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App Engine PHP 8.2 runtime: support ends December 31, 2026

Readers can stay on App Engine: they change a setting or plan. Help the ones who would rather leave.

74 days left · December 31, 2026 · Public page

Low switching pressure37/100

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deadline16/30
money14/25
attention0/25
audience0/12
force7/8
  • Hard deadline in 74 days.
  • The change is forced: it reaches users even if they wait.

  1. 1 Related discussions

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  2. 2 What people ask

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  3. 3 Reply templates

    Answer the question first. Link only if it helps. Always keep the disclosure line. Never post the same text twice.

    Helpful first
    Sorry you have to deal with this. You can stay on App Engine. Here is what to change before December 31, 2026:

1. Find services on PHP 8.2. Check the runtime line in each app.yaml, or the runtime of each service and version in the console.
2. Change the runtime. Set runtime to php84 or php85 in app.yaml and update your dependencies.
3. Deploy and test. Deploy each service on the new runtime before December 31, 2026.

If they would rather leave, describe a verified way <your product> can help: <your link>
[Disclosure: I build <your product>.]
    Short answer
    You have until December 31, 2026. You can stay on App Engine. First: find services on PHP 8.2. Then change the runtime.
Happy to help if you get stuck.
[Disclosure: I build <your product>.]

  4. 4 Switch-page builder

    Create a draft “Switch from App Engine” page. Add your product, review every claim, then copy HTML or Markdown. Your product claims need your own evidence.

    • Add your product name to replace “Your product”.
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    Switch from App Engine to Your product

    App Engine apps on PHP 8.2: a change is due by December 31. You can stay on App Engine. If you would rather leave, here is how to move to Your product.

    What changes at App Engine

    Google ends support for PHP 8.2 on the App Engine standard environment on December 31, 2026. Apps keep running. But you can no longer deploy new versions on it, and it gets no security fixes.

    • End of support: December 31, 2026 (Google Cloud)
    • Runtime: PHP 8.2 (runtime ID php82) in the App Engine standard environment (Google Cloud)
    • After end of support: Your app keeps running and serving traffic, but you can no longer create or update it on this runtime (Google Cloud)
    • Security fixes: Google no longer applies security updates or patches to the runtime (Google Cloud)
    • Exception: An organization policy can re-enable deployments until the runtime is deprecated (Google Cloud)
    • Deprecated: December 31, 2027 (Google Cloud)
    • Can the dates change?: Google says key dates might be delayed (Google Cloud)
    • Newer runtimes: php83 ends support December 31, 2027, php84 December 31, 2028, php85 December 31, 2029 (Google Cloud)
    • Apps on PHP 8.2: Cannot be deployed again after December 31, 2026 without an exception (Google Cloud)

    You can stay on App Engine if you make the change. This page is for people who would rather leave.

    What Your product gives you

    Write two or three short lines here. Say what Your product does, who it is for, and what it costs. Use only facts you can show.

    How to move from App Engine to Your product

    1. Save what you need from App Engine. Keep a copy before you cancel anything.
    2. Import into Your product. Say which files you accept and how long an import takes.

    Tell readers the key date: December 31, 2026.

    Questions people ask

    If Your product has a direct answer to one of these, add it here. Keep it short and true.

    How to help new users settle in

    Send one short email. Say what changed, where to find you now, and what they need to do. Put the most important line first.

    If there is a date, send a short reminder a few days before it. Keep a copy of the list you sent it to.

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