Just want to see the support statements? Head to https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/release-notes/support-info-by-support-statement.html
Amazon Linux provides updates for all packages and maintains compatibility within a major version for customer applications that are built on Amazon Linux. Core packages, such as glibc, openssl, openssh, and the dnf package manager, receive support for the lifetime of the major Amazon Linux 2023 release. Packages that aren't part of the core packages receive support defined by their upstream sources.
More information as to the maintenance support period of Amazon Linux 2023 can be found at amazon-linux-2023/al2023-support-statements.
In Amazon Linux 2023, you can see specific support status and dates of individual packages using the dnf-plugin-support-info plugin. You can even get information on all currently installed packages or apply filters based on "supported" or "unsupported" packages.
$ dnf supportinfo --help
Supportinfo command-specific options:
--pkg PACKAGE Display support statements for a package
--showxml Generate support info XML for a package
--show {all,supported,unsupported,installed,available}
Display support statements for packages
$ dnf supportinfo --pkg php8.1
Name : php8.1
Version : 8.1.23-1.amzn2023.0.1
State : available
Support Status : supported
Support Periods : from 2023-03-15 : supported
: from 2024-11-25 : unsupported
Support Statement : PHP 8.1 has security support until November 2024
Link : https://www.php.net/supported-versions
Other Info : Support period for PHP 8.1 is the same as PHP 8.1 upstream end-of-life. PHP 8.2 is available with an
: upstream end-of-life date of 2025-12-08.
Package Note : Upstream end-of-life for PHP 8.1 (php8.1) is 2024-11-25
$ dnf supportinfo --pkg glibc
Name : glibc
Version : 2.34-52.amzn2023.0.7
State : installed
Support Status : supported
Support Periods : from 2023-03-15 : supported
: from 2028-03-15 : unsupported
Support Statement : Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
Link : https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/
Other Info : This is the support statement for AL2023. The end-of-life of Amazon Linux 2023 is March 2028. From this
: point, the Amazon Linux 2023 packages will no longer receive any updates from AWS.
$ dnf supportinfo --pkg bcc
Name : bcc
Version : 0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.1
State : available
Support Status : supported
Support Periods : from 2023-03-15 : supported
: from 2028-03-15 : unsupported
Support Statement : Kernel has security support until March 2028
Link : https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/
Other Info : There may be live patches available for a kernel for the first three months after it is released. Individual live
: patches don't get updates, but new live patches and new kernels may be released.
Package Note : This package has a runtime dependency on kernel-libbpf, and thus also falls under the support statements for kernel.
: Amazon Linux will support a kernel until AL2023 End of Life
$ dnf supportinfo --pkg nodejs20 --showxml
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<package_support current_as="2024-01-17">
<statements>
<statement id="eol_nodejs20" marker="supported" start_date="2023-12-11" end_date="2026-04-30">
<summary>NodeJS 20 has security support until April 2026</summary>
<text>Support period for NodeJS 20 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.</text>
<link>https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases</link>
<packages>
<package name="nodejs20" nevra="20.10.0-1.amzn2023.0.1"/>
</packages>
</statement>
</statements>
</package_support>
- Note: Available filters for listing support statemtents are: {all, supported, unsupported, installed, available}
$ dnf supportinfo --show installed
kernel 6.1.66-93.164.amzn2023 installed supported 2028-03-15 Kernel has security support until March 2028
kernel-livepatch-repo-s3 2023.3.20240108-0.amzn2023 installed supported 2028-03-15 Kernel has security support until March 2028
acl 2.3.1-2.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
acpid 2.0.32-4.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
alternatives 1.15-2.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
amazon-chrony-config 4.3-1.amzn2023.0.4 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
amazon-ec2-net-utils 2.4.1-1.amzn2023.0.1 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
amazon-linux-repo-s3 2023.3.20240108-0.amzn2023 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
amazon-linux-sb-keys 2023.1-1.amzn2023.0.5 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
amazon-rpm-config 228-3.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
amazon-ssm-agent 3.2.1705.0-1.amzn2023 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
at 3.1.23-6.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
attr 2.5.1-3.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
audit-libs 3.0.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
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ghc-srpm-macros 1.5.0-4.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
git 2.40.1-1.amzn2023.0.1 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
git-core 2.40.1-1.amzn2023.0.1 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
git-core-doc 2.40.1-1.amzn2023.0.1 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
glib2 2.74.7-689.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
glibc 2.34-52.amzn2023.0.7 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
glibc-all-langpacks 2.34-52.amzn2023.0.7 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
glibc-common 2.34-52.amzn2023.0.7 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
glibc-gconv-extra 2.34-52.amzn2023.0.7 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
glibc-locale-source 2.34-52.amzn2023.0.7 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
gmp 6.2.1-2.amzn2023.0.2 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
gnupg2-minimal 2.3.7-1.amzn2023.0.4 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
gnutls 3.8.0-377.amzn2023.0.3 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
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zlib 1.2.11-33.amzn2023.0.5 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
zram-generator 1.1.2-67.amzn2023 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
zram-generator-defaults 1.1.2-67.amzn2023 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
zstd 1.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.1 installed supported 2028-03-15 Amazon Linux 2023 end-of-life
The sample code within this documentation is made available under the GPLv2.0 license. See the LICENSE file.
See CONTRIBUTING for more information.