The deprecation policy that applies to Compute Engine is defined in Google Cloud's terms of service (section 1) as Discontinuation of Services . The deprecation policy only applies to the features and services listed here .
After Google deprecates a Compute Engine feature, the feature is available for at least the period of time defined in the terms of service . After this period of time, Google schedules the feature or service for shutdown.
The following table lists Compute Engine's feature deprecations and their shutdown schedule.
| Feature | Deprecated | Shutdown date | For more information |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Container startup agent in Compute Engine
|
July 21, 2025 | July 31, 2026 | Compute Engine container startup agent deprecation |
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Serial console server SSH key endpoint
|
March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2026 | Serial console server SSH key endpoint deprecation |
|
OS Login POSIX groups support
|
September 26, 2024 | September 26, 2025 | OS Login POSIX groups support deprecation |
|
NVIDIA K80
|
May 1, 2023 | May 1, 2024 | NVIDIA K80 end of support |
|
Global serial console gateway
|
April 30, 2024 | April 30, 2025 | Global serial console gateway deprecation |
|
Method:
projects.moveInstance
|
May 2022 | February 2024 | Method: projects.moveInstance . To move VMs, we recommend that you follow the instructions in Move a VM instance between zones or regions . |
|
Throttling metrics for persistent disks
|
June 23, 2022 | June 22, 2023 | Throttling rates |
|
CloudEndure
|
January 30, 2019 | January 01, 2020 | CloudEndure deprecation |
|
Compute Engine activity Logs
|
September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | Compute Engine activity logs deprecation |
|
Compute Engine v0.1 and v1beta1 metadata server endpoints
|
September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | v0.1 and v1beta1 metadata server endpoints deprecation |
