End of support announcements for Crowd
This page contains announcements of the end of support for various platforms and browsers used with Crowd.
The table below summarizes the end of support announcements for upcoming Crowd releases.
| Platform/Functionality | Crowd end of support |
|---|---|
| Java 8 | Not specified yet (announcement) |
| Internet Explorer 11 | With Crowd 4.2 (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 Java 8
Announced 28 April 2023
Atlassian will end support for Java 8 in one of the upcoming platform or feature releases of Crowd.
End of support means that Atlassian will not offer support for, or fix bugs related to, running future Crowd versions on this Java version.
Older Crowd versions will continue to work with Java 8, however, we won't fix bugs affecting this Java version after the end-of-life date for your version of Crowd.
Newer Crowd versions will not be tested with Java 8.
Check out the Supported Platforms page for the list of supported Java versions.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.
Deprecated browsers for Crowd
Announced 24 September 2019
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?
- The last Crowd version to support Internet Explorer 11 will be confirmed soon.
- Subsequent versions will not support Internet Explorer 11.
What this means for you
We recommend switching to one of our supported browsers, such as Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.