# X-Ray SDK and Daemon Support timeline


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).