Who Provides Support for Apache HBase 1.x and 2.x After End of Maintenance?

The short answer

For Apache HBase 1.x, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4, which the project lists as end of maintenance, OSSeva publishes patched builds of 1.7, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4, with the ZooKeeper each one bundles patched in the same build. Cloudera supports its own HBase builds: HBase 2.4.17 in Cloudera Base 7.1.9 to October 2028, and HBase 2.6.3 in Cloudera 7.3.2 to March 2032. Amazon EMR and Azure HDInsight run HBase as part of their managed Hadoop services, and Perforce OpenLogic sells HBase technical support.

HBase rarely moves alone. Each line has its own Hadoop compatibility matrix, so an HBase upgrade often means a Hadoop upgrade, and on CDH or HDP a platform migration. That is why support for the version you run matters more for HBase than for most databases.

Which HBase versions Apache still maintains

The HBase Reference Guide lists 2.5 and 2.6 as the active release lines, and 3.0.0 shipped on 5 August 2026. Its release manager table gives an end-of-life date for every older line:

Apache HBase support options covers the release lines, the ZooKeeper version inside each one and the upgrade paths, so this page sticks to who supports what. The HBase end-of-life chart tracks every line, and HBase vulnerabilities by version lists the advisories.

Apache HBase support providers compared

Each row reflects what the provider publishes on its own site as of 7 October 2026.

Two rows stand out. Cloudera and Azure HDInsight both still support HBase 2.4 builds, which the Apache project stopped maintaining in 2024, but only as part of their own platforms. And EMR 6.15 also runs 2.4.17, on an EMR release whose standard support has passed.

How the providers differ

Cloudera

Cloudera publishes the longest HBase support date in this comparison, through Cloudera 7.3.2 to March 2032, and it still supports an HBase 2.4 build in Cloudera Base 7.1.9 until October 2028. For an estate already on Cloudera that is the natural answer. For a CDH 5 or 6 or HDP cluster, reaching it is a platform migration. See CDH and HDP end of life.

Amazon EMR and Azure HDInsight

Both run HBase as one application on a managed Hadoop cluster. EMR's newest release, 7.14, ships HBase 2.6.4 with standard support to September 2028. HDInsight 5.1 ships HBase 2.4.11, and Microsoft has not announced when 5.1 support ends. Neither upgrades a running cluster for you, so moving from an old HBase build means a new cluster and a data migration, typically through snapshots or replication.

Perforce OpenLogic

OpenLogic lists Apache HBase alongside Hadoop and ZooKeeper at all three support levels, so one contract can cover the whole stack, and its Hadoop Service Bundle includes HBase. It does not publish patched HBase builds. See OSSeva vs OpenLogic.

OSSeva

OSSeva for Apache HBase patches the line you run, so region layout, table schemas, coprocessors and client jars stay as they are. Patch delivers backports for 1.7, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4, with the bundled ZooKeeper patched in the same build, as signed Maven, Docker and tarball artifacts with VEX statements. Assure adds a master, region server and ZooKeeper quorum review, a Kerberos, ACL and coprocessor audit, a Hadoop and ZooKeeper version map and an upgrade plan to 2.5, 2.6 or 3.0. Operate adds 24/7 monitoring, a 15-minute P1 response, a named HBase engineer and executed rolling upgrades, and patches Critical CVEs (CVSS 9.0 and above) within 48 hours and High within 7 days. Pricing is per cluster, not per region server or table.

How to choose

The HBase 2.4 to 2.6 upgrade guide covers the most common move, and HBase and ZooKeeper covers the ensemble underneath.

Where OSSeva fits

OSSeva covers self-managed HBase on the 1.7 and 2.2 to 2.4 lines, inside or outside CDH and HDP, with ZooKeeper and Hadoop patched in the same engagement. HBase extended support covers that in more detail, and Hadoop support providers covers the layer underneath.

Frequently asked questions

Who provides extended support for Apache HBase 2.4?

OSSeva publishes patched builds of Apache HBase 2.4. Cloudera supports its own HBase 2.4.17 build in Cloudera Base 7.1.9 until October 2028, and Azure HDInsight 5.1 runs HBase 2.4.11. The Apache project ended the 2.4 line with 2.4.18 in 2024.

Who supports HBase 1.x after end of life?

OSSeva ships patched builds of HBase 1.7, the last 1.x line, which reached end of life in August 2022. OpenLogic sells technical support for HBase. EMR 5.36, which ships HBase 1.4.13, is past standard support and gets only best-effort critical security fixes, to 30 June 2027, for customers migrating off it.

Is there commercial support for HBase outside Cloudera?

Yes. Perforce OpenLogic sells HBase technical support, AWS and Microsoft run HBase as part of EMR and HDInsight, and OSSeva ships patched HBase builds with optional 24/7 operations.

Best HBase support providers

Cloudera for HBase on Cloudera's platform. Amazon EMR or Azure HDInsight for a managed service. OpenLogic for a broad support contract across the Hadoop stack. OSSeva for patched builds of HBase lines Apache no longer maintains, including those inside CDH and HDP.

Does HBase support include ZooKeeper?

It should. Every distributed HBase cluster runs on ZooKeeper, and older HBase releases bundle ZooKeeper lines that are past their own end of life. OSSeva patches the bundled ZooKeeper in each HBase build, and OpenLogic lists ZooKeeper among its supported technologies.