EOL (End of Life) for Eclipse Jetty 9, 10, 11 and CometD 5, 6, 7 - Update (Oct, 2025)

[jmcc0nn3ll]

(edit) A discussion topic has been cross-posted here: /discussions/13984

This issue updates the statements made in previous EOL issues for Eclipse Jetty and CometD.

• EOL (End of Life) for Jetty 9 - January 2025 #7958
• EOL (End of Life) for Jetty 10 / Jetty 11 - January 2025 #10485
• Announcement of End of Community Support for CometD 5.0.x cometd/cometd#1179
• Announcement of End of Community Support for CometD 6.0.x & 7.0.x cometd/cometd#1754

Webtide is the company behind the open-source Jetty and CometD projects. For the last eighteen years, Webtide has fully funded the Jetty and CometD projects through services and support for migration assistance, production support, developer assistance, performance tuning, and CVE resolution.

Our approach to end-of-life (EOL) software has evolved as these open-source projects have continued to develop and innovate. With the recent Jetty 12.1 and CometD 9 releases, we must update the topic of EOL binary support.

Starting Jan 1, 2026, Webtide and the Jetty project will cease publishing releases for Jetty 9, Jetty 10, and Jetty 11 to Maven Central. Additionally, Webtide and the CometD project will cease publishing releases for CometD 5, CometD 6, and CometD 7 to Maven Central or other public repositories.

Actions

If you are currently using a non-EOL version of Jetty or CometD

No action is required at this time.

If you are currently using an EOL version of Jetty or CometD

Now is the time to plan an update to a publicly supported version of Jetty or CometD. Publicly supported versions like Jetty 12.1 and CometD 8 or 9 will continue to have bug fixes and CVE resolutions publicly available.

If upgrading is not an option and you are interested in binary support only, we are pleased to announce two current partnerships to meet your EOL needs.

• HeroDevs - NES for Jetty, NES for CometD (coming soon)
• TuxCare - ELS for Jetty, ELS for CometD

These partner products offer incredible value as they provide whole-stack security solutions, not only for Jetty and CometD but also for other popular open-source projects, such as Spring, that you may have as dependencies.

Finally, if you are interested in a comprehensive solution, the Webtide Lifecycle Support program will continue to offer services and support for current and EOL Jetty and CometD versions.

Additional information will be available through the Jetty, CometD, and Webtide websites as updates roll out.

[joakime]

For comments / discussions about this, use the Discussions topic.

• EOL (End of Life) for Eclipse Jetty 9, 10, 11 and CometD 5, 6, 7 - Update (Oct, 2025) #13984