On January 5, 2028, Spotfire is officially ending support for version 8.8.X of the TIBCO Data Virtualization product family. This component is included in the following products:

• Spotfire® Data Virtualization
• TIBCO® Data Virtualization 
• Spotfire® Data Virtualization - Standard Edition
• Spotfire® Advanced Data Services
• Spotfire® Enterprise Advanced Data Services

TIBCO Data Virtualization will be maintained through hotfixes and service packs until June 5, 2027, and support cases can be opened until January 5, 2028. After that date, TIBCO Data Virtualization 8.8.X LTS will reach end-of-support and be retired.

After the retirement date has been reached, new cases reported against the retired release(s) will no longer be accepted and existing cases under investigation will be closed. Available hotfixes and knowledge base articles will continue to be available to all customers with product maintenance beyond the retirement date.

Check the Product Download Site (https://www.spotfire.com/downloads) for the most recent release when planning your upgrade. As part of your upgrade planning, please make sure to determine what type of release - Long Term Support (LTS) or Mainstream/Innovation (non-LTS) - best suits your needs. Please refer to the following page for more information about this:
 https://docs.tibco.com/pub/sdv/general/LTS/tdv_LTS_releases.htm. 
 

To ensure that you receive future retirement notices, make sure to subscribe to them in the Support Portal in the following way:

1. Login to the Support Portal (https://support.tibco.com)
2. In the upper right corner, under the menu item with your name, select "Product Interests and Knowledge Base Subscriptions"
3. Click “Manage Products” and select the products of interest to you
4. Select the types of notifications you want to receive.
5. Click “Save Interests” at the bottom of the page.

Please contact Spotfire Support for any clarifications regarding this support policy.

TIBCO Data Virtualization 8.8.X LTS will be maintained through hotfixes and service packs until June 5, 2027, and support cases can be opened until January 5, 2028. After that date, TIBCO Data Virtualization 8.8.X will reach end-of-support and be retired.