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slug: "azure-app-service-docker-compose-retirement"
title: "Azure App Service: Docker Compose feature retirement"
summary: "Retirement date for the Docker Compose feature in Azure App Service: 31 Mar 2027. After that date, Docker Compose applications that were not migrated to sidecar containers face disruptions and HTTP 5xx errors."
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service: "Azure App Service"
service_slug: "app-service"
category: "feature"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2025-03-26"
effective_date: "2027-03-31"
effective_precision: "day"
replacement: "Sidecar containers in Azure App Service"
affected_versions: []
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485167"
extra_source_urls: ["https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-sidecar-extensibility-in-azure-app-servic/4267985"]
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updated_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
url: "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-app-service-docker-compose-retirement"
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# Azure App Service: Docker Compose feature retirement

Retirement date for the Docker Compose feature in Azure App Service: 31 Mar 2027. After that date, Docker Compose applications that were not migrated to sidecar containers face disruptions and HTTP 5xx errors.

- Effective date: 31 Mar 2027
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure App Service](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/app-service.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [Feature](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/features.md)
- Replacement: Sidecar containers in Azure App Service
- Announced: 26 Mar 2025
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485167)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

Docker Compose web applications on Azure App Service are supported through the retirement date. After that date, Docker Compose applications that have not been migrated to sidecar containers start facing disruptions that result in HTTP 5xx errors.

## What to do

Move Docker Compose applications to sidecar containers in Azure App Service before the retirement date. [Learn more](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-sidecar-extensibility-in-azure-app-servic/4267985).

## Replacement

Sidecar containers in Azure App Service

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=485167) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazureblog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-sidecar-extensibility-in-azure-app-servic/4267985) (techcommunity.microsoft.com, Official)

Last checked against the first source in this list on 12 Nov 2026.

Page: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-app-service-docker-compose-retirement | JSON: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-app-service-docker-compose-retirement.json

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