Oracle Change History (2020-2025)

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In this post i am going to share the oracle change History summary.

Change History (2020-2025)

Only significant changes to content (such as new or changed dates, new releases, or clarifications) beginning Jan 1, 2020 are listed below. Minor wording or formatting changes are not recorded.

Date	What Changed?
Dec 4, 2025	Marked Supercluster N/A for  26ai
Dec 3 2025	Added Linux x86-64 estimated release Jan 2026
Oct 14, 2025	Replaced Oracle Database 23ai with Oracle AI Database 26ai
May 16, 2025	Upgrade Support has been extended through Dec 31, 2026
May 6, 2025	Added: The support for 32-bit Oracle Clients (both Full and Instant Client) has been discontinued since 23ai; i.e., there will be no 32-bit Instant Client releases with 23ai and beyond.
28-Mar-2025 10-April-2025	Linked 3068039.1 as an important reference document
19-Mar-2025	Added comment *3 for Private Cloud Appliance
16-Jan-2025	Added 22-Jul-2024 release dates for 23ai on Compute Cloud@Customer and Private Cloud Appliance
27-Nov-2024	No major changes.  Only formatting updates.
25-Nov-2024	Extended the Premier Support end date for 23ai Database to Dec 31, 2031, set Extended Support to TBD
21-Nov-2024	Removed 19c Upgrade Support.  After Premier and Extended Support dates changed were extended, there is no need for Upgrade Support.
19-Nov-2024	Updated 19c LSP dates and Roadmap visual
06-Nov-2024	Sync'd Roadmap visual and Upgrade Support End dates for 11.2, 12.1, and 12.2
01-Nov-2024	Updated Roadmap and LSP dates for 23ai, 21c, and 19c.
06-Aug-2024	Upgrade Support announced for 11.2, 12.1, and 12.2 for customers upgrading their Databases to 19c
22-Jul-2024	Updated Oracle Database Appliance and Exadata release dates to 22-Jul-2024.  Also, updated release date for Autonomous Database on Shared Exadata Infrastructure because it released on 28-Jun-2024.
26-Jun-2024	Added link to Linux x86-64 Full Client download
25-Jun-2024	Added Instant Client link for Linux x86-64 and MS Windows 64 bit, added macOS ARM Instant Client details
20-Jun-2024	Added new release dates for Oracle Autonomous Database - Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer, ODA, Exadata and Linux-x86 64
04-Jun-2024	Corrected Windows 32bit client dates for all releases.
02-May-2024	Oracle Database 23ai released to cloud.  Changed name from Oracle Database 23c to Oracle Database 23ai.
04-Jan-2024	Clarified that Upgrade Support is required if a customer needs to provision or run 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1 on Exadata Database Service, Base Database Service or Exadata Cloud@Customer
08-Dec-2023	21c End Date was extended 1 year and is now April 30, 2025
17-Nov-2023	Clarified description for Table 2, Footnote 1
12-Oct-2023	Modified name of Upgrade Support from Restricted Upgrade Support to Upgrade Support (restricted/custom)
20-Sep-2023	23ai Estimated Release Dates announced
10-Aug-2023	ACS has been renamed to Customer Success Services. They are offering very limited support for 11.2, 12.1 and 12.2 in 2024. Contact CSS for details.
07-Aug-2023	Second year of 19c EXS fees have been waived, Updated Oracle Recommendations section
28-Jul-2023	Changed Windows 32bit client from TBA to Not Planned for 23ai
29-Jun-2023	Oracle Database 19c released on Linux on ARM (28-June-2023)
07-Jun-2022	Market Driven Support expired on Dec 31, 2022. For information on Upgrade Support
24-Oct-2022	Exadata Cloud and Database Cloud names now reflect the new names; added Exadata Database Service on Cloud at Customer
18-Oct-2022	1) RUR is transitioning to MRP. See 19c section above. 2) Date ranges for 23ai availability are provided for planning purposes only.
11-Oct-2022	First year of 19c EXS fees have been waived, Updated Oracle Recommendations section
15-Aug-2022	Added: 21c is not available with Exadata Database Service to Table 1
01-Aug-2022	Database Release 12.1.0.2 has moved to Sustaining Support.
27-Jun-2022	No significant changes to content
13-Jun-2022	Added additional information around 12.2 move to Sustaining.
11-Nov-2021	Wording for Cloud services modified to say: These services will not be covered under Sustaining Support and Oracle makes no commitment that any cloud service instances will continue to run after the end of their support life (Premier, extended, error correction, or MDS).
20-Oct-2021	Added release dates for 21c on ODA, HP, Windows
13-Aug-2021	Oracle Database 21.3 released on Linux with a patching end date of April 30, 2024
08-Jun-2021	Oracle will use best effort to support the Oracle 12.1.0.2 Database on Microsoft Windows until July 2022. See Table 1 above.
03-Jun-2021	Added Market Driven Support is not available for PSM-based OCI DBCS, in 11.2.0.4
05-May-2021	Oracle Instant Client 19.10 released on Linux on ARM
04-May-2021	Oracle is not planning to release 21c on IBM AIX Power Systems and IBM Linux on System Z (Added link to Doc ID 2766930.1 05/06/2021)
16-Dec-2020	Updated Table 1 11.2.0.4 Market Driven Support bullet for Database Cloud Services
08-Dec-2020	Updated Roadmap, Added 21c information
23-Nov-2020	Changed end date for 18c from June 08, 2021 to June 30, 2021 to match contract date requirements.
12-Oct-2020	Added OpenVMS Itanium Support dates that will extend their support until Dec 31, 2021. See Table 1 - 11.2.0.4 section above.
02-Sep-2020	Added additional information around 11.2.0.4 DBCS and Market Driven Support. See Table 1- 11.2.0.4 section above.
03-Aug-2020	Because 12.2.0.1 LEC applies to all on-prem and DB cloud services, removed the following from 12.2.0.1 bullet points: 'Limited Error Correction applies to Gen 1 ExaCC, OCC DBCS, and ODA (UPDATED)'. Added a comment that MDS does not apply to DBCS (This comment was removed 02-Sep-2020) Amended 12.1.0.2 EXS extension to specifically call out the Windows exception end date is the 'Patching/Error Correction end date'. In certify, the EXS date for Windows platforms will still show as July 31, 2022 due to a tool limitation but patching (including bundles) will stop July 31, 2021.
10-Jun-2020	Added Long Term and Innovation release definitions, added updated Premier and Extended Support dates for 19c, added terminal release for the Solaris x86-64 bit platform, clarified the 12.2.0.1 additional 3 months of support for Gen 1 ExaCC, OCC DBCS, and ODA has been absorbed into Limited Error Correction window.
15-Apr-2020	Added Limited Error Correction for 12.2.0.1 from Dec 1, 2020- until March 31, 2022
23-Mar-2020	Gen 1 ExaCC, OCC DBCS, and ODA will have 3 additional months of support life. The end of life dates for databases on these platforms is: ·        11.2.0.4: 31-March 2021 ·        12.2.0.1 : 28-Feb-2021
Jan 28, 2020	Restructured original document, removed older releases that are no longer covered under Premier or Extended Support, removed unnecessary information contained in other documents, Added estimated release dates for annual release 20c.

 

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Srini