2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/recipes-core/runx/runx_git.bb b/recipes-core/runx/runx_git.bb
index 618bff45..54c2f0f1 100644
--- a/recipes-core/runx/runx_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/runx/runx_git.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/lf-edge/runx"
-SUMMARY = "runx stuff"
-DESCRIPTION = "Xen Runtime for OCI"
+SUMMARY = "runx stuff (DEPRECATED - use vxn instead)"
+DESCRIPTION = "Xen Runtime for OCI. \
+    DEPRECATED: runx is unmaintained (upstream dormant since 2022). \
+    Use 'vxn' instead, which provides the same Xen DomU container \
+    functionality using the modern vcontainer infrastructure with \
+    pluggable hypervisor backends, daemon mode, and vexpose API exposure."
 
 SRCREV_runx = "edc9350a79ede0365066c9743080e3dc6430d602"
 
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/go/go-build_git.bb b/recipes-devtools/go/go-build_git.bb
index 8b750651..83933ea8 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/go/go-build_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/go/go-build_git.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/lf-edge/runx"
-SUMMARY = "console for runx"
-DESCRIPTION = "Xen Runtime for OCI"
+SUMMARY = "console for runx (DEPRECATED - use vxn instead)"
+DESCRIPTION = "Xen Runtime for OCI. \
+    DEPRECATED: go-build is the serial FD handler companion to runx, \
+    which is unmaintained. Use 'vxn' instead, which handles console \
+    communication via PV consoles without a separate Go binary."
 
 SRCREV_runx = "f24efd33fb18469e9cfe4d1bfe8e2c90ec8c4e93"
 SRCREV_runc = "1e7bb5b773162b57333d57f612fd72e3f8612d94"