gcloud sdk python warning

[anupx73]

Since I updated gcloud sdk this morning I am getting the python deprecated warning which displays the following with each command output:

WARNING: Python 3.5-3.7 will be deprecated on August 8th, 2023. Please use Python version 3.8 and up.

If you have a compatible Python interpreter installed, you can use it by setting
the CLOUDSDK_PYTHON environment variable to point to it.

On digging sdk release notes, found that it has been added in release 431.0.0 (2023-05-16). Is there any way to disable this, I already have python 3.10 configured on my system. 

[juliadeanne · Accepted solution]

Hello @anupx73 ,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

There is no official way to turn off the Python deprecation warning that you are encountering as a result of the most recent release of the Google Cloud SDK. Instead of the outdated Python 3.5-3.7 versions, you can set up the Cloud SDK to use your current Python 3.10 installation.

To set up your Python 3.10 interpreter for the CLOUDSDK_PYTHON environment variable, follow these steps on your terminal or command prompt:

On macOS/Linux:
export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON=/path/to/python3.10

On Windows:
set CLOUDSDK_PYTHON=C:\path\to\python3.10

Make sure to replace `/path/to/python3.10` with the actual path to your Python 3.10 interpreter.

For more detailed information, you can refer to the Google Cloud SDK documentation on Python version selection: Python Version Selection

Alternatively, if you encounter any further issues, you can refer to this Stack Overflow post which discusses the same problem: Stack Overflow Post 

If the provided steps and resources do not resolve your issue, you can contact Google Cloud Support for further assistance: Google Cloud Support

Thank you.

[anupx73]

Posting an example of the solution in case someone is looking for the same in future, i.e. use the following command to use the default python3 for cloud sdk. Make sure you have the correct version of python binary pointing to the python3 soft link generally located at /usr/local/bin.

`export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON=python3`