# X-Ray SDK and Daemon Support timeline
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The following table lists the dates and the level of support for X-Ray SDKs and Daemon.


| SDK and daemon phase | Start date | End date | Support provided | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| General availability | NA | February 25th, 2026 | X-Ray SDKs and Daemon are fully supported. AWS provides regular SDK and daemon releases that include bug and security fixes. | 
| Maintenance mode | February 25th, 2026 | N/A | AWS will limit X-Ray SDK and Daemon releases to address security issues only. The SDKs/Daemon will not receive new feature enhancements. | 

We recommend that you migrate to OpenTelemetry solutions for instrumenting your application and sending traces to AWS X-Ray. For more information on migrating to OpenTelemetry, see [Migrating from X-Ray instrumentation to OpenTelemetry instrumentation ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/xray-sdk-migration.html).