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Everything shutting down in 2027
11 things are scheduled to be taken away across 2027 — API sunsets, service shutdowns, deprecations, and end-of-life dates from 8 vendors. Closest first; each links to the vendor’s own announcement.
Feature →15 weeks
Google Gmail is discontinuing three features for third-party (non-Google) email accounts on the web — "Send as" (sending from a non-Google address like an @outlook.com or @yahoo.com account), Gmailify, and POP fetching of external mail into the Gmail web interface — with full removal in January 2027. Google-hosted addresses (Gmail and Workspace) and the Gmail mobile app are not affected.
API →18 weeks
OpenAI OpenAI has deprecated a family of older audio, realtime, and speech-to-text API models — including gpt-realtime, gpt-audio, and the gpt-4o audio/realtime line — and will remove them from the API on 20 January 2027
Feature →19 weeks
Microsoft Azure Azure Blueprints (Preview) is being retired on a phased timeline — new blueprint definitions can no longer be created as of 31 July 2026, and the service is fully removed on 31 January 2027; Microsoft points teams to Template Specs and Deployment Stacks
SaaS →22 weeks
Center for Open Science The Center for Open Science winds down the OSF Projects workflow — collaboration, file management, and storage — locking new project creation from 16 November 2026 and making all projects read-only after 19 February 2027; preregistration and preprints continue
API →23 weeks
OpenAI OpenAI has deprecated its older speech-to-text API models — whisper-1, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, and gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize — and will remove them from the API on 26 February 2027
SaaS →28 weeks
Amazon Web Services AWS is ending support for Amazon WorkMail, its managed business email and calendar service. WorkMail stops accepting new customers on 30 April 2026, and on 31 March 2027 existing customers can no longer use it or access the WorkMail console and resources. AWS points customers to third-party email services and a mailbox export path.
Runtime →28 weeks
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
SaaS →32 weeks
Microsoft Azure Microsoft is ending support for the Node.js 22 LTS runtime on Azure App Service on 30 April 2027; apps keep running but stop receiving security updates and customer support, and Microsoft directs developers to upgrade to Node 24 LTS
SaaS →37 weeks
HashiCorp HashiCorp is retiring HCP Vagrant, its hosted Vagrant box registry. New box and registry creation ends 14 December 2026, support ends 15 March 2027, and all operations cease on 7 June 2027, after which hosted boxes are decommissioned. The Vagrant CLI and community edition are not affected.
SaaS →49 weeks
Microsoft Azure Azure VMware Solution (AVS) retires its license-included offering — the pay-as-you-go (PayGo) license-included SKUs on 15 October 2026 and all remaining license-included services (including Reserved Instance SKUs and the AV36 SKU) on 30 August 2027 — forcing customers onto the AVS VCF bring-your-own-license (BYOL) model with portable Broadcom VMware Cloud Foundation licenses
SaaS →50 weeks