On June 30, 2021, Adobe officially declared Adobe Refresh Manager (ARM) version 1.8.0 as End of Life (EOL). For organizations still running this legacy tool in their Creative Cloud deployment infrastructure, this means no more security patches, technical support, or compatibility updates.
If your enterprise deployment scripts or SCCM/Intune packages still reference Adobe Refresh Manager 1.8.0, you are operating in a high-risk, unsupported environment that could fail catastrophically during the next Adobe Creative Cloud update cycle.
The retirement of legacy update managers is standard industry practice, driven by several factors:
| Aspect | Details | |--------|---------| | Security | No more security patches → potential vulnerabilities if still in use. | | Compatibility | May fail to work with newer Adobe products or OS updates. | | Support | Adobe Support will redirect you to upgrade or use newer tools. | | Functionality | Update caching, deployment, and refresh tasks may break. |
For large enterprises (5,000+ seats) with air-gapped networks:
ARM 1.8.0 is not compatible with AUSv4+.
