E-commerce · Magento
Magento 2 is not going away, but each version loses support on a set date. Here are the 2026 dates and your options.
2.4.6 standard support ended Aug 2026
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Magento 2 as a platform is not ending, but each Magento 2 version has an end-of-support date. Adobe gives each Adobe Commerce 2.4.x release roughly three years of standard support from its release date. As of October 2026, 2.4.4 and 2.4.5 are past extended support and get only limited security fixes until May 31, 2027, 2.4.6 left standard support on August 11, 2026 and has extended support until August 31, 2027 (then security-only fixes to May 31, 2028), and 2.4.7 is supported until May 31, 2027 with an extra year to May 31, 2028. 2.4.8 runs to May 31, 2028 and 2.4.9 to May 31, 2029. If your store is on 2.4.6 or older, you need a plan now: upgrade to 2.4.8 or 2.4.9, or move to another platform.
These dates come from Adobe’s published lifecycle policy for Adobe Commerce, as of October 2026:
The security-only period gives limited, isolated security fixes and no quality fixes. Adobe says this one-time period for 2.4.4, 2.4.5 and 2.4.6 will not be extended beyond the published dates and should be treated as migration time.
Magento Open Source, the free edition, shares the same 2.4.x version numbers and patch releases. Adobe’s lifecycle page is written for Adobe Commerce, and it describes the extra year of extended support for 2.4.6 and 2.4.7 as something offered to Adobe Commerce customers. If you run Open Source, treat the standard support date as your real deadline and check with your developer which patches still apply to your version.
Your store does not switch off on the end date. What stops is the stream of quality fixes and security patches for that version. From then on:
Move to 2.4.8 or 2.4.9. Best when Magento fits your business, your customizations are valuable and you have developers who know the platform. 2.4.9 needs PHP 8.5; 2.4.8 runs on PHP 8.3 or 8.4.
Adobe calls Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service its next-generation hosted platform and says it removes recurring upgrade cycles. It suits larger Adobe Commerce customers who want to stay with Adobe.
Move to Shopify, Shopify Plus, BigCommerce or WooCommerce. Best when the store has outgrown its custom code, upgrades keep getting expensive, or nobody on staff wants to manage a Magento stack.
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Plan to keep applying security patches after the upgrade. Adobe releases them regularly, and an upgraded store that is never patched ends up exposed again.
Your product data, customer accounts, order history and search rankings are the assets to protect. Map every Magento URL to its new address with 301 redirects, move data in the order products, customers, orders, and test checkout with real orders before launch. Our Magento to Shopify migration checklist walks through the full process, and our Shopify vs WooCommerce comparison helps if you are choosing a destination.
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Each version has its own date. As of 2026, Adobe Commerce 2.4.6 extended support ends August 31, 2027 (with security-only fixes to May 31, 2028), 2.4.7 ends May 31, 2028, 2.4.8 ends May 31, 2028 and 2.4.9 ends May 31, 2029. Versions 2.4.4 and 2.4.5 are past extended support and get only limited security fixes until May 31, 2027.
No. Adobe still releases new 2.4.x versions, and 2.4.9 came out in May 2026. Adobe is also offering Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service as a hosted option for Adobe Commerce customers.
The store keeps working, but it stops receiving security patches, its PHP and database versions age out, and extensions stop updating. That raises security and compliance risk over time.
Upgrade if Magento’s flexibility and your custom features are worth the ongoing developer and hosting effort. Consider moving if upgrades are costly, your needs are mostly standard retail, or you want less maintenance.
