towardsthecloud / towardsthecloud/cloudburn

Track RDS and Aurora engine support lifecycle dates

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Description

What

Replace static RDS engine-version checks with maintained lifecycle data, including Aurora standard-support and Extended Support dates.

Why

Hard-coded version lists become stale and cannot distinguish a version that is unsupported from one that is entering paid Extended Support. Date-aware evidence gives teams time to plan upgrades and identifies avoidable support charges.

Details

  • Establish an authoritative, updateable source for engine lifecycle dates and document its refresh process.
  • Cover supported RDS engines and Aurora MySQL and PostgreSQL versions where AWS publishes standard-support and Extended Support dates.
  • Produce separate findings for approaching paid support, currently billed Extended Support, and unsupported versions.
  • Include engine, version, relevant lifecycle date, days remaining, and support state as evidence.
  • Keep static IaC and live discovery evaluation on the same generated lifecycle catalog.

Related: #112

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the existing static RDS engine-version checks and reviewing related issue #112 as entry points for the lifecycle catalog design. Done means an authoritative, refreshable catalog covers supported RDS and Aurora versions, produces distinct support-state findings with dates and days remaining, and is shared by static IaC and live discovery evaluation.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
aws, typescript
Domain
cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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