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*5.1.x is the latest and recommended line, supported until the end of 2019 (to be superseded by the longer-lived 5.2.x in July 2019).
*5.0.x has been superseded by 5.1.x already and entered its EOL phase as of April 2019. As a courtesy to 5.0.x users, one more maintenance release is scheduled for June 2019.
*4.3.x is the last feature branch of the 4th generation. It comes with extended maintenance until at least June 2020, so you may migrate your applications to 5.x at your own pace.
*3.2.x is EOL (reached its end of life) as of December 31st, 2016. No further maintenance releases are planned in that line. Please migrate to 4.3 or 5.x at your earliest convenience!
We recommend upgrading to the latest Spring Framework 5.1.x or 4.3.x release from Maven Central.
*Spring Framework 5.1.x: JDK 8-12
*Spring Framework 5.0.x: JDK 8-10
*Spring Framework 4.3.x: JDK 6-8
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We fully test and support Spring on Long-Term Support (LTS) releases of the JDK, i.e. currently JDK 8 and 11 (both with a lifetime until 2023). Additionally, there is support for intermediate releases such as JDK 9/10 or the upcoming JDK 12 on a best-effort basis, meaning that we accept bug reports and will try to address them as far as technically possible but won't provide any service level guarantees.Spring Framework Jars
Please upgrade to Spring Framework 5.1 (and the corresponding Spring Boot 2.1) for JDK 11 support, as the common Long-Term Support migration path from JDK 8. No earlier Spring versions are officially supported on JDK 11, in particular not with JDK 11 bytecode level. Note that third-party components might not fully support JDK 11 yet, so you are likely to be limited in your full-stack options.
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*4th generation (4.3.x reference)
