Databricks runtime support lifecycles

Databricks releases runtimes as Beta and GA versions. Databricks supports GA versions for six months, unless the runtime version is:

Workloads on unsupported runtime versions may continue to run, but they receive no Databricks support or fixes.

For details, see the tables that follow.

Databricks Runtime versions support lifecycle

Phase	Guarantees
Beta	Support SLAs are not applicable. For more information, see Databricks Runtime preview releases.
Full support	Major stability and security fixes are backported. Full support for Databricks Runtime versions lasts for six months, with the exception of long-term support (LTS) versions.
End of support (EOS)	Version is unsupported: Workloads running on these versions receive no Databricks support Databricks will not backport fixes Supported releases along with their end-of-support dates are published at Supported releases.
End of life (EOL)	Databricks reserves the right to completely remove a release version from the API at any time after support ends, without prior notice.

Phase	Guarantees
Beta	Support SLAs are not applicable. For more information, see Databricks Runtime preview releases.
Full support for LTS version	Major stability and security fixes are backported. Databricks releases LTS versions every six months and supports them for three full years.
End of support (EOS)	Version is unsupported: Workloads running on these versions receive no Databricks support Databricks does not backport fixes The end-of-support date is three years after release.
End of life (EOL)	Databricks reserves the right to completely remove a release version from the API at any time after support ends, without prior notice.

Phase	Guarantees
Beta	Support SLAs are not applicable. For more information, see Databricks Runtime preview releases.
Full support	Major stability and security fixes are backported. Full support lasts until either 12 months after release or two months after the next Databricks Light release, whichever comes first.
End of support (EOS)	Version is unsupported: Workloads running on these versions receive no Databricks support Databricks does not backport fixes The end-of-support date is either 12 months after release or two months after the next Databricks Light release, whichever comes first.
End of life (EOL)	Databricks reserves the right to completely remove a release version from the API at any time after support ends, without prior notice.

Important

The support policy doesn’t cover products and services provided by third parties, including those listed in the Technology partners.