Azure Static Web Apps support for Python 3.8 will be migrated to Azure Functions v4 on 19 December 2022

[Reshmi-Sriram]

Azure Functions v3 will reach end of support on 13 December 2022. As a result, extended support for Python 3.8 in Azure Static Web Apps that use Azure Functions v3 will end on 19 December 2022. After this date, your existing static web apps that use Azure Functions v3 will continue to work, but security patches and customer service for Python 3.8 running on Functions v3 will no longer be provided.

Required action
To prevent this from happening, you can redeploy your apps anytime after 19 December 2022. Redeployment will automatically move your Python 3.8 function to v4.

If you would like to migrate back to v3 later, kindly set environment variable USEV3_FOR_PYTHON38 to true under Build And Deploy step in your workflow file.

GitHub Actions YAML

   - name: Build And Deploy
     env:
         USEV3_FOR_PYTHON38: true

Azure Pipelines YAML

   - job: build_and_deploy_job
     variables:
        USEV3_FOR_PYTHON38: true

• However, please note that this is not recommended as the support for v3 by the Azure functions team will no longer be available.

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