Hello all,

We are on the last stretch of the grid engine deprecation process[0] and this means that the grid will be shutting down on Thursday, the 14th of March.

You can find a reminder of the full timeline here[1]

There's about 30 tools still running on the grid, if you are one of the few left to migrate, 

kindly ensure they are migrated before the 14th or reach out[2] to the team if you are facing any challenges or need some assistance.

We have also reached out on phabricator and via email to the remaining maintainers that still have their tools running on the grid to see if we can help ease the migration or see if there are any blocking issues.

If you have a tool that is still on the grid and you cannot meet the above deadline, kindly reach out via the tool migration phabricator ticket or our support channels[2], note that this is a hard deadline and no extensions would be granted but we might be able to help you do the transition.

We really appreciate all the effort and feedback given on the new platform, this will help us improve our service and reduce the maintenance burden in the long term for tool maintainers and toolforge admins alike.

[0]: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Toolforge_Grid_Engine_deprecation

[1]: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Toolforge_Grid_Engine_deprecation#Timeline

[2]: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Toolforge/About_Toolforge#Communication_and_support