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The following list shows which services are supported in second-generation runtimes:
| App Engine service | Availability in Python | Alternatives |
|---|---|---|
| App Identity | Available | Migrate toOpen ID Connect (OIDC) ID tokens orIdentity Platform |
| Blobstore | Available | Migrate toCloud Storage |
| Capabilities | Available | No alternatives, see theGoogle Cloud Service Health dashboard or theGoogle Cloud console support page for information on service status |
| Deferred | Available | No alternatives since this API is used with App Engine Task Queues |
| Images | Available | Migrate toCloud Storage to serve images directly, or use a third-party content delivery network (CDN) orimage processing library |
| Logging | Not supported | Usestandard logging libraries |
| Namespaces | Available | No alternatives since this API is used with other App Engine services |
| Datastore | Available | Migrate toDatastore client libraries |
| Available | Migrate to an SMTP-based email service, such as SendGrid, Mailgun, or Mailjet for outbound messaging only | |
| Memcache | Available | Migrate toMemorystore |
| Modules | Available | Use environment variables and theApp Engine Admin API to obtain information and modify your application's running services |
| NDB | Available | Migrate toCloud NDB |
| Remote | Not supported | Use Cloud Client Libraries to access resources in other projects |
| Search | Available | Migrate toElasticsearch |
| Task Queues | Available | Migrate toCloud Tasks for push queuesandPub/Sub for pull queues |
| URL Fetch | Available | Migrate tostandard libraries for outbound requests |
| Users | Available | Migrate touser authentication options |
For more information, refer to the user guides located on the left-sidenavigation or see theAPI reference documentation.
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Last updated 2025-12-15 UTC.