# [Vote] Soft-Deprecate __sleep() and __wakeup()

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/128715
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/128715
- Started by Nicolas Grekas on 2025-09-19T18:18:10+00:00
- Messages: 2
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## #128715 — Nicolas Grekas — 2025-09-19T18:18:10+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/128715#128715

Hi everyone,

A little bit earlier than anticipated but still in line with our policies,
I'm opening the vote for the "Soft-Deprecate __sleep() and __wakeup()" RFC:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/soft-deprecate-sleep-wakeup

The vote will remain open for 2 weeks and will close at
2025-10-04T00:00:00Z.

Regards,
Nicolas

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## #128772 — Nicolas Grekas — 2025-10-04T08:22:39+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/128715#128772 · In reply to: #128715

Hi everyone

Le ven. 19 sept. 2025 à 20:18, Nicolas Grekas <nicolas.grekas+php@gmail.com>
a écrit :

> Hi everyone,
>
> A little bit earlier than anticipated but still in line with our policies,
> I'm opening the vote for the "Soft-Deprecate __sleep() and __wakeup()" RFC:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/soft-deprecate-sleep-wakeup
>
> The vote will remain open for 2 weeks and will close at
> 2025-10-04T00:00:00Z.
>


The vote is now closed.
I'm happy to let you know the vote passed with 26 yes and 5 no.

The PR implementing the RFC is ready for release managers to merge at
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/19966

Thanks to everyone involved!

Nicolas