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# API Change Management

In order to continue adding functionality, we regularly make improvements and changes to our API.

## Backwards Compatible Changes

We consider the following types of changes to be backwards compatible. You should ensure your code is robust enough to gracefully handle the following changes:

  • Adding new API resources.

  • Adding new optional request parameters to existing API methods, using sensible defaults if not present in requests.

  • Adding new fields to existing API responses.

  • Changing the order of fields in existing API responses.

  • Changing the length or format of opaque strings, such as object IDs, error messages, and human-readable strings.

  • Adding new values to an existing enum.

## Versioned Changes

When we make backwards-incompatible changes to the API we will release a new dated version. The current version is **2021-07-28**. Changes and upgrade instructions will be detailed in the [Changelog](🔗).

You must send a `Pinwheel-Version` header with each request to specify how the Pinwheel API should behave. See [Version Headers](🔗) on the [API](🔗) page for more information.

Old versions are considered deprecated and will be sunsetted when no more API requests are made to them. Trying to use a sunsetted version will result in a `400 Bad Request` error.

New dated versions, and plans to deprecate or sunset a version, will be communicated to you by our customer success team. They will also be detailed in the [Changelog](🔗).

You can access docs for deprecated API versions via the "Versions" menu in the left sidebar.

### Terminology

**Deprecated:** usage is discouraged.

**Sunsetted:** discontinued, no longer available for usage.



Please contact [[email protected]](🔗) for access to our [Developer Dashboard](🔗).