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slug: "aws-aurora-mysql-version-3-extended-support-end-of-support"
title: "Amazon Aurora MySQL: version 3 end of RDS Extended Support"
summary: "End of RDS Extended Support date for Amazon Aurora MySQL version 3: 31 Jul 2029. After RDS Extended Support ends, Aurora automatically upgrades databases that are still on this major version."
cloud: "aws"
service: "Amazon Aurora MySQL"
service_slug: "aurora-mysql"
category: "database"
type: "end_of_support"
announced_date: null
effective_date: "2029-07-31"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: null
affected_versions: ["3"]
source_url: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraMySQLReleaseNotes/AuroraMySQL.release-calendars.html"
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last_checked_at: "2026-11-12T09:55:40.805Z"
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updated_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
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# Amazon Aurora MySQL: version 3 end of RDS Extended Support

End of RDS Extended Support date for Amazon Aurora MySQL version 3: 31 Jul 2029. After RDS Extended Support ends, Aurora automatically upgrades databases that are still on this major version.

- Effective date: 31 Jul 2029
- Cloud: [AWS](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/aws.md)
- Service: [Amazon Aurora MySQL](https://eolwatch.dev/services/aws/aurora-mysql.md)
- Type: End of support
- Category: [Database](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/databases.md)
- Affected versions: 3
- Replacement: Not stated by vendor
- Announced: Not stated by vendor
- Official source: [docs.aws.amazon.com](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraMySQLReleaseNotes/AuroraMySQL.release-calendars.html)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

End of RDS Extended Support date for this major version: 31 Jul 2029. RDS Extended Support is the paid offering that allows a database to keep running a major version past its Aurora end of standard support date. After RDS Extended Support ends, Aurora automatically upgrades the major engine version of any database that has not been upgraded to a supported version.

- AWS recommends upgrading to a supported major engine version.
- Support dates for a major engine version can also be read with the AWS CLI or the RDS API. See [Viewing support dates for engine versions in Amazon RDS Extended Support](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/extended-support-viewing-support-dates.html).

## Who is affected

### Affected versions

- `3`

### Matching resource types

- `aws_rds_cluster`

### Fields the check reads

- `engine`
- `engine_version_actual`
- `engine_version`

### Detected by the estate check from

- Terraform state or plan (JSON)

## What to do

1. Look up your type and version of cluster in [Aurora MySQL major version upgrade paths](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Updates.MajorVersionUpgrade.html#AuroraMySQL.Upgrading.Compatibility). The table says whether the cluster can use the in-place upgrade mechanism and which action applies.
2. Where the table points to a major version upgrade, plan it with [Planning a major version upgrade for an Aurora MySQL cluster](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Updates.MajorVersionUpgrade.html#AuroraMySQL.Upgrading.Planning). A major version upgrade needs more planning and testing than a minor version upgrade.
3. Before an in-place upgrade, create a clone of the original cluster, perform an in-place upgrade of the clone immediately after creating it, and test application compatibility, performance and administration procedures on it.
4. When the test cluster works properly, perform the in-place upgrade for the production cluster. See [How to perform an in-place upgrade](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Upgrading.Procedure.html).
5. If an immediate switchover matters most, run the old and new clusters side by side with [Amazon Aurora Blue/Green Deployments](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/blue-green-deployments.html).

## Replacement

Not stated by vendor.

## Sources

- [Official source](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraMySQLReleaseNotes/AuroraMySQL.release-calendars.html) (docs.aws.amazon.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://endoflife.date/amazon-aurora-mysql) (endoflife.date, Via endoflife.date)

Last checked against the first source in this list on 12 Nov 2026.

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