---
title: "Docker Hub Automated Builds stop on April 1, 2027: 2027-04-01 | Harbyn"
description: "Docker Hub Automated Builds stop on April 1, 2027, effective Apr 1, 2027."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/docker/2026-05-06-docker-hub-automated-builds-deprecation"
last-updated: 2026-10-08
---

# Docker Hub Automated Builds stop on April 1, 2027

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/docker/2026-05-06-docker-hub-automated-builds-deprecation>.

Retirement - Docker. high severity. Announced. Upcoming.

Docker Hub Automated Builds is deprecated; existing accounts keep access until April 1, 2027. Docker points to GitHub Actions or Bitbucket Pipelines as migration options.

158 days left: the deadline is Apr 1, 2027.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Docker](https://harbyn.com/vendors/docker.md) |
| Kind | Retirement |
| Severity | high |
| Status | Announced |
| Announced | May 6, 2026 |
| Effective | Apr 1, 2027 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Lead time | 175 days of warning |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Docker, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/release-notes/> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-08 23:25 UTC, sha256 `f8476cc85b32c475e495419cfa1f64e5c7dfe98798c83d01894c19a1ba347095`)

## Related changes

### More from Docker

- [Docker Desktop 4.94.0 makes local the default logging driver for new Linux containers](https://harbyn.com/changes/docker/2026-10-05-changed-default-logging-driver-for-new-linux-containers.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 5, 2026)
- [Docker Desktop rejects networks using its internal address range](https://harbyn.com/changes/docker/2026-10-19-docker-desktop-rejects-networks-using-its-internal-address-range.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 19, 2026)

### Changes at other vendors

- [OpenRouter: arcee-ai/trinity-large-thinking expire 2026-10-26](https://harbyn.com/changes/openrouter/2026-10-23-arcee-ai-trinity-large-thinking-expires-2026-10-26.md) (effective Oct 26, 2026)
- [Google Cloud Run and Functions: Node.js 20 runtime decommission](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-cloud/2026-10-08-node-js-20-runtime-decommission.md) (effective Oct 30, 2026)
- [Mistral AI: Z.ai GLM 5.2 (zai-glm-5-2) retires on Mistral on October 31, 2026](https://harbyn.com/changes/mistral/2026-09-29-z-ai-glm-5-2-deprecated-and-scheduled-for-retirement.md) (effective Oct 31, 2026)
- [Fireworks AI: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 retires from Serverless Training November 2](https://harbyn.com/changes/fireworks/2026-10-18-upcoming-serverless-training-deprecation-deepseek-v4-flash-0731.md) (effective Nov 2, 2026)

[All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)
