard LifecycleEnd of Limited SupportEnd of Extended Support
26.0.0JAN 30 2026JAN 30 2028JAN 30 2029JAN 30 2030
24.04APR 3 2024APR 3 2026APR 3 2027APR 3 2029
23.07JUL 18 2023JUL 18 2025JUL 18 2026JULY 18 2028
22.12DEC 15 2022DEC 15 2024DEC 15 2025DEC 15 2027
22.02APR 25 2022APR 25 2024APR 25 2025APR 25 2027
21.04APR 4 2021APR 4 2023APR 4 2024APR 4 2026
20.06JUL 31 2020JUL 31 2022JUL 31 2023JUL 31 2025
19.07JUL 11 2019JUL 11 2021JUL 11 2022JUL 11 2024

 

Legacy SecureAuth IdP Lifecycle

IdP VersionGeneral AvailabilityEnd of Standard LifecycleEnd of Limited SupportEnd of Extended Support
9.3JAN 22 2019JAN 22 2021DEC 30 2024DEC 30 2025
9.2FEB 01 2018FEB 01 2021FEB 01 2022FEB 01 2024
9.1JUL 25 2017JUL 24 2020JUL 24 2021JUL 24 2022
9.0.2DEC 19 2016JUN 19 2018DEC 19 2018N/A**
9.0.1AUG 24 2016FEB 24 2018AUG 24 2018N/A**
9.0.ARP 29 2016OCT 29 2017APR 29 2018N/A**
Earlier--JUN 01 2017DEC 01 2017N/A**

**Extended Support has expired and is not available

 

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