Perforce Maintenance Support Policy

Perforce software is thoroughly tested and backed by active Engineering and Support teams.

    Standard Maintenance

    Maintenance Support Standard Maintenance

    During Standard Maintenance, Perforce provides patches for Severity A bugs, which include crash, data corruption, erroneous results, high-risk security vulnerability, malfunction with no workaround or serious performance degradation.

    The Standard Maintenance period is defined as: 

    • Server Releases up to two years after their initial availability.
    • Desktop and Web Apps up to one year after their initial availability.

    Perforce End-of-Life (EOL) Schedule

    Helix Core (P4D) Server

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4D 2020.1Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2024
    P4D 2019.2Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2023
    P4D 2019.1May 2, 2019May 2, 2021May 2, 2023
    P4D 2018.2Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2022
    P4D 2018.1Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2022
    P4D 2017.2Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2021
    P4D 2017.1May 17, 2017May 17, 2019May 17, 2021
    P4D 2016.2Nov 8, 2016Nov 8, 2018Nov 8, 2020

    Helix Broker

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Broker 2020.1Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2024
    P4Broker 2019.2Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2023
    P4Broker 2019.1May 2, 2019May 2, 2021May 2, 2023
    P4Broker 2018.2Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2022
    P4Broker 2018.1Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2022
    P4Broker 2017.2Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2021
    P4Broker 2017.1May 17, 2017May 17, 2019May 17, 2021
    P4Broker 2016.2Nov 8, 2016Nov 8, 2018Nov 8, 2020

    Helix Proxy

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4P 2020.1Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2024
    P4P 2019.2Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2023
    P4P 2019.1May 2, 2019May 2, 2021May 2, 2023
    P4P 2018.2Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2022
    P4P 2018.1Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2022
    P4P 2017.2Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2021
    P4P 2017.1May 17, 2017May 17, 2019May 17, 2021
    P4P 2016.2Nov 8, 2016Nov 8, 2018Nov 8, 2020

    Helix Swarm

    Helix Swarm

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Swarm 2020.1Jul 6, 2020Jul 6 2021Jul 6, 2022
    Swarm 2019.3Oct 31, 2019Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2021
    Swarm 2019.2Sep 6, 2019Sep 6, 2020Sep 6, 2021
    Swarm 2019.1May 9, 2019May 9, 2020May 9, 2021
    Swarm 2018.3Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2020
    Swarm 2018.2Sep 27, 2018Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2020
    Swarm 2018.1Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2020

    Helix P4 CLI

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4 2020.1Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2024
    P4 2019.2Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2023
    P4 2019.1May 2, 2019May 2, 2021May 2, 2023
    P4 2018.2Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2022
    P4 2018.1Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2022
    P4 2016.2Nov 8, 2016Nov 8, 2018Nov 8, 2020

    Helix P4V

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4V 2020.1Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2021Apr 16, 2022
    P4V 2019.2Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2021
    P4V 2019.1May 2, 2019May 2, 2020May 2, 2021
    P4V 2018.4Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2020
    P4V 2018.3Sep 27, 2018Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2020
    P4V 2018.2Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2020

    Helix P4Merge

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Merge 2020.1Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2021Apr 16, 2022
    P4Merge 2019.2Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2021
    P4Merge 2019.1May 2, 2019May 2, 2020May 2, 2021
    P4Merge 2018.4Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2020
    P4Merge 2018.3Sep 27, 2018Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2020
    P4Merge 2018.2Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2020

    Helix P4Admin

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Admin 2020.1Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2021Apr 16, 2022
    P4Admin 2019.2Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2021
    P4Admin 2019.1May 2, 2019May 2, 2020May 2, 2021
    P4Admin 2018.4Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2020
    P4Admin 2018.3Sep 27, 2018Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2020
    P4Admin 2018.2Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2020

    Helix MFA Authenticator

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    MFA Authenticator 2018.3Sep 27, 2018Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2020
    MFA Authenticator 2018.2Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2020

    Helix SAML Desktop Agent

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    SAML Desktop Agent 2018.1Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2020

    P4DTG

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4DTG 2018.1Sep 12, 2018Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    P4DTG 2014.1Jan 28, 2015Jan 28, 2016Jan 28, 2017

    P4Eclipse

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Eclipse 2019.1May 23, 2019May 23, 2020May 23, 2021
    P4Eclipse 2018.5Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2020
    P4Eclipse 2018.4Oct 11, 2018Oct 11, 2019Oct 11, 2020
    P4Eclipse 2018.3Jul 26, 2018Jul 26, 2019Jul 26, 2020
    P4Eclipse 2018.2Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2020

    P4EXP

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4EXP 2020.1Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2021Mar 20, 2022
    P4EXP 2019.3Dec 10, 2019Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2021
    P4EXP 2019.2Oct 3, 2019Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2021
    P4EXP 2019.1Apr 25, 2019Apr 25, 2020Apr 25, 2021
    P4EXP 2018.4Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2020
    P4EXP 2018.3Jul 26, 2018Jul 26, 2019Jul 26, 2020
    P4EXP 2018.2Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2020
    P4EXP 2018.1Jan 25, 2018Jan 25, 2019Jan 25, 2020

    P4GT

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4GT 2019.1 - MayaJun 28, 2019Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    P4GT 2018.1 - 3ds MaxOct 25, 2018Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    P4GT 2018.1 - MayaJul 26, 2018Jul 26, 2019Jul 26, 2020
    P4GT 2018.1 - PhotoshopJun 28, 2018Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    P4GT 2017.1Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2018Oct 17, 2019

    P4Search

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Search 2020.1Jun 25, 2020Jun 25, 2021Jun 25, 2022

    P4Thumb

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Thumb 2020.1Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2021Apr 23, 2022
    P4Thumb 2017.3Dec 22, 2017Dec 22, 2018Dec 22, 2019

    P4toDB

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4toDB 2017.1Jan 9, 2018Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)

    P4VS

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4VS 2020.1Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2021Mar 20, 2022
    P4VS 2019.3Dec 10, 2019Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2021
    P4VS 2019.2Jul 31, 2019Jul 31, 2020Jul 31, 2021
    P4VS 2019.1Apr 3, 2019Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2021
    P4VS 2018.4Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2020
    P4VS 2018.3Jul 26, 2018Jul 26, 2019Jul 26, 2020
    P4VS 2018.2Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2020

    P4SL

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4SL 2019.1Sep 19, 2019Sep 19, 2020Sep 19, 2021

    P4API (C|C++)

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4API 2020.1Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2024
    P4API 2019.2Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2023
    P4API 2019.1May 2, 2019May 2, 2021May 2, 2023
    P4API 2018.2Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2022
    P4API 2018.1Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2022
    P4API 2017.2Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2021
    P4API 2017.1May 17, 2017May 17, 2019May 17, 2021
    P4API 2016.2Nov 8, 2016Nov 8, 2018Nov 8, 2020

    P4API.NET

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4API.NET 2020.1Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2021Mar 20, 2022
    P4API.NET 2019.3Dec 10, 2019Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2021
    P4API.NET 2019.2Jul 31, 2019Jul 31, 2020Jul 31, 2021
    P4API.NET 2019.1Apr 3, 2019Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2021
    P4API.NET 2018.4Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2020
    P4API.NET 2018.3Jul 26, 2018Jul 26, 2019Jul 26, 2020
    P4API.NET 2018.2Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2020

    P4Java

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Java 2020.1Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2021Jul 22, 2022
    P4Java 2019.1Mar 13, 2019Mar 13, 2020Mar 13, 2021
    P4Java 2018.1Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2019Mar 29, 2020

    P4Perl

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Perl 2019.1Sep 26, 2019Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    P4Perl 2018.2Feb 8, 2019Feb 8, 2020Feb 8, 2021

    P4PHP

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4PHP 2019.2Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2021Apr 20, 2022
    P4PHP 2018.2Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2019Nov 5, 2020

    P4Python

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Python 2020.1Jun 14, 2020Jun 14, 2021Jun 14, 2022
    P4Python 2019.1Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2020Sep 27, 2021
    P4Python 2018.2Dec 21, 2018Dec 21, 2019Dec 21, 2020

    P4Ruby

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    P4Ruby 2020.1Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2021Jun 11, 2022
    P4Ruby 2019.1Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2021
    P4Ruby 2017.1Dec 12, 2017Dec 12, 2018Dec 12, 2019

    Helix Git Fusion

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Git Fusion 2017.2Nov 13, 2017Nov 13, 2019Nov 13, 2021
    Git Fusion 2017.1Feb 8, 2017Feb 8, 2019Feb 8, 2021
    Git Fusion 2016.3Oct 25, 2016Oct 25, 2018Oct 25, 2020

    Helix GitSwarm

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    GitSwarm EE 2017.2Nov 27, 2017Nov 27, 2018Nov 27, 2019
    GitSwarm EE 2017.1Apr 29, 2017Apr 29, 2018Apr 29, 2019

    Helix TeamHub

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Helix TeamHub 2019.3Dec 19, 2019Dec 19, 2020Dec 19, 2021
    Helix TeamHub 2019.2Sep 17, 2019Sep 17, 2020Sep 17, 2021
    Helix TeamHub 2019.1Mar 11, 2019Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2021
    Helix TeamHub 2018.2Sep 23, 2018Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2020

    Helix ALM

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Helix ALM 2020.2Jul 13, 2020Jul 13, 2022Jul 13, 2023
    Helix ALM 2020.1Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2022Mar 16, 2023
    Helix ALM 2019.5Dec 6, 2019Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2022
    Helix ALM 2019.4Oct 15, 2019Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2022
    Helix ALM 2019.3July 15, 2019July 15, 2021July 15, 2022
    Helix ALM 2019.2May 6, 2019May 6, 2021May 6, 2022
    Helix ALM 2019.1Feb 25, 2019Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2022
    Helix ALM 2018.4Dec 5, 2018Dec 5, 2020Dec 5, 2021
    Helix ALM 2018.3Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2021
    Helix ALM 2018.2Jun 13, 2018Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2021
    Helix ALM 2018.1Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2021
    Helix ALM 2017.3Dec 6, 2017Dec 6, 2019Dec 6, 2020
    Helix ALM 2017.2Oct 30, 2017Oct 30, 2019Oct 30, 2020

    Helix ALM License Server

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Helix ALM License Server 2020.2Jul 13, 2020Jul 13, 2022Jul 13, 2023
    Helix ALM License Server 2020.1Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2022Mar 16, 2023
    Helix ALM License Server 2019.2Oct 15, 2019Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2022
    Helix ALM License Server 2019.1Feb 11, 2019Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2022
    Helix ALM License Server 2018.2Jun 13, 2018Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2021
    Helix ALM License Server 2018.1Mar 5, 2018Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2021
    Helix ALM License Server 2017.3Dec 6, 2017Dec 6, 2019Dec 6, 2020
    Helix ALM License Server 2017.2Sep 18, 2017Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2020

    Helix ALM Data Warehouse

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Helix ALM Data Warehouse 2019.1Oct 15, 2019Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2022
    Helix ALM Data Warehouse 2018.3Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2020Nov 5, 2021
    Helix ALM Data Warehouse 2018.2Jun 13, 2018Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2021
    Helix ALM Data Warehouse 2018.1Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2021
    Helix ALM Data Warehouse 2017.2Sep 18, 2017Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2020

    Helix ALM Integration TFS

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Helix ALM Integration TFS 2018Jun 13, 2018Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    Helix ALM Integration TFS 2017Jan 18, 2017Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    Helix ALM Integration TFS 2015 U3Jan 18, 2017Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    Helix ALM Integration TFS 2015Oct 7, 2015Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    Helix ALM Integration TFS 2013Oct 7, 2015Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)
    Helix ALM Integration TFS 2012Oct 7, 2015Oct 7, 2018Oct 7, 2019

    Helix ALM Native DB Backup Utility

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Helix ALM Native DB Backup Utility 1.5May 8, 2017Current Version (under maintenance)Current Version (under maintenance)

    Surround SCM

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Surround SCM 2020.1May 26, 2020May 26, 2022May 26, 2023
    Surround SCM 2019.2Oct 15, 2019Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2022
    Surround SCM 2019.1Feb 11, 2019Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2022
    Surround SCM 2018.2Aug 30, 2018Aug 30, 2020Aug 30, 2021
    Surround SCM 2018.1Mar 5, 2018Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2021
    Surround SCM 2017.2Sep 18, 2017Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2020
    Surround SCM 2017.1Apr 24, 2017Apr 24, 2019Apr 24, 2020

    Defect Scribe

     General AvailabilityEnd of Standard MaintenanceEnd of Extended Maintenance
    Defect Scribe 2018.1Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2019Apr 18, 2020
    Defect Scribe 2017.1Apr 24, 2017Apr 24, 2018Apr 24, 2019