End of Life Notices#
This page lists NVIDIA AI Enterprise components that have reached or are approaching Deprecated or End of Life. For definitions of lifecycle states (Supported, Deprecated, End of Support, End of Life), refer to Lifecycle State Definitions.
Component |
Current State |
Action Required By |
|---|---|---|
NVIDIA NIM Retrieval QA E5 Embedding v5 |
Deprecated |
January 2027 (PB 6) |
NVIDIA Morpheus |
End of Support |
Immediate |
NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.1-70b-instruct |
End of Support (Model Replaced) |
Immediate |
NVIDIA Optimized TensorFlow 2 Containers |
End of Support |
Immediate |
NVIDIA NIM Retrieval QA E5 Embedding v5#
Component |
NVIDIA NIM Retrieval QA E5 Embedding v5 |
Current State |
Deprecated |
Deprecation Announced |
January 2027 (PB 6) |
Current Version (PB 25h2) |
Timeline
October 2024 — E5 Embedding v5 version 1.2 included in Production Branch - October 2024 (PB 24h2).
May 2025 — E5 Embedding v5 version 1.8.0 included in Production Branch - May 2025 (PB 25h1).
October 2025 — E5 Embedding v5 continues in Production Branch - October 2025 (PB 25h2) alongside NVIDIA Retrieval QA Llama 3.2 1B Embedding v2.
January 2026 — E5 Embedding v5 version 1.11.2 released in PB 25h2.
January 2027 — Production Branch 6 reaches End of Life. E5 Embedding v5 reaches End of Support.
Migration Path
Transition to NVIDIA Retrieval QA Llama 3.2 1B Embedding v2, which is available alongside E5 Embedding v5 in Production Branch - October 2025 (PB 25h2).
Action Required
Plan migration to NVIDIA Retrieval QA Llama 3.2 1B Embedding v2 before January 2027 (PB 6). After deprecation, E5 Embedding v5 will no longer receive CVE patches, bug fixes, or updates.
NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.1-70b-instruct#
Component |
NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.1-70b-instruct inference microservice |
Current State |
End of Support (Model Replaced) |
End of Support Date |
July 2026 |
Last Supported Version |
1.10 |
Timeline
October 2024 — Llama-3.1-70b-instruct NIM version 1.3 included in Production Branch - October 2024 (PB 24h2).
May 2025 — Llama-3.1-70b-instruct NIM version 1.10 included in Production Branch - May 2025 (PB 25h1).
October 2025 — Llama-3.1-70b-instruct included in Production Branch - October 2025 (PB 25h2).
July 2026 — Production Branch - October 2025 (PB 25h2) reached End of Life. Llama-3.1-70b-instruct reaches End of Support.
Migration Path
Transition to NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.3-70b-instruct, which is available in the latest Production Branch. Alternatively, use the Multi-LLM NIM for flexible model deployment.
Action Required
Customers still using NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.1-70b-instruct should migrate to NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.3-70b-instruct or a supported NIM model. No further updates will be provided for this model after July 2026.
NVIDIA Morpheus#
Component |
NVIDIA Morpheus cybersecurity AI framework container images |
Current State |
End of Support |
End of Support Date |
January 2026 |
Last Supported Version |
25.02-runtime |
Timeline
May 2024 — Morpheus 24.02-runtime included in Production Branch - May 2024 (PB 24h1).
October 2024 — Morpheus 24.06-runtime included in Production Branch - October 2024 (PB 24h2).
May 2025 — Morpheus 25.02-runtime included in Production Branch - May 2025 (PB 25h1). This was the final Production Branch to include Morpheus.
October 2025 — Morpheus was not included in Production Branch - October 2025 (PB 25h2).
January 2026 — Production Branch - May 2025 (PB 25h1) reached End of Life. Morpheus is no longer supported within NVIDIA AI Enterprise.
Migration Path
Transition to the Morpheus GitHub repository, which is maintained on a best-effort basis. Community contributions are accepted, and CVE fixes are provided as possible. No new feature development is planned.
Action Required
Customers still using NVIDIA Morpheus containers should migrate to an alternative solution immediately. No further CVE patches, bug fixes, or updates will be provided.
NVIDIA Optimized TensorFlow 2 Containers#
Component |
NVIDIA Optimized TensorFlow 2 container images |
Current State |
End of Support |
End of Support Date |
July 2025 |
Last Supported Version |
24.08-tf2-py3 |
Timeline
February 2025 — TensorFlow 2 24.02 release was the final Feature Branch update.
June 2025 — October 2024 Production Branch (24h2) received its final monthly security update.
July 2025 — TensorFlow 2 containers reached End of Support and are no longer supported within NVIDIA AI Enterprise.
Migration Path
Transition to alternative solutions such as JAX with Keras. Refer to the NVIDIA JAX Toolbox for guidance on JAX and the NGC Catalog for other supported frameworks within NVIDIA AI Enterprise.
Action Required
Customers still using NVIDIA Optimized TensorFlow 2 containers should migrate to a supported framework immediately. No further CVE patches, bug fixes, or updates will be provided.