Deprecations and Removals
What is End Of Life (EOL) for a Product/Version? What's the need to upgrade?
42Gears does not market, sell, deploy, or provide updates to versions of products that have reached end of life (EOL). Although the product works, old versions of software inherently have security vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit. Your best defense is to be on software that can receive updates and is free of known vulnerabilities.
The following listings specify the dates and/or versions by which 42Gears capabilities have already or will, within the next few months, reach their end-of-life (refer to the individual EOL Date).
Product Versions
| Platform | Product | Version(s) Deprecated | Action Required | EOL Date |
| Android | SureMDM Agent | 27.28.16 or earlier | Update to version 27.29.09 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Android | SureLock | 21.28.16 or earlier | Update to version 21.29.09 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Android | SureFox | 14.22.03 or earlier | Update to version 14.23.04 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Android | SureVideo | 4.71.02 or earlier | Update to version 4.72.02 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Android | SureDefense | v01.00.20 or earlier | Update to version 01.01.12 or higher | December 18, 2025 |
| Windows | SureMDM Agent | 4.95 or earlier | Update to version 4.96 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Windows | SureLock | 2.43.0 or earlier | Update to version 2.47.0 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Windows | SureVideo | 1.0.27.99 or earlier | Update to version 1.0.28.0 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| macOS | SureMDM Agent | 5.2.1 or earlier | Update to version 5.2.2 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| iOS | SureMDM Agent | 4.65 or earlier | Update to version 4.66 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Linux | SureMDM Agent | 4.2.2 or earlier | Update to version 4.2.3 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Windows Mobile | SureMDM Agent | 2.74 or earlier | Update to version 2.75 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Windows Mobile | SureLock | 2012.1.26.99 or earlier | Update to version 2012.1.27.0 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Windows CE | SureMDM Agent | 2.72 or earlier | Update to version 2.73 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Windows CE | SureLock | 2011.7.13.9 or earlier | Update to version 2011.7.14.0 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Windows CE | SureFox | 1.50.CE or earlier | Update to version 1.51.CE or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Windows Phone | SureMDM Agent | 1.0.2.0 or earlier | Update to version 1.0.3.0 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Windows Phone | SureVideo | 1.0.23.99 or earlier | Update to version 1.0.24.0 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Wear OS | SureMDM Agent | 1.53.06 or earlier | Update to version 1.53.07 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| HTC VR | SureMDM Agent | 14.36 or earlier | Update to version 14.37 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| PICO | SureMDM Agent | 14.19.05 or earlier | Update to version 14.21.09 or higher | April 29, 2026 |
| Not Applicable | SureMDM OnPremise | SureMDM OnPremise v6.07, v6.17, v6.23,
v6.31, v6.37, v6.43, v6.49, v6.52 to v6.59 |
Update to version 1.32.2 or higher | December 20, 2023 |
| Not Applicable | SureMDM OnPremise | SureMDM OnPremise v6.62 | Update to version 1.32.2 or higher | December 31, 2024 |
For upgrade instructions, refer to the individual platform product documentation below:
Android, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Linux.
Product Features
| Item Removed or Discontinued | Description | Removed in version\Date | EOL Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTTP fallback option is discontinued from Nix Agent | HTTP fallback option is discontinued from Nix Agent version 27.17.83 onwards. | June 20, 2022 | October 10, 2022 |
| HTTP fallback option is discontinued from SureLock Agent | HTTP fallback option is discontinued from SureLock Agent version 21.17.83 onwards. | June 20, 2022 | October 10, 2022 |
System Infrastructure
| Item Removed or Discontinued | Description | Removed in version\Date | EOL Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 | 42Gears will stop supporting TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 from December 31, 2021. Click here for details. | December 31, 2021 | December 31, 2022 |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | 42Gears will stop supporting On-premise deployment on Windows 2012 R2 server from June 31, 2021 as the version is outdated | June 31, 2021 | June 31, 2021 |
| Support for HTTP | Effective from SureMDM On-premise Styx v7.21.1, we will discontinue support for HTTP deployment | September 15, 2022 | September 15, 2022 |
| Support for MongoDB 4.4 | Deprecated support for MongoDB v4.4 on SureMDM OnPremise as the version is outdated. | April 15, 2024 | February 2024 |
| Support for MongoDB 5.0 | Deprecated support for MongoDB v5.0 on SureMDM OnPremise as the version is outdated. | October 2024 | October 2024 |
| Support for FCM Legacy APIs | Deprecated support for FCM APIs for HTTP and XMPP on SureMDM OnPremise as the version is outdated. After upgrading to the latest version of SureMDM OnPremise, the new HTTP v1 API of FCM will continue to work. | June 20, 2024 | July 22, 2024 |
| Support for NGINX controller | Deprecated the support of all versions prior to v1.12.1 for kubernetes deployments. Click here to know how to upgrade the NGINX controller to the latest version. | March 2025 | |
| Older MongoDB versions affected by the MongoDB memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2025-14847) | A third-party security vulnerability has been identified in certain MongoDB versions. Customers using MongoDB in SureMDM on-premise environments are required to upgrade to the applicable vendor-provided patched versions listed below. No changes are required at the SureMDM application level, as the remediation is fully provided and maintained by MongoDB.
MongoDB 6.0 – 6.0.27 or later MongoDB 7.0 – 7.0.28 or later MongoDB 8.0 – 8.0.17 or later MongoDB 8.2 – 8.2.3 or later |
Jan 2026(Patch Required) | Supported(Patch Required) |