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The DSpace Steering Group announces that security support for DSpace 5.x and 6.x will end on the following dates:

• DSpace 5.x: Support ends ended on January 1, 2023
• DSpace 6.x: Support ends ended on July 1, 2023

This means that after those dates:

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If you want to continue to receive community-supported bug and security fixes, you should begin planning an upgrade to DSpace 7.x as soon as reasonably possible.

After those dates, if I have questions about DSpace 5.x or 6.x will they still be answered on mailing lists, Slack, etc?

Yes, questions on older releases of DSpace are always welcome on any Support channels (mailing lists, Slack, etc) even after support ends for those releases.  However, if you encounter a bug or a security issue, we may only be able to suggest upgrading to DSpace 7 to resolve it.

Also, keep in mind that support on mailing list is provided on a volunteer basis. So, the older the release you are using, the less likely others may be able to easily answer your questions. That said, everyone tends to do their best to at least provide helpful advice.

I’m running an older version of DSpace. Should I upgrade to DSpace 6.x? 

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Additionally, by July 2023, we anticipate having completed at least 3-4 additional 7.x releases:

• 7.3 is due in (late) June was released on June 27, 2022
• 7.4 is (tentatively) scheduled for Oct was released on Oct 10, 2022
• 7.5 is (tentatively) scheduled for Feb was released on Feb 20, 2023
• 7.6 is (tentatively) scheduled for June 2023

If you or your institution would like to support feature development in 7.x to help ensure we are able to meet these goals, please consider donating to the DSpace Development Fund. This fund goes directly to 7.x development and ensures that each new release includes as many new features as we can fund. 

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(That said, we do recommend you plan to migrate any integrations away from the older v6 REST API to the new v7 REST API. The older v6 REST API is deprecated and will be removed in DSpace 8.)

We are aware of a few external sites/tools which already directly integrate with DSpace 7. This list is likely incomplete:

• Symplectic Elements now integrates with DSpace 7 (harvest only)