# EOL / End of life and support topic
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eol-end-of-life-and-support-topic/287756
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eol-end-of-life-and-support-topic/287756 "2021-10-27T06:45:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@smm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smm)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eol-end-of-life-and-support-topic/287756/1 "2021-10-27T06:45:05Z")
Dear Elastic Team,
I have a gold support. My 7.8 environment reaches EOL in the mid of December.
Does it mean I cannot open issues anymore in case of need after that day?
By the way: I am planning the follwoing upgrade, but I have a 'frozen time' in the coming weeks, so no changes in production are allowed - so an elaticsearch upgrade is also not allowed.
cheers
Stefano
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eol-end-of-life-and-support-topic/287756/2 "2021-10-27T06:49:51Z")
Please raise this directly with your Support contact 🙂
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### Author:  [@smm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smm)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eol-end-of-life-and-support-topic/287756/3 "2021-10-27T06:54:45Z")
Thanks, I will do it.
cheers
Stefano
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eol-end-of-life-and-support-topic/287756/4 "2021-11-24T06:54:49Z")
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