Functions lifecycle
Reviewed on 23 July 2024 • Published on 13 April 2022
The Serverless Functions runtimes are the environment in which your code runs. We currently support five languages:
- Javascript (NodeJS runtime)
- Python
- Go
- PHP
- Rust
Runtime lifecycle
New runtimes are added periodically, based on user demand.
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
Beta (beta) | The runtime has been released recently, users can test it and provide feedback, but it is not yet suitable for a production environment. |
General Availability (available) | The runtime is available to be used in a production environment. |
When runtimes are no longer supported, they pass through different phases:
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
Deprecated (deprecated) | The runtime is still available, but a warning announcing the upcoming End Of Support displays when a new function is created. |
End Of Support (end_of_support) | It is no longer possible to create a new function with this runtime; however, functions that already use it, can still be updated. A message with the date of End of Life is displayed. |
End Of Life (end_of_life) | Functions that use this runtime will still be working, but it is no longer possible to update them. |
Runtime upgrade
To modify a runtime version, you simply need to change the runtime value.
For example, to migrate from node18 to node20, change the runtime field and redeploy your function. Deployed runtimes are forward-compatible but not necessarily backward-compatible.
Once a function is in a deprecated, end_of_support, or end_of_life status, you are invited to upgrade your ongoing runtime to take advantage of new features, better performance, and security fixes.
Available runtimes
Node.js
| Name | Status | Information |
|---|---|---|
Node 8 (node8) | End of Support | |
Node 10 (node10) | End of Support | |
Node 14 (node14) | End of Support | |
Node 16 (node16) | End of Support | |
Node 17 (node17) | End of Support | Security support ended June 1st 2022. |
Node 18 (node18) | Available | |
Node 19 (node19) | End of Support | |
Node 20 (node20) | Available | |
Node 22 (node22) | Available |
Python
| Name | Status | Information |
|---|---|---|
Python 2 (python) | End of Life | |
Python 3 (python3) | End of Support | |
Python 3.7 (python37) | End of Support | |
Python 3.8 (python38) | Available | |
Python 3.9 (python39) | Available | |
Python 3.10 (python310) | Available | |
Python 3.11 (python311) | Available | |
Python 3.12 (python312) | Available |
Go
| Name | Status | Information |
|---|---|---|
Generic Go (golang) | End of Support | |
Go 1.13 (go113) | End of Support | |
Go 1.17 (go117) | End of Support | |
Go 1.18 (go118) | End of Support | |
Go 1.19 (go119) | End of Support | |
Go 1.20 (go120) | Available | |
Go 1.21 (go121) | Available | |
Go 1.22 (go122) | Available |
PHP
| Name | Status | Information |
|---|---|---|
PHP 8.2 (php82) | Available | |
PHP 8.3 (php83) | Available |
Rust
| Name | Status | Information |
|---|---|---|
Rust 1.65 (rust165) | End of Support | |
Rust 1.79 (rust179) | Available |
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