Nomad
Nomad Community Edition license and support
Nomad version support
Beginning in April 2026, HashiCorp's self-managed products adopt new version, release, and support models. Nomad continues to target Spring and Fall feature releases, with monthly updates as needed. These changes align with IBM's enterprise software lifecycle to ensure consistent support across IBM's software portfolio.
| Version | Base Support End | Extended Support End | Ongoing Extended Support End |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8.x.(LTS) | April 30, 2026 | April 30, 2026 | April 30, 2026 |
| 1.10.x (LTS) | April 30, 2027 | April 30, 2027 | April 30, 2027 |
| 1.11.x | October 31, 2026 | October 31, 2026 | October 31, 2026 |
| 2.0.x | April 30, 2028 | April 30, 2029 | April 30, 2032 |
Note that Extended Support and Ongoing Extended Support are optional, paid support packages available to Enterprise customers.
Beginning with the 2.0.0 release, HashiCorp Nomad's existing semantic versioning format (X.Y.Z) moves to IBM's Version-Modification-Fix (V.M.F) model. This mapping helps make lifecycle timing clear and consistent across products.
- April ("V" milestone): Starts a new support lifecycle for the version.
- October ("M" milestone): Adds new features but does not start a new support lifecycle.
- Monthly ("F" fixes): Patch release.
Refer to the following for additional details:
- IBM HashiCorp Self-Managed Product Support Lifecycle Addendum
- Changes to HashiCorp Self-Managed Enterprise Product Release Cadence and Support
- HashiCorp Long-Term Support (LTS) releases for products released prior to March 2025. Nomad v1.10.x is the last LTS release.
- IBM Software Support Lifecycle Policies
Community Edition license
Nomad Community Edition (CE) is licensed under the Business Source License (BSL / BUSL). You may review the BSL license in the Nomad code repository
Community Edition support
For 2.0.0 and later releases, we provide a 2-year base CE backport policy that delivers important security and bug-fix changes as part of an open source release strategy. This aligns with the IBM Support Cycle 2 (SC2) model.
CE support resources include the following:
- Creating a GitHub issue in the Nomad repository.
- Asking in the Nomad discussion forum.
- Searching the Nomad documentation or IBM Support portal.