---
slug: "aws-documentdb-engine-version-3-6-extended-support-end-of-support"
title: "Amazon DocumentDB: engine version 3.6 end of extended support"
summary: "End of Extended Support date for engine version 3.6 on Amazon DocumentDB: 30 Mar 2029. After that date, Amazon DocumentDB upgrades the engine version of clusters that have not moved to a supported version."
cloud: "aws"
service: "Amazon DocumentDB"
service_slug: "documentdb"
category: "database"
type: "end_of_support"
announced_date: null
effective_date: "2029-03-30"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: null
affected_versions: ["3.6"]
source_url: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/devguide/docdb-version-support-dates.html"
extra_source_urls: ["https://endoflife.date/amazon-documentdb"]
vendor_ref: "amazon-documentdb@3.6"
last_checked_at: "2026-11-12T09:55:44.202Z"
created_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
updated_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
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# Amazon DocumentDB: engine version 3.6 end of extended support

End of Extended Support date for engine version 3.6 on Amazon DocumentDB: 30 Mar 2029. After that date, Amazon DocumentDB upgrades the engine version of clusters that have not moved to a supported version.

- Effective date: 30 Mar 2029
- Cloud: [AWS](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/aws.md)
- Service: [Amazon DocumentDB](https://eolwatch.dev/services/aws/documentdb.md)
- Type: End of support
- Category: [Database](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/databases.md)
- Affected versions: 3.6
- Replacement: Not stated by vendor
- Announced: Not stated by vendor
- Official source: [docs.aws.amazon.com](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/devguide/docdb-version-support-dates.html)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Amazon DocumentDB Extended Support lets clusters keep running an engine version for an additional cost, for up to 3 years past its end of standard support date. After that time, Amazon DocumentDB upgrades the engine version of any cluster that has not been upgraded to a supported version. Separately, AWS states that Amazon DocumentDB upgrades a cluster to the last engine version released before the end of the Extended Support date, if the cluster is not already on that version, and that this upgrade period does not occur until after the standard support date for that engine version. The support dates table lists a start date for year 1 pricing and a start date for year 3 pricing, see [Amazon DocumentDB engine version support dates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/devguide/docdb-version-support-dates.html) and [Extended Support charges](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/devguide/support-charges.html).

## Who is affected

### Affected versions

- `3.6`

### Matching resource types

- `aws_docdb_cluster`

### Fields the check reads

- `engine_version`

### Detected by the estate check from

- Terraform state or plan (JSON)

## What to do

1. Upgrade each enrolled cluster to a newer engine version that is still under standard support. For a major engine version, AWS documents two routes: [Upgrading a major engine version](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/devguide/docdb-mvu.html) and [Upgrading using AWS DMS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/devguide/docdb-migration.versions.html).
2. Plan for downtime with the in-place major version upgrade: the cluster is unavailable during the upgrade, and a downgrade to a previous version is not possible afterwards.
3. Enrollment in Extended Support can be ended at any time. It ends the day the upgrade completes.
4. Check the supported versions and their dates in [Amazon DocumentDB engine version support dates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/devguide/docdb-version-support-dates.html).

## Replacement

Not stated by vendor.

## Sources

- [Official source](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/devguide/docdb-version-support-dates.html) (docs.aws.amazon.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://endoflife.date/amazon-documentdb) (endoflife.date, Via endoflife.date)

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

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