[Missing Documentation] - NodeJS18 Security Support

[andrew-womeldorf-smar]

What topic is missing from the current Amazon Linux 2023 documentation? Please be specific.

NodeJS 18 reached EOL on 2025-04-30. Currently, the Package support statements for AL2023 state:

NodeJS 18 has security support until April 2025
Start Date: 2025-04-30
End Date:
https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule
Support period for NodeJS 18 differs from the main distribution end-of-life date.

Could this be clarified, please?

• until April 2025 sounds like there is no further security support. This is also the same month as the official NodeJS 18 EOL date.
• the dates provided, and the statement that this differs from the main distribution end-of-life date, makes it sound like there is security support still.

As an example of a more clear statement is what's currently posted for Python 3.9 makes it very clear that security support will be maintained for as long as AL2023 is maintained, including having an ending date:

AL2023 has Python 3.9 as the System Python. Amazon will continue to security patch this version of Python until the end-of-life of AL2023, which is beyond when upstream Python supports this version until.