Hello,

Following up on the Debian Bullseye migration reminder, below is the
current list of Cloud VPS projects that still have instances running on
Bullseye:

account-creation-assistance
bub2
capacity-exchange
cvn
deployment-prep
devtools
discourse
dumps
etytree
extdist
fastcci
foundationmemory
iiab
imagebulk
incubator
integration
isa
maps
matrix
mwcli
ocrtoy
onfire
reading-web-staging
signwriting
spi-tools
statanalyser
swift
text-to-speech
teyora
tools
utrs
webperf
wikidocumentaries
wikifunctions
wildcat
wmcs-uptime

If you recognize any of these projects, please help us reach the project
maintainers or anyone else who may be able to help with the migration.
In particular, if you know that a project is no longer actively maintained,
any additional context would also be helpful.

As a reminder, Debian Bullseye reaches the end of its Long Term Support
(LTS) on August 31, 2026.

If you maintain one of these projects and don't expect to complete the
migration by the deadline,
please reach out to us and file a Phabricator task tagged *Cloud-VPS
(Debian Bullseye Deprecation)* so that we know the project's status and can
coordinate with you.

Please find the Migration guide here[0].

Current Bullseye deprecation report[1].

Thank you to everyone who has already migrated or helped other project
maintainers with their migrations.

[0]:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Cloud_VPS_instance_operating_system_migration
[1]: https://os-deprecation.toolforge.org/

On Thu, Aug 6, 2026 at 10:03 PM Seyram Komla Sapaty <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This is a reminder that Debian Bullseye will reach the end of its Long
> Term Support (LTS) on August 31, 2026[0]
>
> If your Cloud VPS project still has instances running Debian Bullseye, now
> is the time to migrate them to **Debian Bookworm or Debian Trixie**.
>
> We have published a migration guide to help with the process.[1]
>
> As part of this migration, it may also be worth evaluating whether your
> workload is a good fit for Toolforge.
>
> If feasible, migrating to Toolforge can reduce future maintenance burden,
> as operating system upgrades are much simpler.
>
> Our goal is to complete these migrations before Bullseye reaches end of
> support. After the upstream LTS deadline,
>
> Bullseye instances may become subject to shutdown or cleanup as part of
> the deprecation process.
>
> If you are unable to complete your migration before August 31, or need
> assistance, please let us know as soon as possible.
>
> In addition to replying on this mailing list or contacting the Tools
> Platform team[2], please file a Phabricator task
>
> tagged **Cloud-VPS (Debian Bullseye Deprecation[3])** so we can track your
> project and work with you on a migration plan.
>
>
> [0]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T401804
>
> [1]:
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Cloud_VPS_instance_operating_system_migration
>
> [2]:
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Cloud_VPS#Communication_and_support
>
> [3]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/8107/
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Seyram Komla Sapaty
> Developer Advocate
> Wikimedia Cloud Services
>
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