---
title: "Modal .update_autoscaler() deprecated in favor of autoscaler.update(): 2026-10-15 | Harbyn"
description: "Modal .update_autoscaler() deprecated in favor of autoscaler.update(), announced Oct 15, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/modal/2026-10-15-autoscaler-update-methods-deprecated"
last-updated: 2026-10-16
---

# Modal .update\_autoscaler() deprecated in favor of autoscaler.update()

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/modal/2026-10-15-autoscaler-update-methods-deprecated>.

Deprecation - Modal. low severity. In effect.

Modal 1.6.2 deprecates the .update\_autoscaler() methods. Use the new Function.autoscaler.update() / Server.autoscaler.update() methods instead; new autoscaler.settings() methods report the current configuration with override provenance, and new modal function autoscaler / modal server autoscaler CLI groups query or update it.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Modal](https://harbyn.com/vendors/modal.md) |
| Kind | Deprecation |
| Severity | low |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Symbols | `update_autoscaler` |
| 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 Modal, 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://modal.com/docs/sdk/py/releases> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-16 04:38 UTC, sha256 `97ec6bfa2237432f4786f2163befe85fd599307e303ab38438662d30ceadeda4`)

## Related changes

### More from Modal

- [Sandbox.from\_name() can return a terminated Sandbox](https://harbyn.com/changes/modal/2026-10-15-sandbox-from-name-can-return-a-terminated-sandbox.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 15, 2026)
- [Server session start may wait for an available container](https://harbyn.com/changes/modal/2026-10-03-server-session-start-may-wait-for-an-available-container.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 3, 2026)
- [Python SDK 1.6.0 changes the JSON output of modal volume ls and modal queue list](https://harbyn.com/changes/modal/2026-09-28-cli-json-output-formats-changed.md) (Breaking change, announced Sep 28, 2026)
- [Python SDK 1.6.0 no longer allows a custom \_\_init\_\_ on @app.cls() classes](https://harbyn.com/changes/modal/2026-09-28-custom-constructors-no-longer-allowed-on-decorated-classes.md) (Breaking change, announced Sep 28, 2026)

### Changes at other vendors

- [AWS Lambda: Python 3.10 runtime deprecation](https://harbyn.com/changes/aws-lambda/2026-10-08-python-3-10-runtime-deprecation.md) (effective Oct 31, 2026)
- [Jira / Atlassian Cloud: Atlassian Analytics dashboard subscriptions being removed](https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-08-10-atlassian-analytics-dashboard-subscriptions-being-removed.md) (effective Nov 2, 2026)
- [Google Cloud Run and Functions: .NET 8 runtime deprecation](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-cloud/2026-10-08-net-8-runtime-deprecation.md) (effective Nov 10, 2026)
- [GitHub: X-GitHub-Stateless-S2S-Token header ignored from 2026-11-30](https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-10-02-x-github-stateless-s2s-token-header-ignored-from-2026-11-30.md) (effective Nov 30, 2026)

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