ACX Series ACX5096 — ACX5096 router
Covered past the OEM cutoff by an independent maintainer.
Modules and units still circulate on the secondary market.
Carrying production traffic? Set the replacement window now, not mid-outage.
Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
Yes, for now. Juniper's last date of support for ACX5096-DC is Dec 2027 (per the Juniper end-of-sale bulletin).
ACX5096-DC reached end of sale Dec 2022, per the Juniper end-of-sale bulletin.
Dec 2027 — per the Juniper end-of-sale bulletin.
After the last date of support, ACX5096-DC units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Juniper no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.