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SAS Viya Platform Support Levels Definitions
Platform Releases declared under Limited Support

Note: This page covers only the SAS Viya platform and products that run on the SAS Viya platform. See the Support for SAS®Viya® 3.x and Support for SAS® 9.4 & Earlier Releases pages for more information about those releases or go to the main page to access all Technical Support policy links.

The SAS Viya platform follows a Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) model. It is delivered on these cadences:

Stable Cadence

The SAS Viya platform Stable cadence delivers monthly. Stable version numbers follow this format: Stable yyyy.mm (example: Stable 2025.06 was released in June of 2025).

Long-Term Support Cadence

The SAS Viya platform Long-Term Support (LTS) cadence delivers every six months. Each Long-Term Support version number also uses the yyyy.mm format, but the year and month represent the release of the Stable version on which the LTS version is based (example: Long-Term Support 2025.03 was built from Stable 2025.03, which released in March of 2025).

Note: Software as a Service Customers do not choose a cadence.

To understand the typical release schedule, see Release Schedule and Versions in SAS® Viya® Platform Operations. You can change between cadences, but your support level will also change. For guidance, see Guidelines for Updating to a New Version in SAS® Viya® Platform Operations.

Support Levels for the SAS® Viya® Platform

With the accelerated pace of software development in the marketplace, SAS is releasing products much faster. As a result, SAS recommends that Customers install the most current release of their SAS Software products. Current SAS Software means that customers have the latest and best technology and are better protected from potential vulnerabilities.

SAS Technical Support follows this two-level support policy:

Standard Support for the SAS Viya platform includes the following additional terms:

Stable: Standard Support covers the current Stable version and the three previous Stable versions. Therefore, to ensure that their SAS Software is covered by Standard Support, Customers are required to update to the latest Stable version at least every three months.
Long-Term Support: Standard Support covers the current Long-Term Support version and a maximum of the three previous Long-Term Support versions.¹ Therefore, to ensure that their SAS Software is covered by Standard Support, Customers are required to update to the latest Long-Term Support version at least once every two years.

¹For additional details, see the SAS® Viya® Platform Releases That Have Been Declared under Limited Support section.

Standard Support for a qualifying SAS Viya platform release is provided in accordance with the following:

The SAS Viya platform release meets the system requirements. Note that customers who run their SAS Viya platform release on an alternate Kubernetes distribution are covered by Limited Support.
The supported vendor's Kubernetes release is not at end of life.

If a vendor's Kubernetes release moves to end of life during a Long-Term Support cycle, SAS may not be able to secure and patch the software. In this scenario, the SAS Viya platform release may be declared to be under Limited Support per the Third-Party Vendors policy. Refer to SAS® Viya® Platform Releases that have been declared under Limited Support for additional information.

Limited Support for the SAS Viya platform includes the following additional terms:

Limited Support is provided for (a) Stable and Long-Term Support versions that are older than the versions covered under Standard Support, (b) versions running on a Kubernetes version that is not supported for the SAS Viya version, and (c) versions declared in SAS® Viya® Platform Releases that have been declared under Limited Support.

Note: Customers whose SAS Viya platform deployments are in Limited Support cannot download patches for those versions, but they can download assets for a supported version so that they can upgrade or redeploy.

To determine whether their software is still supported by Standard Support, customers should reference the View the Update Checker Report section in SAS® Viya® Platform Operations. Customers can use the update checker to determine when the support window ends and whether there is another update available.

Note that there might be some exceptions to the policy. See the SAS® Viya® Platform Releases That Have Been Declared under Limited Support section for more details.