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Versioning

The current API version, the X-API-Version response header, and our compatibility policy.

The API is served under a single stable major prefix, /api/v1, and stamps a date-based version on every response so clients can detect drift:

X-API-Version: 2026-04-24

You don't need to send a version header — there is one active version and the server stamps it on the way out.


Compatibility policy

We add functionality without breaking existing integrations:

Non-breaking (rolled into the current version):

  • Adding a new optional field to a response
  • Adding a new optional parameter to a request
  • Adding a new endpoint or webhook event type
  • Adding a new error code

Breaking (would ship under a new dated version with advance notice):

  • Removing or renaming a response field
  • Changing a field's type
  • Tightening a validation rule
  • Changing default behaviour when an optional parameter is omitted

Build clients defensively: ignore unknown fields, switch on the error code (not message), and don't assume an enum is closed unless this documentation says so.


By transport

  • RESTX-API-Version stamped on every response.
  • MCP — tools are generated from the same REST surface; they track the current version.
  • Webhooks — the event envelope carries id, type, created_at, and data (see Webhooks). Branch on type.

See also

  • Changelog — chronological API changes.
  • Errors — the stable error-code catalog.
  • SDKs — using the REST API today.