PTX Series PTX1000 — PTX1000 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 PTX1000-18Q-AC-L is Oct 2028 (per the Juniper end-of-sale bulletin).
PTX1000-18Q-AC-L reached end of sale Oct 2022, per the Juniper end-of-sale bulletin.
Oct 2028 — per the Juniper end-of-sale bulletin.
After the last date of support, PTX1000-18Q-AC-L units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Juniper no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.