On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > All, > > Draft Tomcat 9 LTS announcement follows. Feedback welcome. The plan is > to send this - or something along these lines - to users and announce by > the end of next week. > > *** DRAFT *** DRAFT *** DRAFT *** DRAFT *** DRAFT *** > > Subject: Tomcat 9 long term support plan > > The Tomcat team has consistently stated that long term support (LTS) > will be provided for Tomcat 9 as it is the last Tomcat version that > supports Java EE. The details of that LTS have been evolving over time. > As we approach the point where we'd normally be announcing > end-of-support (EOS) for Tomcat 9, the Tomcat team is pleased to > announce the following LTS plan for Tomcat 9. > > Tomcat 9 support will continue until 31 December 2030 - the same date as > EOS for many Java 8 distributions. > > Tomcat 9.0.x support will continue until 31 March 2027. > > Shortly before 9.0.x support ends, releases from a new 9.1.x branch will > be made available. Releases from the 9.1.x branch will continue until 31 > December 2030. > > The differences between 9.0.x and 9.1.x will be minimal and users can > start making the necessary transition now. Those changes are: > > - the APR/native connectors for HTTP, HTTPS and AJP will not be > available > > - Tomcat Native 1.3.x will not be supported (see the separate EOS > announcement for Tomcat Native 1.3.x) > > Users of the APR/native AJP connector are strongly encouraged to migrate > to the NIO AJP connector and discontinue using Tomcat Native. > > Users of the APR/native HTTP connector are strongly encouraged to > migrate to the NIO HTTP connector and discontinue using Tomcat Native. > > Users of the APR/native HTTPS connector are strongly encouraged to > migrate to either the the HTTPS NIO+JSSE connector or the HTTPS > NIO+OpenSSL connector. > > Those migrating to the HTTP NIO+OpenSSL connector should then upgrade > Tomcat Native to 2.0.x. > > For users that are not using Tomcat Native or are using Tomcat Native > 2.0.x, the transition from 9.0.x to 9.1.x will be no different to a > normal Tomcat point release upgrade. > > Rather than continuing on 9.1.x, Tomcat 9 users are strongly encouraged > to consider upgrading to a more recent Tomcat version making use of > tools like the Tomcat Migration Tool for Jakarta EE.
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