Support for Node 12 for Azure Functions is retiring on December 13th, 2022

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Support for Node 12 for Azure Functions is retiring on December 13th, 2022

Deprecation ID: 697a7657-060f-4291-9b6c-e70d548bba95 Deadline: Dec 13, 2022 Impacted Services:

• Azure Functions

More information:

• Announcement
• Migration Guide

Notice

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

Node 12 is only supported by Azure Functions host version 3, which is ending support on 13 December 2022. Node 12 also reached the end of community support 30 April 2022.

As such, we recommend developers to update their functions apps to use Azure Functions host version 4 and Node 16. The Functions service will continue to run applications that are running Node 12 beyond 13 December 2022, but customers will be asked to upgrade to Node 16 if they need support.

Timeline

Phase	Date	Description
Announcement	Oct 10, 2022	Deprecation was announced
Deprecation	Dec 13, 2022	Apps will still run but won't receive security patches or be supported.

Impact

Log Analytics alert APIs in Azure Monitor are retiring on October 1st, 2025 and migration to Azure Functions host v4 and Node 16 is required.

Required Action

A migration guide is provided here.

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

To avoid potential service disruption and security vulnerabilities in your applications, update your Functions applications to use runtime version 4.x and Node 16 before 13 December 2022.

To learn more about Azure Functions support policy, follow this documentation. To learn more about supported languages in Azure Functions, follow this documentation.

Contact

You can get in touch through the following options:

• Contact Azure support (link).
• Get answers from Microsoft Q&A (link).

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