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# USM Agent Support Policy

The following table lists the version compatibility between the
USM Agent and Confluent Platform.

| USM Agent   | Confluent Platform          | Release Date     | Standard End of Life   | Standard End of Support   |
|-------------|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1.2.0       | 7.9.6+, 8.1.x, 8.2.x, 8.3.x | June 19, 2026    | December 19, 2026      | June 19, 2028             |
| 1.1.0       | 7.9.6+, 8.1.x, 8.2.x        | March 26, 2026   | September 26, 2026     | March 26, 2028            |
| 1.0.0       | 7.9.6+, 8.1.x               | October 15, 2025 | April 15, 2026         | October 15, 2027          |

Review the following considerations for the USM Agent support policy:

* Starting with USM Agent 1.0.0, the standard support policy extends
  for two years from the initial `.0` release date.
* Platinum tier support is unavailable for the USM Agent.
* If you have a Confluent Enterprise license, each USM Agent version receives up
  to two quarterly patch updates during the first six months, depending on
  the initial release date.
  * The USM Agent 1.0.0 version receives up to two quarterly
    patches, 1.0.1 and 1.0.2, within six months based on the initial
    release.
  * Patches do not extend beyond these two updates, such as a 1.0.3 patch.
  * To get newer fixes or features after the six-month window, upgrade
    to the next minor or major USM Agent version.

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## Supported operating systems

The following table shows the supported operating systems for the
USM Agent when deployed on virtual machines or bare-metal
servers using Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform. The USM Agent supports Java 17 and
Java 21. For containerized deployments using Confluent for Kubernetes, any Linux OS
that supports Kubernetes is compatible.

| Operating System                  | Supported                 |
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 | Yes                       |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 | Yes [(1)](#usm-os-note-1) |
| Ubuntu 22.04                      | Yes                       |
| Ubuntu 24.04                      | Yes                       |
| Debian 12                         | Yes                       |
| Amazon Linux 2023                 | Yes                       |

### Footnotes

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1. Native installation requires USM Agent 1.2.0 or later.
   USM Agent 1.0.x and 1.1.x are not compatible with RHEL 8. On
   those earlier versions, deploy the USM Agent as a container
   using Podman instead.