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The problem is that Google infra requires everything running to be new. There is a build horizon of 6 months. Everything built with code older than 6 months is not able to run on Borg. And since Google deprecates many internal infra tools/libraries routinely, a team is required to make sure the service remains up-to-date. Google doesn't want to pay for such maintenance.


This what I'd suspected as pressure to discontinue services that could otherwise virtually maintenance-free at low cost.




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