--- title: "Firebase Test Lab shutdown: 2027-09-30 | Harbyn" description: "Firebase Test Lab shutdown, effective Sep 30, 2027." canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/firebase/2026-09-30-firebase-test-lab-shutdown" last-updated: 2026-10-02 --- # Firebase Test Lab shutdown Markdown version of . Retirement - Firebase. high severity. Announced. Upcoming. Firebase Test Lab is deprecated and will be fully shut down on September 30, 2027. The page recommends migrating testing workflows to the Developer Device Platform on Google Cloud. 340 days left: the deadline is Sep 30, 2027. ## Facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Vendor | [Firebase](https://harbyn.com/vendors/firebase.md) | | Kind | Retirement | | Severity | high | | Status | Announced | | Announced | Sep 30, 2026 | | Effective | Sep 30, 2027 | | Added to Harbyn | Oct 2, 2026 | | Lead time | 363 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 Firebase, 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. - (changelog, fetched 2026-10-02 01:24 UTC, sha256 `e2f08799fa0cbcc1d5e466b5d0a4eec3fa66ec8c10a16b98dda65fc96a5fd043`) ## Related changes ### More from Firebase - [Firebase Extensions shut down on 2027-03-31](https://harbyn.com/changes/firebase/2026-09-30-firebase-extensions-service-shutdown.md) (Retirement, effective Mar 31, 2027) - [AI Logic in JavaScript SDK 13.0.0 exports ChatSession as an interface, not a class](https://harbyn.com/changes/firebase/2026-10-07-chatsession-class-replaced-by-interface.md) (Breaking change, announced Oct 7, 2026) - [AI Logic in JavaScript SDK 13.0.0 makes gemini-3.5-flash-lite the default hybrid in-cloud model](https://harbyn.com/changes/firebase/2026-10-07-default-hybrid-in-cloud-model-changed.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 7, 2026) - [AI Logic in JavaScript SDK 13.0.0 removes previously deprecated APIs](https://harbyn.com/changes/firebase/2026-10-07-deprecated-apis-removed.md) (Breaking change, announced Oct 7, 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)