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weba70887665
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June 9, 2025
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Looking to purchase ColdFusion 2018 or 2021 - need license

  • June 9, 2025
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Using an old server for our internal APP.

We also use ColdFusion and O365.  O365 will require OAUTH 2.0 as of Septemeber

The version of CF will not work so I need to update to v18 or v21

Support is telling me I can only purchase CF 2025.

 

 

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BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
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June 10, 2025

@weba70887665 ,

Just some months ago, ColdFusion 2023 was the newest version. At that time, Adobe still offered Extended Support for ColdFusion 2018.

 

Today, ColdFusion 2023 is an old version, extended support for ColdFusion 2021 is set to end within eighteen months and support for ColdFusion 2018 ended months ago. There will likely be a new version of ColdFusion in two to three years. You should then expect this same cycle to recur.

 

Question is, do you want to future-proof your software and avoid the same headaches in two or three years? If so, then just buy a ColdFusion 2025 license now.

    Charlie Arehart
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    Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 9, 2025

    Yes, there is a solution for you, from a reseller, where you buy cf2025 but backwards license it to cf2023 or 2021. For more, see:

    https://fusion-reactor.com/blog/navigating-adobes-new-licensing-model-how-to-access-older-coldfusion-versions-in-2025-via-buy-adobe-software-com/

     

    (CF2018 is no longer updated by Adobe since mid-2023, including security updates, so it would be unwise to use that.)

     

    To be clear, Adobe's web site does indeed offer only cf2025...and this is nothing new: it's always been that when a new version comes out they stop selling the old version. 

    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
    Charlie Arehart
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    Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
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    June 9, 2025

    A couple more related points:

     

    1) Beware also that cf2021 itself reaches end of life (no more updates, including security updates) in just 5 months: Nov 2025. And no, buying Adobe's offered "extended support" does not grant you access to another year of updates. More on both those points in a post I did (pointing to their info) at https://www.carehart.org/blog/2025/1/9/coldfusion2021_end_of_life_nov_2025

     

    2) As for your saying, "the version of CF will not work", do you mean cf2025? What doesn't work for you? There may be a workaround that solves that--and it may well be needed to move even to cf2023 or 2021. You really should NOT be running on cf2018 or earlier, or soon even cf2021. The risk of unpatched vulnerabilities is severe, once Adobe no longer updates a cf version.

     

    3) Finally, if you find it challenging to move to a given version, I'll add that if you can't find adequate resolution from Adobe or the community, I help people solve those troubles every day in my remote consulting, often solving nagging problems in hours if not minutes. More at the consulting page of carehart.org. 

    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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