Amazon OpenSearch Service announces additional upgrade runway for existing domains and support dates for additional versions

In November 2024, Amazon OpenSearch Service announced Extended Support for legacy Elasticsearch and OpenSearch engine versions. Since that announcement, many customers have upgraded to newer versions. However, some customers need more time to plan and complete their migrations. To provide this flexibility, security and operating system patch coverage for these versions is being continued for an additional 12 months, through November 7, 2027, at an updated support rate. Security and operating system patch coverage for Elasticsearch versions 1.5 to 7.8 (except Elasticsearch version 5.6, which already has extended support until November 7, 2028), OpenSearch versions 1.0 to 1.2, and OpenSearch versions 2.3 to 2.9 is being continued for an additional 12 months through November 7, 2027. Domains on these versions will not be isolated. From November 7, 2026, the Extended Support surcharge will be equal to your instance pricing for these versions. Storage costs are not affected. For Elasticsearch version 5.6, the existing extended support charges will continue. Amazon OpenSearch Service now announces Standard and Extended Support dates for Elasticsearch versions 6.8, 7.9, and 7.10, OpenSearch version 1.3, and OpenSearch versions 2.11 to 2.19. Elasticsearch versions 6.8 and 7.10 and OpenSearch versions 1.3 and 2.19 will receive 3 years of Extended Support. Elasticsearch version 7.9 and OpenSearch versions 2.11 to 2.17 will receive 1 year of Extended Support. The Extended Support charge for these versions is $0.0065 per Normalized Instance Hour (NIH) in US East (N. Virginia). For exact region pricing, see the pricing page. Customers are recommended to upgrade to the latest available OpenSearch version for improved performance, security, and new features. For more details, see the blog post, Extended Support documentation, and pricing page.