Has App Engine - Flexible Environment - Custom Runtime reached "end of support"?

[SwansTakes]

Hello, I have a Google App Engine setup that uses a Flexible Environment + custom runtime configuration.

I just noticed today when looking at my App Engine versions that there was an error / warning message regarding the custom runtime being at end of support (see image below)

I did not see any emails regarding this, and in the support schedule I do not see anything regarding the July 10th, 2024 date as well. (https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/flexible/lifecycle/support-schedule)

My question is, how do I appropriately handle this? Are custom runtimes completely no longer supported, or is this perhaps just a visual bug? I am confused as I received no communication regarding the ending of support for custom runtimes. Thank you!

[Topher2]

I saw the same thing yesterday. Today, it has disappeared. 

[ronnelg]

Hi @SwansTakes,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

Yes, this could be a visual bug. I created a custom runtime in the App Engine flexible environment and got the same warning regarding end of support. I’ve successfully deployed the app, but it should not deploy if it is really on the end of support state. Also:

• There is no official announcement regarding end of support for the App Engine flexible environment custom runtimes.
• There is no support schedule for custom runtime.
• Custom runtimes are not impacted by the runtime lifecycle policy. 
• No email notification regarding the support schedule was provided. 

Kindly check also on your end if the behavior is resolved normally as @Topher2 mentioned. But if not, you can file a bug on the public issue tracker so the engineering team could investigate this further.

I hope the above information is helpful.

[arunr]

Hi @swantakes,

You seem to have noticed a visual bug in one of our experimental features. This has been rolled back and fixed. As @ronnelg clarified, we have made no changes to the custom runtime lifecycle policy. So no action is needed from your end.

Regards,
Arun

[Topher2]

The error/warning messaging is gone for me. Thank you.