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Lifecycle dates for IBM MQ in containers

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Abstract

The IBM® MQ Operator can deploy queue managers with either a IBM Cloud Pak® for Integration or an IBM MQ Advanced license. The lifecycle and support dates are different, depending on which license you choose.

Content

IBM provides a published product life cycle for IBM MQ in containers, in order for customers and partners to effectively plan, deploy, and support their infrastructure. IBM publishes this life cycle in an effort to provide as much transparency as possible and may make exceptions from these policies as conflicts may arise.  This page covers the following sections:

Extended support

Extended support is only available for IBM MQ in containers, when using certain versions of IBM Cloud Pak for Integration identified in the tables below, with the MQ Operator. See IBM Extended Support for more details of what extended support covers.  Note that Cloud Pak for Integration 2022.2.1 and earlier used a different model for extended support.

Lifecycle dates for the MQ Operator

The following table shows the availability dates for support for the MQ Operator itself.

MQ Operator versionDelivery typeGeneral availabilityPro-active security fixes endBase support endsInitial extended support ends1On-going extended support ends2

1 Initial extended support covers usage, existing and new critical bug fixes

2 Ongoing extended support covers usage and existing fixes only.  For containers, "existing fixes" means other images already published to the IBM Container Registry.

5See Support lifecycle transition for a select release: IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

In support
3.7CDOctober 16, 2025General availability of next MQ Operator (major or minor version)October 16, 2026N/AN/A
3.6CDJune 13, 2025October 16, 2025June 13, 2026N/AN/A
3.5CDFebruary 27, 2025June 13, 2025February 27, 2026N/AN/A
3.4CDDecember 6, 2024February 27, 2025December 6, 2025N/AN/A
3.2CP4I-SC2 5June 30, 2024December 31, 2026December 31, 2026December 31, 2027December 31, 2030
Extended support only
2.0CP4I-LTSJune, 2022December 31, 2024December 31, 2024N/ASeptember 30, 2026
End of life
3.3CDOctober 24, 2024December 6, 2024October 24, 2025N/AN/A
3.1CDFebruary, 2024June 14, 2024June 14, 2024N/AN/A
3.0CDDecember, 2023February, 2024February, 2024N/AN/A
2.4CDJune, 2023February, 2023February, 2024N/AN/A
2.3CDFebruary, 2023June, 2023June, 2023N/AN/A
2.2CDNovember, 2022February, 2023February, 2023N/AN/A
2.1CDOctober, 2022November, 2022November, 2022N/AN/A
1.8CDMarch, 2022June, 2022June, 2022N/AN/A
1.7CDNovember, 2021N/AMarch, 2022N/AN/A
1.6CDJuly, 2021N/ANovember, 2021N/AN/A
1.5CDMay 24, 2021N/AJuly, 2021N/AN/A
1.4CDDecember 17, 2020N/AMay, 2021N/AN/A
1.3CP4I-EUSDecember 8, 2020October 27, 2022October 27, 2022N/AN/A
1.2CDSeptember, 2020N/ADecember, 2020N/AN/A
1.1CDJuly 23, 2020N/ASeptember, 2020N/AN/A
1.0CDJune 25, 2020N/AJuly, 2020N/AN/A

Lifecycle dates for queue managers operated by the MQ Operator

The following table shows the availability dates for queue managers which have been deployed using the MQ Operator. The version of the MQ Operator you use must also be supported.  The MQ Operator can also deploy queue managers under the MQ Advanced for Developers license, but these developer-licensed queue managers are not eligible for IBM support.

MQ Advanced versionDelivery typeLicense typeGeneral availabilityPro-active security fixes endBase support endsInitial extended support ends3On-going extended support ends4              
3 Initial extended support covers usage, existing and new critical bug fixes              
4 Ongoing extended support covers usage and existing fixes only.  For containers, "existing fixes" means other images already published to the IBM Container Registry.              
9.4.4CDCloud Pak for IntegrationOctober 16, 2025General availability of next MQ version (non-fix release)General availability of Cloud Pak for Integration 16.1.3N/AN/A              
MQ AdvancedOctober 16, 2026N/AN/A              
9.4.3CDCloud Pak for IntegrationJune 13, 2025October 16, 2025General availability of Cloud Pak for Integration 16.1.3N/AN/A              
MQ AdvancedJune 13, 2026N/AN/A              
9.4.2CDCloud Pak for IntegrationFebruary 27, 2025June 13, 2025June 13, 2025N/AN/A              
MQ AdvancedFebruary 27, 2026N/AN/A              
9.4.0CP4I-SC2Cloud Pak for IntegrationJune 30, 2024December 31, 2026December 31, 2026December 31, 2027December 31, 2030              
CDMQ AdvancedJune 30, 2025N/AN/A              
Extended support only              
9.3.0CP4I-LTSCloud Pak for IntegrationJune, 2022December 31, 2024December 31, 2024N/ASeptember 30, 2026              
CDMQ AdvancedOctober, 2022N/AN/A              
End of life              
9.4.1CDCloud Pak for IntegrationOctober 24, 2024February 27, 2025June 13, 2025N/AN/A              
MQ AdvancedOctober 24, 2025N/AN/A              
9.3.5CDCloud Pak for Integration or MQ AdvancedFebruary, 2024June 14, 2024June 14, 2024N/AN/A              
9.3.4CDCloud Pak for Integration or MQ AdvancedDecember, 2023February, 2024February, 2024N/AN/A              
9.3.3CDCloud Pak for Integration or MQ AdvancedJune, 2023February, 2023February, 2024N/AN/A              
9.3.2CDCloud Pak for Integration or MQ AdvancedFebruary, 2023June, 2023June, 2023N/AN/A              
9.3.1CDCloud Pak for Integration or MQ AdvancedOctober, 2022February, 2023February, 2023N/AN/A              

Lifecycle dates for standalone, prebuilt queue manager container images

The following table shows the availability dates for support for the standalone, prebuilt MQ Advanced container images.

ImageDelivery typeGeneral availabilityPro-active security fixes endBase support endsInitial extended support endsOn-going extended support ends
In support
MQ Advanced 9.4.4 container imageCDOctober 16, 2025GA of MQ 9.4.5October 16, 2026N/AN/A
MQ Advanced 9.4.3 container imageCDJune 13, 2025October 16, 2025June 13, 2026N/AN/A
MQ Advanced 9.4.2 container imageCDFebruary 27, 2025June 13, 2025February 27, 2026N/AN/A
End of life
MQ Advanced 9.4.1 container imageCDOctober 24, 2024February 27, 2025October 24, 2025N/AN/A

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Modified date:
23 October 2025

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