Google is shutting down Jules, its asynchronous AI coding agent, in a phased wind-down that ends on December 31, 2026. Users have until November 11, 2026 to finish active sessions; after that date Jules becomes read-only until the end of the year. Google says it is folding what it learned from Jules into Antigravity, its agent-first coding platform, as part of its work to unify its agentic coding efforts.
What Google announced on October 29
Google announced the decision on October 29, 2026, in a Jules Turndown notice. The notice says Jules will wind down on December 31, 2026. In a post quoted by The Verge, Google said: “We’re working on bringing our learnings from Jules into @antigravity so you get the best of both worlds: autonomous remote background task execution and an agent-first development environment.” Google launched Jules in December 2024 as a tool that could take on coding jobs in the background, including working with GitHub repositories, fixing issues and opening pull requests asynchronously, rather than requiring a developer to sit through every step.
The shutdown timeline
The shutdown happens in two stages. Until November 11, 2026, users can keep finishing sessions in Jules. After November 11, Jules switches to read-only mode: existing work can still be viewed, but the agent stops doing new work. On December 31, 2026, Jules winds down completely. Google has not given a time of day for either cutoff, so leaving an export to the final evening would be risky.
What users can export
Google has provided an export path so users can preserve their Jules data before the deadlines. According to the turndown notice as reported by multiple outlets, the export covers settings, environment variables, scheduled tasks, connected repositories, memories, setup scripts and full session history, saved to a local folder. Code and pull requests themselves already live in GitHub, but memories, setup scripts, scheduled tasks and session history live in Jules, which is why the export matters.
Why Antigravity, and what is still unknown
Antigravity is Google’s newer agent-first development platform, introduced in November 2025 and developed into a multi-agent orchestration tool. Google says Jules-style background task execution is coming to Antigravity, but it has not given a date for that, and it has not promised automatic migration of saved Jules sessions, memories or schedules into Antigravity. Google has also not published user numbers or financial figures for Jules, so the scale of disruption for its user base is unclear from the announcement itself. The announcement points to consolidation, not to a technical failure or security problem: Google wants one unified coding experience instead of separate tools.
What to do now
Finish any active Jules sessions before November 11, run the export and keep the local copy safe, and test whether Antigravity covers the same background-task workflow before relying on it as a replacement. After November 11, plan on Jules being view-only, and after December 31, plan on it being gone.
FAQ
What is the last day to work in Jules? November 11, 2026; after that it is read-only.
When does Jules shut down completely? December 31, 2026.
Does Antigravity automatically import Jules sessions? Google has not announced automatic migration; users should export their data themselves.
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Sources
- Jules Turndown notice, October 29, 2026, as reported by Chrome Geek: https://www.chromegeek.com/google-jules-shutdown-antigravity-plugin-marketplace/
- The Verge, October 29, 2026, reporting Google’s announcement (via search result): Google is sunsetting its AI coding agent, Jules.
- Crypto Briefing, October 30, 2026: https://cryptobriefing.com/google-winds-down-jules-ai-antigravity/
- Gadgets Now, October 30, 2026: https://gadgetsnow.indiatimes.com/tech-news/google-to-shut-down-jules-ai-coding-tool-shutdown-date-reason-and-what-users-should-do/articleshow/135349671.cms
