The Solace Product Lifecycle Policy is applicable to all Solace products and allows you to prepare for end-of-life product transitions. Milestones and phases from Product Introduction through to End of Support are defined with reasonable timeframes for each phase.
These specific software and firmware version expirations are described at the Support page. The Product Lifecycle Policy applies to the product as a whole. This diagram below shows the various phases of Solace’s product lifecycle, and is followed by a schedule of which versions have reached which milestone.
Note that the support duration for specific versions of software products and for SolOS firmware follow different timelines and are described in Solace Support Services, and the Solace PubSub+ software products and SolOS firmware table provides information regarding the end of support dates.
Descriptions of each stage in Solace’s Product Lifecycle are presented in the following table.
| Product Milestone/Phase | Description |
|---|---|
| Product Introduction Milestone | Milestone marking the beginning of the General Availability phase. At this point customers may begin to purchase the product. |
| General Availability Phase | During this phase customers may purchase the product without restriction. Customers with current support plans will receive Major, Maintenance and Hotfix releases applicable to the product. The General Availability phase typically lasts three to four years. |
| End of Sales Milestone | Milestone marking the end of the General Availability phase and the beginning of the No New Sales Phase. |
| No New Sales Phase | During this phase the product is not generally available for purchase. Customers with current support plans will receive the same level of support as during the General Availability Phase. The No New Sales phase will be no less than four years. |
| Final Software Release Milestone | Milestone marking the final SolOS Major Release to be supported by the hardware product or the final Major Release of a software product. |
| No New Software Phase | During this phase customers with current support plans will have access to maintenance and hotfix releases for the final Major Release. The No New Software Phase is 2 years in duration. |
| Final Support Renewal Milestone | At this point the product has effectively reached the end of its lifecycle. For customers that have not yet transitioned to newer products a single 1 year limited Support Plan renewal will be offered. |
| End of Support Renewal Phase | During this 1 year phase, product questions will be answered and production assistance provided however no new maintenance releases or hotfixes will be issued. |
| End of Support Milestone | At this milestone customers will no longer have the option of renewing their support plans and Solace will cease providing support for the product. |
Note: Formal notifications of a product reaching any product lifecycle milestone will be sent by email to customers on active Support Plans. Contact Solace Support at support@solace.com to be included in these notifications.
The support dates for Solace PubSub+ appliances are provided in the table below.
| Product | End of Sales | Final Software Release | Final Support Renewal | End of Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHS-3230AC-01-A | August, 2011 | SolOS 7.1.1 | August, 2017 | August, 2018 |
| CHS-3230AC-01-B | August, 2011 | SolOS 7.1.1 | August, 2017 | August, 2018 |
| CHS-3230AC-01-C | August, 2011 | SolOS 7.1.1 | August, 2017 | August, 2018 |
| CHS-3230AC-01-D | June, 2015 | June, 2019 | June, 2021 | June, 2022 |
| CHS-3230AC-02-A | June, 2015 | June, 2019 | June, 2021 | June, 2022 |
| CHS-3260AC-01-A | June, 2015 | June, 2019 | June, 2021 | June, 2022 |
| CHS-3260AC-01-B | June, 2015 | June, 2019 | June, 2021 | June, 2022 |
| CHS-3260AC-01-C | June, 2015 | June, 2019 | June, 2021 | June, 2022 |
| CHS-3260AC-02-A | June, 2015 | June, 2019 | June, 2021 | June, 2022 |
| CHS-3260AC-03-A | February, 2016 | February, 2020 | February, 2022 | February, 2023 |
| CHS-3260AC-04-A | February, 2016 | February, 2020 | February, 2022 | February, 2023 |
| CHS-3560AC-01-A | June, 2018 | June, 2022 | June, 2024 | June, 2025 |
| CHS-3530AC-01-A | June, 2018 | June, 2022 | June, 2024 | June, 2025 |
| NAB-0610EM-01-A | June, 2018 | June, 2022 | June, 2024 | June, 2025 |
The support dates for Solace PubSub+ software products and SolOS firmware are provided in the table below.
| Product | Version | End of Support |
|---|---|---|
| APIs | 7.0 | March 2, 2018 |
| APIs | 7.1 | May 31, 2019 |
| APIs | 7.2 | May 31, 2020 |
| APIs | 7.3 | September 29, 2020 |
| APIs | 7.4 | March 29, 2022 |
| APIs | 7.5 | July 31, 2022 |
| APIs | 7.6 | October 10, 2022 |
| APIs | 7.7 | December 18, 2022 |
| APIs | 7.8 | February 28, 2023 |
| APIs | 10.0 | November 29, 2020 |
| APIs | 10.1 | May 19, 2021 |
| APIs | 10.2 | September 29, 2021 |
| APIs | 10.3 | January 31, 2022 |
| APIs | 10.4 | July 31, 2022 |
| APIs | 10.5 | November 30, 2022 |
| OpenMAMA | 7.2 | November 23, 2019 |
| OpenMAMA | 7.3 | April 28, 2020 |
| OpenMAMA | 7.4 | August 31, 2021 |
| PubSub+ for PCF | 1.0 | April 7, 2020 |
| PubSub+ for PCF | 1.2 | October 30, 2020 |
| PubSub+ for PCF | 1.3 | December 23, 2020 |
| PubSub+ for PCF | 1.4 | April 17, 2021 |
| PubSub+ for PCF | 2.0 | July 13, 2021 |
| PubSub+ for PCF | 2.1 | September 14, 2021 |
| PubSub+ for PCF | 2.2 | December 24, 2021 |
| PubSub+ for PCF | 2.3 | February 8, 2022 |
| SolOS | 7.1 | May 31, 2018 |
| SolOS | 7.2 | May 31, 2019 |
| SolOS | 8.0 | December 21, 2019 |
| SolOS | 8.1 | March 31, 2020 |
| SolOS | 8.2 | June 30, 2020 |
| SolOS | 8.3 | October 31, 2020 |
| SolOS | 8.4 | March 23, 2021 |
| SolOS | 8.5 | July 31, 2021 |
| SolOS | 9.1 | December 18, 2021 |
| SolAdmin | 7.1 | May 31, 2018 |
| SolAdmin | 7.2 | May 31, 2019 |
| SolAdmin | 8.0 | February 21, 2020 |
| SolAdmin | 8.1 | March 31, 2020 |
| SolAdmin | 8.2 | May 31, 2020 |
| SolAdmin | 8.3 | July 31, 2020 |
| SolAdmin | 8.4 | August 31, 2020 |
| SolAdmin | 8.5 | December 5, 2020 |
| SolAdmin | 8.6 | January 31, 2021 |
| SolAdmin | 8.7 | March 23, 2021 |
| SolAdmin | 8.8 | March 31, 2021 |
| SolAdmin | 8.9 | May 23, 2021 |
| SolAdmin | 8.10 | July 31, 2021 |
| SolCache | 7.1 | May 31, 2018 |
| SolCache | 7.2 | May 31, 2019 |
| SolCache | 8.0 | April 5, 2020 |
| SolCache-RS | - | June 30, 2017 |
| SolGeneos | 7.1 | May 31, 2018 |
| SolGeneos | 7.2 | May 31, 2020 |
| SolGeneos | 8.1 | March 31, 2020 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 7.1 | May 31, 2018 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 7.2 | May 31, 2019 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.0 | February 21, 2020 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.1 | March 16, 2020 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.2 | March 31, 2020 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.3 | May 31, 2020 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.4 | July 31, 2020 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.5 | August 31, 2020 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.6 | September 29, 2020 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.7 | December 5, 2020 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.8 | January 31, 2021 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.9 | March 31, 2021 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.10 | May 23, 2021 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.11 | June 06, 2021 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.12 | July 31, 2021 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 8.13 | September 31, 2021 |
| Solace PubSub+ Software Message Broker | 9.0 | December 18, 2021 |
