The Oracle Software Technical Support Policy states the following:
Sustaining Support
Sustaining Support will be available after Premier Support expires. As program releases under Sustaining
Support are no longer fully supported, information and skills regarding those releases may be limited. The
availability of hardware systems to run such program releases may also be limited. Unless otherwise stated in this
section, program releases eligible for Sustaining Support will receive Software Update License & Support limited
to the following:
Program updates, fixes, security alerts, and critical patch updates created during Premier Support and
Extended Support (if offered and only after the Extended Support period ends) .
Question: If a security patch is created after Premier Support ends for a database software version and the version is in the Extended Support window, then will we be able to download the security patch?
Example:
Oracle Database version 11.2.0.4 states that an Extended Support contract is required for this version starting January 1, 2019, and that patch support ends for this version on December 31, 2020. Will we be able to download any security patches for Oracle database 11.2.0.4 that are released between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020, if we do not have an Extended Support contract? Or, will we only be able to download that patch after extended support ends, i.e. after December 31, 2020?