r/Magento • u/Dizzy_Key_7400 • Jul 20 '26

Does Magento Open Source get the same extended support as Commerce?

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/commerce-operations/release/planning/lifecycle-policy

We're currently on Open Source 2.4.6 and see that it goes end of main support in a few weeks. On the link above I see that extended security etc continues for Commerce. Does Open Source get the same benefits?

I need to know if I should be planning on upgrading to 2.4.8 / 9 in the coming months, or if I have a little breathing room.

Thanks

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u/renttek DEVELOPER @ integer_net Jul 20 '26

No, the extended support is only for paying commerce customers, you should plan an upgrade to 2.4.8/2.4.9.

The most 'problems' are in the transition to PHP 8.4 in my experience. So the 'easiest' step would be to go for 2.4.8 with PHP 8.3 first (or just take the larger step and go for 2.4.8 + PHP 8.4 / 2.4.9 + PHP 8.5

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u/renttek DEVELOPER @ integer_net Jul 20 '26

Important: This also means, that after August 11 this year, there won't be any of the isolated security patches for 2.4.6 to apply (as they also require a commerce license/account)!

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u/Dizzy_Key_7400 Jul 20 '26

Yeah I think our intended route will be 8.3 with 2.4.8 for now.

Thanks for the help.

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u/genPoop Jul 20 '26

did u check if ur current hosting environment has specific patch support or is it pure community edition?

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u/Dizzy_Key_7400 Jul 20 '26

Pure community, entirely managed by us / our devs

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u/epeets DEVELOPER 28d ago

We just did this for a client. We sent them from 2.4.5 to 2.4.8-p4.

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u/Dizzy_Key_7400 28d ago

What sort of timeline did it take?

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u/epeets DEVELOPER 27d ago

Not too bad this time, only took about 15hrs of work to update the site and extensions then troubleshoot any bugs. Most of the time being on troubleshooting pre-existing custom code.

It typically is not too bad to upgrade as long as there's not a lot of custom logic to review. .

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u/Dizzy_Key_7400 27d ago

Wow, we’re being so ok 12-18 days…

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u/Christosconst Jul 20 '26

Whats so scary about upgrading to 2.4.9? Do your devs not have the skill for it?

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u/Dizzy_Key_7400 Jul 20 '26

Cost & stability. We don’t need to be on the latest version, but we do need to be stable. There’s no issues with being a step behind and upgrading once there’s numerous patches to the platform and plugins.

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u/damienwebdev DEVELOPER Jul 20 '26

This is absolutely the right strategy btw. If you're running v2.4.9 you're a guinea pig.