The
[Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service (section "Discontinuation of Services")](https://docs.cloud.google.com/terms)
defines the deprecation policy that applies to Pub/Sub Lite.
The [deprecation policy](https://docs.cloud.google.com/terms/deprecation) only applies to the services,
features, or products listed therein.


After a service, feature, or product is officially
deprecated, it continues to be available for at least the period of time defined in the
Terms of Service. After this period of time, the service is scheduled for shutdown.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Pub/Sub Lite is deprecated. Effective January 31, 2027, Pub/Sub Lite will be turned down.   
>
> - Current customers: Pub/Sub Lite remains functional until January 31, 2027.   
>   If you have not used Pub/Sub Lite within the 90-day period preceding July 15, 2025 (April 15, 2025 - July 15, 2025), you won't be able to access Pub/Sub Lite starting on July 15, 2025.
> - New customers: Pub/Sub Lite is no longer available for new customers after September 24, 2024.
>
> You can migrate your Pub/Sub Lite service to
> [Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/migrate-pubsub-lite-to-managed-service-for-apache-kafka.md.txt)
> or [Pub/Sub](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/migrate-pubsub-lite-to-pubsub.md.txt).