Metasploit subscriptions stop at expiry; legacy perpetual keys freeze updates
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Term / renewal
- Statement
- Metasploit documentation: Metasploit is licensed as a subscription and cannot be run after the subscription expires, although project data stays in the local database. Some older licences are perpetual but the key expires every year; without renewal the customer can still run only the last version released before the key expired. (vendor document undated; as published on 2026-09-30)
- Applies when
- Letting a Metasploit subscription or legacy perpetual key lapse.
- Applies to
- Metasploit Pro.
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