Supported Viewers

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Viewer Support Policy

As described in the March 2009 blog post, our policy is to support the two newest Second Life Viewer versions, and the last released Second Life Beta Viewer. For example: Second Life Viewer versions 2.6.3 and 2.6.2, and the latest Second Life Beta Viewer (v2.6.6).

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Special Note: At this time, Viewer 1.23.5 remains an exception to the above-stated policy, as we have no immediate plans to deprecate it.


Deprecation Policy

Because Linden Lab supports only the current version and one version back, sixty (60) days after the release of a new official Viewer, the oldest Second Life Viewer version will be deprecated. At that time, Residents attempting to log in using the deprecated version are required to update to the newest Second Life Viewer. Should you wish to use a supported Viewer other than the newest one, download links have been provided below.

KBnote.png Note: Exceptions to the above policy may occur when important crash and/or bug fixes in the latest Second Life Viewer necessitate making the newest Second Life Viewer version a mandatory update from the last release. For example, to greatly improve crash rates, SL Viewer version 2.1.0 was deprecated shortly after the release of SL Viewer version 2.1.1, which included several important crash fixes.


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Supported Viewers

   

Linden Lab currently supports:

  • Second Life Viewer version 2.6.3 (227447)
  • Second Life Viewer version 2.6.2 (225998)
  • Second Life Viewer version 1.23 (1.23.5)
  • Second Life Beta Viewer version 2.6.6 (228244)


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Active Viewer Releases
The following Second Life Viewer versions are still active on the production grid, but are not formally supported by Linden Lab Customer Support.

  • Second Life Viewer version 2.6.1 (225680)
  • Second Life Viewer version 2.6.0 (225006)
  • Second Life Viewer version 2.5.2 (223426)
  • Second Life Viewer version 2.4.0 (216989)
  • Second Life Viewer version 2.3.0 (214726)
  • Second Life Viewer version 2.2.0 (212097)
  • Second Life Viewer version 2.1.1 (208043)


SL Viewer Downloads

Channel: Second Life Release

Channel: Second Life Beta Viewer

Second Life Project Viewers

For the list of currently available Project Viewers, please visit the Alternate Viewers download page


Mandatory Updates

Mandatory Second Life Release upgrades may be necessary to to correct an urgent security issue or policy change. Under such circumstances, all Residents are required to update their official Second Life Viewer to the newest supported version. Off-cycle Mandatory updates are employed only when absolutely necessary.
Please note that all Second Life Beta Viewer releases are mandatory updates.