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End of support matrix

The table below summarizes the end of support announcements for recent Bitbucket Data Center and Server (previously known as Stash) releases:

Platform/functionalityAnnouncement date

Bitbucket end of support

Deprecation of Microsoft Windows14 December 2021

From Bitbucket 8.0

Deprecation of Elasticsearch 6, 7.5.2, and 7.9.314 December 2021

From Bitbucket 8.0

Deprecation of Postgres 9.4, 9.5, 9.62 February 2021

From Bitbucket 8.0

Deprecation of MySQL 5.62 February 2021

From Bitbucket 8.0

Deprecation of Oracle 11g2 February 2021

From Bitbucket 8.0

Deprecation of MySQL 5.55 March 2020

From Bitbucket 8.0

Deprecation of Elasticsearch 5.5x5 March 2020

From Bitbucket 8.0

Deprecation of MariaDB 5.55 March 2020

From Bitbucket 8.0

Deprecation of MariaDB 10.05 March 2020

From Bitbucket 8.0

Deprecation of Internet Explorer 1124 September 2019

From Bitbucket 7.0

Deprecation of Git 2.107 August 2018

From Bitbucket 6.0

Deprecation of Elasticsearch 2.311 January 2018

From Bitbucket 6.0

Deprecation of PostgreSQL 9.2.x11 January 2018

From Bitbucket 5.7

Deprecation of database support4 October 2016

From Bitbucket 5.0

Deprecation of Internet Explorer 105 May 2015

From Bitbucket 4.0

Deprecation of Internet Explorer 913 January 2015From Stash 3.10
Deprecation of Java 725 November 2014

From Bitbucket 4.0

Deprecation of Git versions earlier than v1.825 November 2014

From Bitbucket 4.0

Deprecation of Tomcat 710 September 2014

From Bitbucket 4.0

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 announcements on this page (most recent announcements first):

Deprecated environments for Bitbucket (announced 14 December 2021)

Bitbucket 8.0 and higher won't support hosting on the Windows operating system. It will only support hosting on the Linux operating system. This is due to Bitbucket only ever supporting hosting on Windows for Server licenses, not the Enterprise-focused Data Center license. 

We'll follow a similar process with the way we're ending sales of new licenses of our Server products. Atlassian end of support for Server licenses announcement.

See what this process looks like in End of support for Bitbucket Server hosting on Windows and read more about what this means for you. 

Elasticsearch deprecations in Bitbucket 8.0 for Data Center customers (announced 14 December 2021)

Support for Elasticsearch 7.93, 7.5.2, and 6 will be ended with Bitbucket Data Center version 8.0, with details noted on the Bitbucket 7.19 release notes. See Supported platforms for a current list of supported databases. 

Deprecated browsers for Bitbucket (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 that allow us 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 Bitbucket version to support Internet Explorer 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 Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox.

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

Deprecation of Git 2.10 and earlier (announced 7 August 2018)

In Bitbucket 6.0, we will end support for all versions before Git 2.11:

  • Versions before Bitbucket 6.0 support Git 2.2.0 and higher, excluding Git 2.12.2 on Windows (see supported platforms for details).
  • After 6.0 we will require Git 2.11.0 or newer, excluding Git 2.12.2 on Windows.

Deprecation of Elasticsearch 2.3 in Bitbucket 6.0 for Data Center customers (announced 11 January 2018)

Support for Elasticsearch 2.3 for Data Center customers will be ended with version 6.0, with full details noted on the Bitbucket 5.7 release notes. See Supported platforms for a current list of supported databases. 

Deprecation of PostgreSQL 9.2.x and earlier (announced 11 January 2018)

PostgreSQL 9.2.x has been deprecated from version 5.7 of Bitbucket. Support for this is due to end with 6.0. See Supported platforms for a current list of supported databases.

Deprecation of database support (announced 4 October 2016)

In version 5.0, Bitbucket will no longer support the following databases. 

  • MariaDB 5.0.x, 5.1.x
  • MySQL 5.0.x, 5.1.x
  • Oracle 11
  • PostgreSQL 9.1.x and earlier
  • SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2

Bitbucket 5.0 is expected to be released around early-2017. See Supported platforms for a current list of supported databases. 

Deprecation of Internet Explorer 10 (announced 5 May 2015)

During Q4 2015, Bitbucket will no longer support Internet Explorer 10, and will only support Internet Explorer 11 and above. See Supported platforms.

Deprecation of Internet Explorer 9 (announced 13 January 2015)

In version 3.10, Stash will no longer support Internet Explorer 9, and will only support Internet Explorer 10 and above. Stash 3.10 is expected to be released around mid-2015. See Supported platforms.

Deprecation of Java 7 (announced 25 November 2014)

In version 4.0, Bitbucket will no longer support Java 7, and will only support Java 8 and above. Bitbucket 4.0 is expected to be released around mid-2015. See Supported platforms.

Deprecation of Git versions earlier than v1.8 (announced 25 November 2014)

In version 4.0, Bitbucket will only support Git 1.8, and later versions (with the exceptions noted in Supported platforms), on the server. Bitbucket 4.0 is expected to be released around mid-2015.

Deprecation of Tomcat 7 (announced 10 September 2014)

In version 4.0, Bitbucket will no longer support Tomcat 7, and will only support Tomcat 8 and above. Bitbucket 4.0 is expected to be released around mid-2015. See Supported platforms.

Deprecation of Internet Explorer 8 (announced 22 July 2013)

In version 3.0, Stash will no longer support Internet Explorer 8, and will only support Internet Explorer 9 and above. Stash 3.0 is expected to be released in mid-2014. See Supported platforms.

Deprecation of Java 6 (announced 9 May 2013)

In version 3.0, Stash will no longer support Java 6.0, and will only support Java 7.0 and above. Stash 3.0 is expected to be released in mid-2013. See Supported platforms.

Last modified on Apr 3, 2023

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