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Syncplify Server! version schedule
Software development never stops. Every so often a new version is released, to add features, improve existing ones, and fix bugs discovered or reported by users and customers.
When the changes are big enough, the release gets a new major version number, and that is how you go from v4.x to v5.x, then to v6.x, and so on. When that happens, the previous major version goes into phase out and remains under Limited Long-Term Support (LLTS) for a set period, to give users and customers a comfortable way to plan and execute the upgrade to the current major version. Once the LLTS period ends, the old version becomes retired.
This is the schedule of every Syncplify Server! version's release, phase out and retirement:
| Version | Release | Phase out (LLTS) | Retirement | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syncplify Server! v8 | June 2026 | none planned | none planned | current |
| Syncplify Server! v7 | October 2025 | June 2026 | December 31, 2028 | LLTS |
| Syncplify Server! v6 | December 2022 | October 2025 | December 31, 2027 | LLTS |
| Syncplify.me Server! v5 | February 2018 | December 2022 | December 31, 2024 | retired |
| Syncplify.me Server! v4 | January 2016 | February 2018 | December 31, 2020 | retired |
| Syncplify.me Server! v3 | October 2014 | January 2016 | December 31, 2018 | retired |
| Syncplify.me Server! v2 | March 2014 | October 2014 | December 31, 2016 | retired |
| Syncplify.me Server! v1 | November 2013 | March 2014 | December 31, 2015 | retired |
Customers on v6 and v7 are expected to move to v8 before their retirement dates, after which those versions are retired like the ones before them. Please plan your updates and upgrades according to this schedule.
What each status means
- current: the version Syncplify develops, fixes and supports. With an active maintenance and support plan you are fully covered: support, bug fixes, license reactivation and license reissue.
- LLTS: a previous major version, in transition. With an active plan you get limited, best effort support until the retirement date, and nothing is guaranteed. See What is LLTS.
- retired: no support of any kind: no bug fixes, no development, no customer service, no license reactivation and no license reissue. This holds with or without a maintenance and support plan, and whatever license you own. An active plan still entitles you to a free license code for the current version and to the upgrade, and once you run the current version you are covered again. A lapsed plan of a v1 to v5 license cannot be reinstated or extended.
Coverage always requires both an active plan and the current version; see Maintenance and support plans explained.
Perpetual licenses of retired versions
A perpetual license of a retired version keeps working for as long as nothing changes on the machine where it was activated. If anything changes, Syncplify does not reactivate or reissue that license, and it does not provide support for that version.
For example, the licenses of Syncplify.me Server! v1 to v5 revert to free mode, which allows one client connection at a time, when the software detects a hardware change, such as vCPUs or RAM added to a VM. The way forward is the current version:
- with an active plan, request a free license code for the current version and upgrade
- if the plan has lapsed, it cannot be reinstated or extended for these versions, and you need to buy a new license for the current version
See What a perpetual license means and If you are not covered.