GCP 65 days
GCP App Engine PHP 8.1 (php81) end of life (deprecated)
By December 31, 2026: move to php83+. After that, PHP 8.1 (php81) on GCP App Engine is still yours to run; it just isn't anyone's job to patch. Source: cloud.google.com, checked 2026-10-15.
- What's retiring
- PHP 8.1 (php81) deprecated (GCP App Engine)
- When
- December 31, 2026
- Days left
- 65 days left, as of 2026-10-27.
- What happens
- Deprecated runtime; no longer supported.
- What to do
- Move to php83+.
- Kind of change
- Runtime end of life
- Official source
- cloud.google.com ↗ (last checked 2026-10-15)
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