# Slack App scheduled to be removed on October 1, 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 19, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-app-scheduled-to-be-removed-on-october-1-2019/662 "2019-08-19T17:14:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/tom/32/30_2.png) [@tom](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/tom)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-app-scheduled-to-be-removed-on-october-1-2019/662/1 "2019-08-19T17:14:48Z")
On August 19th, many Slack customers received notifications that the Buildkite app was being removed. Here is the contents of the email. > Hi SLACK\_ADMIN\_NAME, > We want to inform you of a change coming to the Slack App Directory that impacts your workspace, WORKSPACE\_NAME. > On October 1st, we are deprecating a few apps that have been built and maintained by Slack over the past few years—including the following app that is currently installed on your workspace: > • Buildkite > This app has not been updated in some time, and as a part of our effort to verify that all apps available in the App Directory are of the highest quality, we made a decision to remove it. > We know removing an app may be disappointing, but we encourage you to browse through our [App Directory](https://click.email.slack.com/?qs=496c02ca79eefc9a30ac2bf99cb16542110b32b8b7d8e0805d1a58d3d89a2f0aa15fd4d806205c6fc79104c0dfdfd40d6bc09a5609b2170e) for alternative solutions. If you have questions or feedback, please let us know at [feedback@slack.com](mailto:feedback@slack.com) — we’re here to help. > Kindly, > The Slack Team Please provide guidance on any actions we as users need to take should the app be removed on October 1st. ---
**Author:** ![sj26](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/sj26/32/17_2.png) [@sj26](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/sj26)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-app-scheduled-to-be-removed-on-october-1-2019/662/2 "2019-08-20T06:44:37Z")
Sorry Tom, we didn’t have any advance notice before this message went out — we were just as surprised! But rest assured we’re now in contact with Slack and are working with them to make sure there will be no interruption, and will advise if any steps are necessary to retain Buildkite Slack integration. ---
**Author:** ![jufemaiz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/jufemaiz/32/1693_2.png) [@jufemaiz](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/jufemaiz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-app-scheduled-to-be-removed-on-october-1-2019/662/3 "2019-08-22T05:17:09Z")
Wow. That’s fairly drastic action from Slack! ---
**Author:** ![jding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@jding](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/jding)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-app-scheduled-to-be-removed-on-october-1-2019/662/4 "2019-09-25T00:50:21Z")
@sj26, may I ask any update on this topic? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![anon85971592](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@anon85971592](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/anon85971592)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-app-scheduled-to-be-removed-on-october-1-2019/662/5 "2019-10-03T10:39:48Z")
Hey folks, sorry for the late reply to this! We did a dark launch this week of a new Slack integration. They’ve given us until January 2020 to have everyone migrated to the new app. Here are some docs on how to get setup with the new app: [https://buildkite.com/docs/integrations/slack](https://buildkite.com/docs/integrations/slack) ---
**Author:** ![tom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/tom/32/30_2.png) [@tom](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/tom)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/slack-app-scheduled-to-be-removed-on-october-1-2019/662/6 "2019-10-03T13:52:48Z")
That’s awesome! Thank you @anon85971592. Any chance the Buildkite site of the equation is configurable via the REST or GraphQL APIs?