Batch Deprecates Debian 11 OS Image Family
Google Cloud's Batch service is deprecating the Debian 11 operating system image family, effective August 31, 2026. This change is in line with the end of support for Compute Engine Debian 11 images. Users must migrate any jobs utilizing Batch Debian 11 images to Debian 12 or another supported image before this deadline. Jobs using the default `batch-debian` prefix will gradually migrate to Debian 12 automatically, but those explicitly specifying `batch-debian-11-official` will require manual updates.
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The Batch Debian 11 operating system (OS) image family has reached end of development due to the end of support (EOS) for Compute Engine Debian 11 images on August 31, 2026 . The last Batch Debian 11 images—any image versions with the batch-debian-11-official prefix—are only supported until August 31, 2026. Before then, migrate any job that uses a Batch Debian 11 image to a Batch Debian 12 image (or other image) as follows: For job definitions that use the batch-debian image prefix (which is the default image for jobs with any script runnables), the image that Batch automatically selects durin
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#August_19_2026
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