Posted On: Oct 4, 2023
HAQM EKS Extended Support for Kubernetes Versions is now available in preview. Starting with Kubernetes v1.23, you can now use a Kubernetes version for up to 26 months from the time the version is generally available from HAQM EKS.
HAQM EKS follows the Kubernetes project release cycle. For the first 14 months after a minor version is released as generally available, it is covered under standard support. Now, HAQM EKS Extended Support gives an 12 additional months of support for each Kubernetes minor version, for a total of 26 months of support. During the Extended Support period, HAQM EKS will continue to provide security patches for the Kubernetes control plane. In addition, HAQM EKS will release critical patches for the HAQM VPC CNI, kube-proxy, and CoreDNS add-ons, AWS-published EKS Optimized AMIs for HAQM Linux and Bottlerocket, and EKS Fargate nodes.
HAQM EKS Extended Support for Kubernetes versions is available in preview starting with Kubernetes version 1.23 in all AWS commercial regions. Clusters automatically enter Extended Support, so there is no additional action you need to take for your EKS clusters running version 1.23 or higher. During the preview, there is no additional charge to use Extended Support, you continue to pay $0.10 per hour for each HAQM EKS cluster.
Learn more about HAQM EKS Extended Support for Kubernetes Versions in our blog. Track the support lifecycle dates for EKS Kubernetes Versions in the HAQM EKS user guide.