Redis Cloud ends support for the Redis 8.0 database version and auto-upgrades remaining Essentials databases to a later version

Redis 8.0 reaches end of life on Redis Cloud on 1 December 2026. The date comes from Redis’s own version-management documentation, which lists 8.0 as a Short-Term Support release in Preview status, available on the Essentials plan and already closed to new databases.

Redis Cloud runs two support models. Long-Term Support versions get five years of extended support; Short-Term Support versions last six months past the next release. Redis 8.0 is STS, which is why its end-of-life date sits earlier than the 7.2 and 7.4 LTS releases (both supported to December 2029) and the 8.2 LTS release (supported to September 2030). The ordering looks inverted against the version numbers, but it follows directly from the STS-versus-LTS rule.

At end of life, Redis Cloud auto-upgrades an Essentials database still on 8.0 to the next minor version during a maintenance window. Essentials has minor-version auto-upgrade switched on at all times, so this happens with or without action from you. Upgrading on your own schedule beforehand means you pick the window and test against the target version first.

The safest target is Redis 8.2, the current LTS, supported to 1 September 2030. Redis 8.4 exists but is another STS version that ends on 1 January 2027, so moving there only defers the problem by a month. Read the version release notes for breaking changes and back up the data before you upgrade.

One boundary is worth stating plainly, because “Redis 8.0 end of life” reads broader than it is. This date is specific to Redis Cloud’s managed version support. If you run Redis 8.0 yourself, whether Redis Community Edition or Redis Software, a different support policy applies and 1 December 2026 does not affect your deployment.