See the last comment of my link:

>> the "trusted tester program" is a joke . They never respond so it's just a waste of time .

Even they launch this feature TODAY, so 4 years for a basic requirement, what you can expect from them?

I can think of TONS of services I've used over the years, both in and out of the software field that have talked about adding features and never did. Big deal, don't play the victim.

If you really wanted onto the trusted tester program, you'd bring it up on the app engine mailing list or contact someone at google directly (their emails are all over the place, Ikai is a great guy, and they are very responsive). I'm sure they'd be happy to have enthusiastic beta testers.

I find great irony in your quote on your G+ profile:

"Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations? -- Steve Jobs"

Thanks for your reminder, I shouldn't belittle the enthusiasm of GAE's engineers/supporters, my bad.

But as SSL support is not public yet, my statement above is still valid:

If your startup can survive without SSL support on your own domain, go for App Engine!

Good luck!