Apache Tomcat 7.0.x will end on 31 March 2021

The Apache Tomcat team announced that support for Apache Tomcat 7.0.x will end on March 31, 2021.

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This means that after 31 March 2021:
– releases from the 7.0.x branch are highly unlikely
– bugs affecting only the 7.0.x branch will not be addressed
– security vulnerability reports will not be checked against the 7.0.x
branch

Three months later (i.e. after 30 June 2021)
– the 7.0.x download pages will be removed
– the latest 7.0.x release will be removed from the mirror system
– the 7.0.x branch will be made read-only
– the links to the 7.0.x documentation will be removed from tomcat.apache.org
– The bugzilla project for 7.0.x will be made read-only

Please note that the final 7.0.x version will be released before March 31, 2021, and all 7.0.x releases are available from the archive at any time.