# Cannot create ES7 instances on Elastic Cloud

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-es7-instances-on-elastic-cloud/377616>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 29, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-es7-instances-on-elastic-cloud/377616 "2025-04-29T12:20:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![PaulBonnel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paulbonnel/32/142877_2.png) [@PaulBonnel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PaulBonnel)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-es7-instances-on-elastic-cloud/377616/1 "2025-04-29T12:20:22Z")

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Hello,  
We cannot create ES7 instances on Elastic Cloud. Is this expected?  
We are quite surprised by this change since EOL of ES7 is scheduled for early 2026.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-es7-instances-on-elastic-cloud/377616/2 "2025-04-29T12:39:21Z")

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Bonjour Paul 😉

Interesting. Why would you like to start a 7.17 instance instead of a 8.18?  
Do you have some incompatibility issues with 8.x?

I'm curious. 😏

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-es7-instances-on-elastic-cloud/377616/3 "2025-04-29T12:49:53Z")

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I think this is expected, on Elastic cloud you can create clusters on versions that are currently maintained.

Currently they are these ones:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/7/375b63477b64895c7cfc1b4ec1bbbb87321e49c9.png)

Elasticsearch 7.17 is not maintained since April 15th, but if the user already has a cluster on this version and also have a support contract, Elastic may answer support requests until January 15th, 2026.