MKE, MSR, and MCR Maintenance Lifecycle

The MKE, MSR, and MCR platform subscription provides software, support, and certification to enterprise development and IT teams that build and manage critical apps in production at scale. It provides a trusted platform for all apps which supply integrated management and security across the app lifecycle, comprised primarily of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Mirantis Secure Registry (MSR), and Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR).

Mirantis validates the MKE, MSR, and MCR platform for the operating system environments specified in the mcr-23.0-compatibility-matrix, adhering to the Maintenance Lifecycle detailed here. Support for the MKE, MSR, and MCR platform is defined in the Mirantis Cloud Native Platform Subscription Services agreement.

Detailed here are all currently supported product versions, as well as the product versions most recently deprecated. It can be assumed that all earlier product versions are at End of Life (EOL).

Important Definitions

  • “Major Releases” (X.y.z): Vehicles for delivering major and minor feature development and enhancements to existing features. They incorporate all applicable Error corrections made in prior Major Releases, Minor Releases, and Maintenance Releases.

  • “Minor Releases” (x.Y.z): Vehicles for delivering minor feature developments, enhancements to existing features, and defect corrections. They incorporate all applicable Error corrections made in prior Minor Releases, and Maintenance Releases.

  • “Maintenance Releases” (x.y.Z): Vehicles for delivering Error corrections that are severely affecting a number of customers and cannot wait for the next major or minor release. They incorporate all applicable defect corrections made in prior Maintenance Releases.

  • “End of Life” (EOL): Versions are no longer supported by Mirantis, updating to a later version is recommended.

Support lifecycle

GA to 12 months

12 to 18 months

18 to 24 months

Full support

Full support 1

Limited Support for existing installations 2

1 Software patches for critical bugs and security issues only; no feature enablement.

2 Software patches for critical security issues only.

Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE)

3.6.z

3.7.z

General Availability (GA)

2022-OCT-13 (3.6.0)

2023-AUG-30 (3.7.0)

End of Life (EOL)

2024-OCT-13

2025-AUG-29

Release frequency

x.y.Z every 6 weeks

x.y.Z every 6 weeks

Patch release content

As needed:

  • Maintenance releases

  • Security patches

  • Custom hotfixes

As needed:

  • Maintenance releases

  • Security patches

  • Custom hotfixes

Supported lifespan

2 years 1

2 years 1

1 Refer to the Support lifecycle table for details.

EOL MKE Versions

MKE Version

EOL date

2.0.z

2017-AUG-16

2.1.z

2018-FEB-07

2.2.z

2019-NOV-01

3.0.z

2020-APR-16

3.1.z

2020-NOV-06

3.2.z

2021-JUL-21

3.3.z

2022-MAY-27

3.4.z

2023-APR-11

3.5.z

2023-NOV-22

Mirantis Secure Registry (MSR)

2.9.z

3.0.z

3.1.z

General Availability (GA)

2021-APR-12 (2.9.0)

2021-DEC-21 (3.0.0)

2023-SEP-28 (3.1.0)

End of Life (EOL)

2024-OCT-13

2024-APR-20

2025-SEP-27

Release frequency

x.y.Z every 6 weeks

x.y.Z every 6 weeks

x.y.Z every 6 weeks

Patch release content

As needed:

  • Maintenance releases

  • Security patches

  • Custom hotfixes

As needed:

  • Maintenance releases

  • Security patches

  • Custom hotfixes

As needed:

  • Maintenance releases

  • Security patches

  • Custom hotfixes

Supported lifespan

2 years 1

2 years 1

2 years 1

1 Refer to the Support lifecycle table for details.

EOL MSR Versions

MSR Version

EOL date

2.1.z

2017-AUG-16

2.2.z

2018-FEB-07

2.3.z

2019-FEB-15

2.4.z

2019-NOV-01

2.5.z

2020-APR-16

2.6.z

2020-NOV-06

2.7.z

2021-JUL-21

2.8.z

2022-MAY-27

Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR)

Enterprise 23.0

General Availability (GA)

2023-FEB-23 (23.0.1)

End of Life (EOL)

2025-MAY-19

Release frequency

x.y.Z every 6 weeks

Patch release content

As needed:

  • Maintenance releases

  • Security patches

  • Custom hotfixes

Supported lifespan

2 years 1

1 Refer to the Support lifecycle table for details.

EOL MCR Versions

MCR Version

EOL date

CSE 1.11.z

2017-MAR-02

CSE 1.12.z

2017-NOV-14

CSE 1.13.z

2018-FEB-07

EE 17.03.z

2018-MAR-01

Docker Engine - Enterprise v17.06

2020-APR-16

Docker Engine - Enterprise 18.03

2020-JUN-16

Docker Engine - Enterprise 18.09

2020-NOV-06

Docker Engine - Enterprise 19.03

2021-JUL-21

MCR 19.03.8+

2022-MAY-27

MCR 20.03.0+

2023-DEC-10