RabbitMQ 4.3 End of Community Support: January 31, 2027
Community support for the RabbitMQ 4.3 series ends on January 31, 2027. The date is on RabbitMQ's release information page, which gives every 4.3 patch release the same end of community support. RabbitMQ 4.3 was released on April 23, 2026, so its community window is about nine months. After the date, fixes for 4.3 reach only users who hold a commercial support licence; the page lists the end of commercial support for 4.3 as April 30, 2028.
Key Dates at a Glance
- RabbitMQ 4.4: end of life 2027-07-31; extended support ends 2028-10-31
- RabbitMQ 4.3: end of life 2027-01-31; extended support ends 2028-04-30
- RabbitMQ 4.2: end of life 2026-07-31; extended support ends 2030-06-30
RabbitMQ's dates for 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4
| Series | Released | End of community support | End of commercial support (indicative) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | October 20, 2026 | July 31, 2027 | October 31, 2028 |
| 4.3 | April 23, 2026 | January 31, 2027 | April 30, 2028 |
| 4.2 | October 27, 2025 | July 31, 2026 | June 30, 2030 |
The commercial window is not the same length for every series: 4.2's runs to June 30, 2030, well past 4.3's and 4.4's. Every series, including the 3.x lines, is on the RabbitMQ page.
What the end of community support means
RabbitMQ's page describes two kinds of coverage: community support, open to everyone, and long-term support for users who hold a valid commercial support licence. Once a series leaves community support, the open-source project's patch releases for it stop; a 4.3 broker keeps running, but security and bug fixes found later reach it only through the commercial channel.
Community windows in the 4.x line are short. Each new series arrives roughly every six months and replaces the last within months, so a team on community support has to plan minor upgrades as routine work, not as a once-a-decade event.
What to do
- List every broker and its series. Include clusters inside managed platforms and containers pinned to a 4.3 image tag. The RabbitMQ page has each series' dates.
- Choose: upgrade or commercial support. On community support, move to 4.4, whose community support runs to July 31, 2027. If you need to stay on 4.3 longer, that is what the commercial licence covers, to April 30, 2028 on RabbitMQ's indicative dates.
- Read the target release notes before upgrading. RabbitMQ links release notes for every patch on the same page; check the upgrade section and test client libraries and plugins against the new series first.
- Finish before January 31, 2027 if you rely on community fixes.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does RabbitMQ 4.3 reach end of community support?
RabbitMQ's release information page gives the 4.3 series an end of community support date of January 31, 2027.
Is there support for RabbitMQ 4.3 after January 2027?
Only commercial support. RabbitMQ's page lists the end of commercial support for 4.3 as April 30, 2028, and says those commercial dates are indicative, with the official lifecycle on the Broadcom support portal.
Which RabbitMQ version should I move to?
On community support, the newer series: RabbitMQ 4.4 was released on October 20, 2026 and its community support runs to July 31, 2027. Each RabbitMQ series gets a short community support window, so plan for regular minor upgrades.
Related
- RabbitMQ — every series and its dates
- Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ — the managed service's own version dates
- Extended support vendors — how paid support past end of life works