Deprecate TensorFlow 2.18 (#5413)

* Deprecate TensorFlow 2.18

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Co-authored-by: DevakiBolleneni <devakib@amazon.com>

Author: DevakiBolleneni

available_images.md

@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ EC2 Framework Containers (EC2, ECS, and EKS support only)
 | PyTorch 2.8.0     |training	|No			|GPU 		| 3.12 (py312)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-training:2.8.0-gpu-py312-cu129-ubuntu22.04-ec2       |
 | PyTorch 2.6.0     |inference	|No			|CPU 		| 3.12 (py312)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-inference:2.6.0-cpu-py312-ubuntu22.04-ec2            |
 | PyTorch 2.6.0     |inference	|No			|GPU 		| 3.12 (py312)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-inference:2.6.0-gpu-py312-cu124-ubuntu22.04-ec2      |
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 |training	|No			|CPU 		| 3.10 (py310)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-training:2.18.0-cpu-py310-ubuntu22.04-ec2		      |
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 |training	|No			|GPU 		| 3.10 (py310)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-training:2.18.0-gpu-py310-cu125-ubuntu22.04-ec2	 |
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 |inference	|No			|CPU 		| 3.10 (py310)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-inference:2.18.0-cpu-py310-ubuntu20.04-ec2		      |
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 |inference	|No			|GPU 		| 3.10 (py310)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-inference:2.18.0-gpu-py310-cu122-ubuntu20.04-ec2	 |
-
 
 SageMaker Framework Containers (SM support only)
 ============================
@@ -152,8 +147,6 @@ instead of "pytorch-inference-graviton". Graviton DLCs and ARM64 DLCs are functi
 | PyTorch 2.7.0     |training	|No			|GPU 		| 3.12 (py312)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-training-arm64:2.7.0-gpu-py312-cu128-ubuntu22.04-ec2		     |
 | PyTorch 2.6.0     |inference	|No			|CPU 		| 3.12 (py312)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-inference-arm64:2.6.0-cpu-py312-ubuntu22.04-ec2		     |
 | PyTorch 2.6.0     |inference	|No			|GPU 		| 3.12 (py312)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-inference-arm64:2.6.0-gpu-py312-cu124-ubuntu22.04-ec2		     |
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 |inference	|No			|CPU 		| 3.10 (py310)			| 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-inference-arm64:2.18.0-cpu-py310-ubuntu20.04-ec2		 |
-
 
 SageMaker Framework ARM64/Graviton Containers (SM support only)
 ============================
@@ -163,8 +156,6 @@ instead of "pytorch-inference-graviton". Graviton DLCs and ARM64 DLCs are functi
 | Framework         | Job Type	| Horovod Options| CPU/GPU | Python Version Options	| Example URL																						                                                                                 |
 |-------------------|-----------|----------------|---------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | PyTorch 2.6.0     | inference | No			 | CPU 	   | 3.12 (py312)			    | 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-inference-arm64:2.6.0-cpu-py312-ubuntu22.04-sagemaker     |
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 | inference | No			 | CPU 	   | 3.10 (py310)			    | 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-inference-arm64:2.18.0-cpu-py310-ubuntu20.04-sagemaker |
-
 
 NVIDIA Triton Inference Containers (SM support only)
 ============================
@@ -412,10 +403,6 @@ Prior SageMaker Framework Container Versions
 | PyTorch 2.5.1     | training	| No			  | GPU 	  | 3.11 (py311)			   | 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-training:2.5.1-gpu-py311-cu124-ubuntu22.04-sagemaker     |
 | PyTorch 2.5.1     | inference	| No			  | CPU 	  | 3.11 (py311)			   | 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-inference:2.5.1-cpu-py311-ubuntu22.04-sagemaker           |
 | PyTorch 2.5.1     | inference	| No			  | GPU 	  | 3.11 (py311)			   | 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pytorch-inference:2.5.1-gpu-py311-cu124-ubuntu22.04-sagemaker     |
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 | training  | No			  | CPU 	  | 3.10 (py310)			   | 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-training:2.18.0-cpu-py310-ubuntu22.04-sagemaker		|
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 | training  | No			  | GPU 	  | 3.10 (py310)			   | 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-training:2.18.0-gpu-py310-cu125-ubuntu22.04-sagemaker  |
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 | inference | No			  | CPU 	  | 3.10 (py310)			   | 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-inference:2.18.0-cpu-py310-ubuntu20.04-sagemaker	    |
-| TensorFlow 2.18.0 | inference | No			  | GPU 	  | 3.10 (py310)			   | 763104351884.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/tensorflow-inference:2.18.0-gpu-py310-cu122-ubuntu20.04-sagemaker |
 
 Prior EC2 Framework ARM64/Graviton Containers
 ============================

release_images_patches.yml

@@ -250,93 +250,8 @@ release_images:
       public_registry: True
       enable_soci: True
 
-  # TensorFlow 2.18 Images
-  18:
-    framework: "tensorflow"
-    version: "2.18.0"
-    customer_type: "ec2"
-    arch_type: "x86"
-    training:
-      device_types: [ "cpu", "gpu" ]
-      python_versions: [ "py310" ]
-      os_version: "ubuntu22.04"
-      cuda_version: "cu125"
-      example: False
-      disable_sm_tag: False
-      force_release: False
-      public_registry: True
-  19:
-    framework: "tensorflow"
-    version: "2.18.0"
-    customer_type: "sagemaker"
-    arch_type: "x86"
-    training:
-      device_types: [ "cpu", "gpu" ]
-      python_versions: [ "py310" ]
-      os_version: "ubuntu22.04"
-      cuda_version: "cu125"
-      example: False
-      disable_sm_tag: False
-      force_release: False
-      public_registry: True
-  20:
-    framework: "tensorflow"
-    version: "2.18.0"
-    arch_type: "x86"
-    customer_type: "ec2"
-    inference:
-      device_types: [ "cpu", "gpu" ]
-      python_versions: [ "py310" ]
-      os_version: "ubuntu20.04"
-      cuda_version: "cu122"
-      example: False
-      disable_sm_tag: False
-      force_release: False
-      public_registry: True
-  21:
-    framework: "tensorflow"
-    version: "2.18.0"
-    arch_type: "x86"
-    customer_type: "sagemaker"
-    inference:
-      device_types: [ "cpu", "gpu" ]
-      python_versions: [ "py310" ]
-      os_version: "ubuntu20.04"
-      cuda_version: "cu122"
-      example: False
-      disable_sm_tag: False
-      force_release: False
-      public_registry: True
-  22:
-    framework: "tensorflow"
-    version: "2.18.0"
-    arch_type: "arm64"
-    customer_type: "ec2"
-    inference:
-      device_types: [ "cpu" ]
-      python_versions: [ "py310" ]
-      os_version: "ubuntu20.04"
-      cuda_version: "cu122"
-      example: False
-      disable_sm_tag: False
-      force_release: False
-      public_registry: True
-  23:
-    framework: "tensorflow"
-    version: "2.18.0"
-    arch_type: "arm64"
-    customer_type: "sagemaker"
-    inference:
-      device_types: [ "cpu" ]
-      python_versions: [ "py310" ]
-      os_version: "ubuntu20.04"
-      cuda_version: "cu122"
-      example: False
-      disable_sm_tag: False
-      force_release: False
-      public_registry: True
   # TensorFlow 2.19 Images
-  24:
+  18:
     framework: "tensorflow"
     version: "2.19.0"
     customer_type: "sagemaker"
@@ -351,7 +266,7 @@ release_images:
       force_release: False
       public_registry: True
       enable_soci: True
-  25:
+  19:
     framework: "tensorflow"
     version: "2.19.0"
     arch_type: "x86"
@@ -365,7 +280,7 @@ release_images:
       disable_sm_tag: False
       force_release: False
       public_registry: True
-  26:
+  20:
     framework: "tensorflow"
     version: "2.19.0"
     arch_type: "arm64"