Oracle Lifetime Support
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- Kind
- Support policy
- Term
- Premier Support: five years from general availability of a program release; Extended Support: up to three further years for specific releases, for an additional fee; Sustaining Support: indefinite, while annual technical support fees are paid.
- Aliases
- Lifetime Support Policy; LSP
- Definition
- Lifetime Support consists of Premier Support (documented on orders as Software Update License & Support), Extended Support (if offered) and Sustaining Support (Technical Support Policies, 17 August 2026, section 3).
- Commercial rules
- Dates per program release are published in the Lifetime Support Policy coverage documents (Technology Products; Fusion Middleware; Applications and others). Oracle Database Innovation Releases receive two years of Premier Support. All licenses in a License Set must be on the same support level.
- Applies to
- All Oracle software product lines covered by the Technical Support Policies.