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February 20, 2026
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What happens if a ColdFusion 2023 license is installed on too many servers?

  • February 20, 2026
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Can anyone tell me what happens when a ColdFusion 2023 Enterprise license is used on more servers (or CPUs or whatever) than Adobe thinks are covered by the license? 

I would not deliberately overuse a license, but because previous communication with Adobe about licensing has been far from clear, and the fact that I am not in our company’s licensing department, as well as the fact that Adobe’s stance on allowing (or not) a license to be used on a dev servers if licensing has been purchased for a prod server, it’s hard to be 100% sure that issues won’t arise.

We have a UAT server and I’m almost sure our existing licensing will accommodate it, but if I apply the serial number and it isn’t covered, what will happen - Something as clear as a notification on attempt, or something much worse, like our PROD server being silently downgraded to developer mode?

Thanks!

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    BKBK
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    Community Expert
    February 22, 2026

    The people best placed to answer your question are Adobe’s ColdFusion Support team. So, just copy-paste your question in an e-mail, and send it to them: cfsup@adobe.com .