October 19, 2026 Two SPEC benchmark suites are approaching their retirement dates, after which technical support will be discontinued and no further result submissions will be accepted for publication.

SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 will stop accepting submissions on October 23, 2026 03:00 AM US Eastern Time. Independent publication of new results will no longer be allowed after the retirement, as results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.

SPEC CPU 2017 will stop accepting submissions on November 3, 2026, 03:00 AM US Eastern Time. SPEC CPU 2017 allows rule-compliant results to be published independently. Although SPEC will not be publishing results after retirement, it is possible that licensees might choose to do so. The rules and license must still be followed and any such public publication must plainly disclose that SPEC CPU 2017 has been retired.