This page contains announcements of the end of support for various platforms and browsers used with Jira. These are summarized for upcoming Jira releases in the table below. Please see the following sections for the full announcements.

End of support matrix for Jira

The table below summarizes the end of support announcements for upcoming Jira releases.

Platform/Functionality	Jira end of support
MySQL 5.6	From Jira 8.12 (announcement)
SQL Server 2014	From Jira 8.12 (announcement)
Hipchat Server	From Jira 8.11 (announcement)

Why is Atlassian ending support for these platforms?

Atlassian is committed to delivering improvements and bug fixes as fast as possible. We are also committed to providing world class support for all the platforms our customers run our software on. However, as new versions of databases, web browsers, etc, are released, the cost of supporting multiple platforms grows exponentially, making it harder to provide the level of support our customers have come to expect from us. Therefore, we no longer support platform versions marked as end-of-life by the vendor, or very old versions that are no longer widely used.

End of support for MySQL 5.6

Announced December 2019

Platform: MySQL 5.6

End of support: Jira 8.12

In Jira 8.12, we'll be permanently removing the support for MySQL 5.6. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to these platforms in Jira 8.12 and later.

We're making this decision to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driver features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

End of support for SQL Server 2014

Announced December 2019

Platform: SQL Server 2014

End of support: Jira 8.12

In Jira 8.12, we'll be permanently removing the support for Microsoft SQL Server 2014. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to these platforms in Jira 8.12 and later.

We're making this decision to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driver features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

End of support for Hipchat

Announced March 2020

Solution: Hipchat Server

End of support: Jira 8.11

We are planning to stop supporting and unbundle the Hipchat plugin from Jira version 8.11 and later.
The reason for this is that Hipchat Cloud reached the end of life in Feb 2019, HipChat Data Center in Sep 2019, and Hipchat Server is due in June 2020.

Previous announcements

Platform/Functionality	Jira end of support
Oracle 12c R1	From Jira 8.8 (announcement)
Solaris	From Jira 8.8 (announcement)
PostgreSQL 9.4, 9.5	From Jira 8.8 (announcement)
SQL Server 2012	From Jira 8.8 (announcement)
Internet Explorer 11	From Jira 8.6 (announcement)
Built-in importers	From Jira 8.4 (announcement)
32-bit installers	From Jira 8.2 (announcement)
Jira CDN dark feature	From Jira 8.2 (announcement)
PostgreSQL 9.3	From Jira 8.0 (announcement)
com.atlassian.fugue	From Jira Service Desk 4.0 (announcement)
MySQL 5.5	From Jira 8.0 (announcement)
Postgres 9.2	From Jira 7.4 (announcement)
Internet Explorer 10	From Jira 7.2 (announcement)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008	From Jira 7.2 (announcement)
Postgres 9.0 and 9.1	From Jira 7.2 (announcement)
MySQL 5.1	From Jira 7.2 (announcement)
HSQLDB	From Jira 7.0 (announcement)
Oracle JDK 1.7	From Jira 7.0 (announcement)
Oracle 11G	From Jira 7.0 (announcement)
Internet Explorer 9	From Jira 7.0 (announcement)
SOAP API (replaced with REST)	From Jira 7.0 (announcement)
Jelly script	From Jira 6.4 (announcement)
WAR download distribution	From Jira 7.0 (announcement)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005	From Jira 7.0 (announcement)

End of support for Oracle 12c R1

Announced December 2019

Platform: Oracle 12c R1

End of support: Jira 8.8

In Jira 8.8, we'll be permanently removing the support for Oracle 12c R1. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to these platforms in Jira 8.8 and later.

We're making this decision to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driver features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

End of support for Solaris

Announced December 2019

Platform: Solaris

End of support: Jira 8.8

In Jira 8.8, we'll be permanently removing the support for the Solaris operating system. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to these platforms in Jira 8.8 and later.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

End of support for PostgreSQL 9.4, 9.5

Announced December 2019

Platform: PostgreSQL 9.4, PostgreSQL 9.5

End of support: Jira 8.8

In Jira 8.8, we'll be permanently removing the support for PostgreSQL 9.4 and 9.5. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to these platforms in Jira 8.8 and later.

We're making this decision to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driver features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

End of support for SQL Server 2012

Announced December 2019

Platform: SQL Server 2012

End of support: Jira 8.8

In Jira 8.8, we'll be permanently removing the support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to these platforms in Jira 8.8 and later.

We're making this decision to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driver features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

Deprecated browsers for Jira

In 2015 Microsoft released Edge as the browser to supersede Internet Explorer, and in recent times Microsoft has discouraged the use of Internet Explorer as a default browser. To allow us to continue to take advantage of modern web standards to deliver improved functionality and the best possible user experience across all of our products, we have decided to end support for Internet Explorer 11.

End of support means we will not fix bugs specific to Internet Explorer 11, and will begin to introduce features that aren't compatible with this browser.

When is this happening?

Jira 8.5 will be the last version to support Internet Explorer 11.
Subsequent versions will not support Internet Explorer 11.

What this means for you

We recommend switching to one of our supported browsers, such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

End of support for several built-in importers

Announced April 2019

Jira allows you to import data from other issue trackers, like Asana, Bugzilla, or Pivotal Tracker. These imports are handled by the Jira Importers plugin, which is bundled with Jira and can be accessed by going to > System > External System Import.

In Jira 8.4, we will remove import paths that are dedicated to specific issue trackers, leaving only generic paths that let you import data in the CSV and JSON format. You won’t be able to go through a customized import path for e.g. Asana or Pivotal Tracker, but if these applications (and any other) allow to export data into CSV/JSON, you will still be able to import it to Jira.

Here’s a list of applications and import paths that will be removed from External System Import in Jira 8.4:

End of support for 32-bit installers

Announced April 2019

The 32-bit installers have been removed in Jira 8.2. If you need to stick to 32-bit systems, you can still install Jira by using the zip/tar.gz archives, as described here.

Removing Jira CDN dark feature

Announced April 2019

The unsupported Jira CDN dark feature jira.fixed.cdn.enable and system property jira.fixed.cdn.prefix will be removed in an upcoming Jira version. We recommend you turn off this dark feature, and remove it and the system property from your setenv.sh or setenv.bat file.

At the same time of removing this dark feature, we'll replace it with official CDN support for Jira Data Center, so stay tuned for details.

End of support for PostgreSQL 9.3

Announced August 2018

Jira 7.12 has deprecated the use of PostgreSQL 9.3. In Jira 8.0, we'll be permanently removing the support for PostgreSQL 9.3. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to PostgreSQL 9.3 in JIRA version 8.0 and later.

We are making this decision in order to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driven features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

PostgreSQL 9.3 deprecation notes:

Jira 7.12 will be the version of Jira to officially deprecate PostgreSQL 9.3.
Jira 7.x versions will continue to work with PostgreSQL 9.3.
Jira 8.0 will not be tested against PostgreSQL 9.3.
PostgreSQL 9.4 and 9.5 will continue to be supported in Jira 8.0 (see Supported platforms).

End of support for com.atlassian.fugue in Jira Service Desk 4.0

Announced August 2018

Jira Service Desk 3.15 has deprecated the use of com.atlassian.fugue. In Jira Service Desk 4.0, we'll be permanently removing com.atlassian.fugue and updating our APIs to use Core Java Data types and Exceptions instead. Read the full deprecation notice for more information and post any questions in the Atlassian Developer Community.

End of support for MySQL 5.5

^{Announced July 2018}

Atlassian will end support for MySQL 5.5 in Jira 8.0. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to MySQL 5.5 past the support end date.

We are making this decision in order to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driven features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

MySQL 5.5 End of Support Notes:

Jira 7.x versions will continue to work with MySQL 5.5.
Jira 8.0 will not be tested against MySQL 5.5.
MySQL 5.6 and 5.7 will continue to be supported in Jira 8.0.

End of support for Postgres 9.2

^{Announced May 2017}

Atlassian will end support for Postgres 9.2 in Jira 7.4. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to Postgres 9.2 past the support end date.

We are making this decision in order to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driven features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

Postgres 9.2 End of Support Notes:

Jira 7.3 will be the last major version of Jira to officially support Postgres 9.2.
Jira 7.3.x and earlier versions should continue to work with Postgres 9.2.
Jira 7.4 will not be tested against Postgres 9.2.
Postgres 9.3, 9.4 and 9.5 will continue to be supported in Jira 7.4.x (see Supported platforms).

End of support for Internet Explorer 10

^{Announced May 2016}

Atlassian will end support for Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) in Jira 7.2. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to IE10 past the support end date.

We are making this decision in order to reduce our browser testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driven features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) End of Support Notes:

Jira 7.1 will be the last major version of Jira to officially support IE10.
Jira 7.1.x and earlier versions should continue to work with IE10.
Jira 7.2 will not be tested against IE10.
Internet Explorer 11 will continue to be supported in Jira 7.2.x (see Supported platforms).

End of support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008

^{Announced October 2015}

Atlassian will end support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 in Jira 7.2. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 past the support end date.

We are making this decision in order to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driven features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 End of Support Notes:

Jira 7.1 will be the last major version of Jira to officially support Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Jira 7.1.x and earlier versions should continue to work with Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Jira 7.2 will not be tested against Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 will continue to be supported in Jira 7.2.x (see Supported platforms).

End of support for Postgres 9.0 and 9.1

^{Announced October 2015}

Atlassian will end support for Postgres 9.0 and Postgres 9.1 in Jira 7.2. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to Postgres 9.0 or 9.1 past the support end date.

We are making this decision in order to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driven features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

Postgres 9.0 and Postgres 9.1 End of Support Notes:

Jira 7.1 will be the last major version of Jira to officially support Postgres 9.0 and 9.1.
Jira 7.1.x and earlier versions should continue to work with Postgres 9.0 and 9.1.
Jira 7.2 will not be tested against Postgres 9.0 or 9.1.
Postgres 9.2 and Postgres 9.3 will continue to be supported in Jira 7.2.x (see Supported platforms).

End of support for MySQL 5.1

^{Announced October 2015}

Atlassian will end support for MySQL 5.1 in Jira 7.2. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to MySQL 5.1 past the support end date.

We are making this decision in order to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driven features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

MySQL 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 End of Support Notes:

Jira 7.1 will be the last major version of Jira to officially support MySQL 5.1.
Jira 7.1.x and earlier versions should continue to work with MySQL 5.1.
Jira 7.2 will not be tested against MySQL 5.1.
MySQL 5.5 and 5.6 will continue to be supported in Jira 7.2.x (see Supported platforms).

End of support for HSQLDB

^{Announced February 2015}

Atlassian will end support for HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase) in Jira 7.0. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs in HSQLDB past the support end date.

Jira ships with a built-in database for evaluation purposes, and currently this is HSQLDB. As of Jira 7.0, Jira will ship with H2 (H2 Database Engine) as its built-in database.

HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase or HSQLDB) End of Support Notes:

Jira 6.4 will be the last major version of Jira to officially support HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase) for evaluation use.
Jira 6.4.x and earlier versions will continue to work with HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase) for evaluation use. However, we will not fix bugs affecting HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase) past the support end date.
Jira 7.0 will not be tested with HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase).

End of support for Oracle JDK 1.7

^{Announced February 2015}

Atlassian will end support for Java 7 (JRE and JDK 1.7) in Jira 7.0. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs in Java 7 (JRE and JDK 1.7) past the support end date.

We are ending support for Java 7 (JRE and JDK 1.7), as Oracle Corporation has announced the end of public updates for Java 7: Java SE 7 End of Public Updates Notice.

Java 7 (JRE and JDK 1.7) End of Support Notes:

Jira 6.4 will be the last major version of Jira to officially support Java 7 (JRE and JDK 1.7).
Jira 6.4.x and earlier versions will continue to work with Java 7 (JRE and JDK 1.7). However, we will not fix bugs affecting Java 7 (JRE and JDK 1.7) past the support end date.
Jira 7.0 will not be tested with Java 7 (JRE and JDK 1.7).
Java 8 (JRE and JDK 1.8) is supported, but not bundled with Jira 6.4

End of support for Oracle 11G

^{Announced February 2015}

Atlassian will end support for Oracle 11G in Jira 7.0. End of support means Atlassian will not fix bugs related to Oracle 11G past the support end date, except for security-related issues.

We are making this decision as Oracle Corporation have ended support for Oracle 11G as of January 2015. Testing on Oracle 12C will conclude shortly and we'll announce support soon.

Oracle 11G End of Support Notes

Jira 6.4 will be the last major release that supports Oracle 11G
Jira 6.4.x and earlier versions will continue to work on Oracle 11G
Jira 7.0 will not be tested against Oracle 11G

End of support for Internet Explorer 9

_{Announced February 2015}

Atlassian will end support for Internet Explorer 9 in Jira 7.0. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to Internet Explorer 9 past the support end date, except for security-related issues.

We are making this decision to enable us to provide the best user experience to our customers, accelerate our pace of innovation, and give us the ability to utilize modern browser technologies.

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) End of Support Notes

Jira 6.4 will be the last major release that supports Internet Explorer 9
Jira 6.4.x and earlier versions should continue to work on Internet Explorer 9
Jira 7.0 will not be tested against Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11 will continue to be supported in Jira 7.0.x.

End of support for SOAP

^{Announced November 2014}

Atlassian will end support for SOAP API in Jira 7.0. The SOAP API's have been replaced by REST API's as Atlassian's recommended and supported remote API.

SOAP End of Support Notes

Jira 6.4 will be the last major release that supports SOAP
Jira 6.4.x and earlier versions should continue to work with SOAP
Jira 7.0 will not include any SOAP API's
If you need an alternative that Atlassian supports, the REST API is fully supported by Jira.

End of support for Jelly Scripts

^{Announced November 2014}

Atlassian will end support for Jelly scripts in Jira 6.4. If you are using Jelly scripts with Jira, we suggest you move to Groovy Script Runner or utilize the Jira Command Line Interfac e, which will provide you with more flexible options.

Jelly Script End of Support Notes

Jira 6.3 will be the last major release to support Jelly scripts
Jira 6.3.x and earlier versions should continue to work fine with Jelly scripts
Jira 6.4 will not include Jelly.
If you need an alternative to Jelly scripts, Groovy Script Runner or the Jira Command Line Interface are the suggested alternatives that work with Jira.

End of support for WAR distribution

^{Announced August 2014}
Atlassian will stop releasing the WAR distribution of Jira in Jira 7.0.

Why are we ending support for this?

We are trying to reduce the amount of combinations and confusion around this for customers downloading a Server (BTF) edition
The WAR edition is a bit more complex to install and gets more difficult as the installation ages and gets bigger - we want to reduce that complexity
We can't and don't test every permutation of environments + app servers that a customer might deploy into, nor can we control what else might be in that environment, which can lead to a poor user experience
We only support Tomcat - Jira doesn't work on WLS or WebSphere anyways, other app servers - maybe.

Anything we release, we want to make sure users get a good experience in installation and usage and don't have to deal with app server quirks etc.

End of support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005

^{Announced June 2014}

Atlassian will end support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 in Jira 7.0. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs related to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 past the support end date.

We are making this decision in order to reduce our database testing and support, and help us speed up our ability to deliver market-driven features. If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 End of Support Notes:

Jira 6.4 will be the last major version of Jira to officially support Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
Jira 6.4.x and earlier versions should continue to work with Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
Jira 7.0 will not be tested against Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will continue to be supported in Jira 7.0.x (see Supported Platforms).
We will start supporting Microsoft SQL Server 2012 in Jira 6.4.

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End of support for Solaris

End of support for PostgreSQL 9.4, 9.5

End of support for SQL Server 2012

Deprecated browsers for Jira

End of support for several built-in importers

End of support for 32-bit installers

Removing Jira CDN dark feature

End of support for PostgreSQL 9.3

End of support for com.atlassian.fugue in Jira Service Desk 4.0

End of support for MySQL 5.5

End of support for Postgres 9.2

End of support for Internet Explorer 10

End of support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008

End of support for Postgres 9.0 and 9.1

End of support for MySQL 5.1

End of support for HSQLDB

End of support for Oracle JDK 1.7

End of support for Oracle 11G

Oracle 11G End of Support Notes

End of support for Internet Explorer 9

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) End of Support Notes

End of support for SOAP

SOAP End of Support Notes

End of support for Jelly Scripts

Jelly Script End of Support Notes

End of support for WAR distribution

End of support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005

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