What Runtime products are being sunset, deprecated, or reaching end-of-life?

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We track 13 Runtime entries across 11 vendors, each sourced from the vendor’s own announcement. The soonest still ahead: Microsoft — Azure Automation retires Python 2.7, Python 3.8, and PowerShell 7.1/7.2 runbook runtimes (30 Sept 2026); Microsoft Azure — Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS reaches end of life on 1 November 2026 (1 Nov 2026); Microsoft — .NET 8 and .NET 9 reach end of support on 10 November 2026 (10 Nov 2026); PostgreSQL Global Development Group — PostgreSQL 14 reaches end of life on 12 November 2026 (12 Nov 2026); PHP — PHP 8.2 reaches end of life (security support ends) on December 31, 2026 (31 Dec 2026). The full, continuously updated list with live countdowns is at https://lastcall.dev/calendar/category/runtime.

Every runtime and version reaching end-of-life

Microsoft Azure Automation ends support for the Python 2.7, Python 3.8, PowerShell 7.1, and PowerShell 7.2 runbook runtime versions

Microsoft Azure Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS reaches end of life; clusters and jobs must move to a supported Databricks Runtime version

Microsoft Microsoft ends support for .NET 8 (LTS) and .NET 9 (STS) — after 10 November 2026 neither receives security patches, bug fixes, or technical support

PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL 14 reaches end of life — after 12 November 2026 the community ships no further bug fixes or security patches for the 14.x line

MariaDB MariaDB 13.0, a non-LTS "rolling" release that shipped on 15 September 2026, reaches end of life on 31 December 2026 — roughly three and a half months of maintenance, after which the 13.0 series gets no further releases

Oracle Oracle JDK 27, a non-LTS feature release that shipped on 15 September 2026, reaches end of life on 31 March 2027 — after which it receives no further Oracle updates, including security patches, and developers are expected to move to the next release or to an LTS line

Python Python 3.10 stops receiving security fixes

Python Python 2.7 reached end-of-life

Node.js Node.js 20 "Iron", the LTS line, reached end of life on April 30, 2026. The 20.x branch now receives no further releases of any kind, including security fixes, so applications and container images pinned to `node:20` no longer get patched.

MongoDB MongoDB 8.2 reaches end-of-life

RabbitMQ RabbitMQ 4.2 stops receiving free community releases

Ruby on Rails Rails 7.2 stops receiving security patches — the end of its two-year maintenance window

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