API Change Watch

A structured feed of breaking changes and deprecations across major API providers, built for humans and coding agents.
Currently tracking: anthropic, aws, firebase, github, google, openai, shopify, slack, stripe, twilio.

Use from a coding agent (MCP)

Point your agent at the Streamable HTTP endpoint and it can query this feed directly — tools: list_breaking_changes (filter by provider / severity / date) and list_providers. The endpoint is https://apichangewatch.dev/mcp — any MCP client that speaks Streamable HTTP works, no auth required.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http api-change-watch https://apichangewatch.dev/mcp

Cursor.cursor/mcp.json

{ "mcpServers": { "api-change-watch": { "url": "https://apichangewatch.dev/mcp" } } }

VS Code (Copilot).vscode/mcp.json

{ "servers": { "api-change-watch": { "type": "http", "url": "https://apichangewatch.dev/mcp" } } }

Other clients (Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, …) — add a remote / Streamable HTTP MCP server pointing at https://apichangewatch.dev/mcp in your client's MCP settings.

Then try asking your agent:

Agents can also read /llms.txt for a machine-readable overview.

Automate it

Combine this with your agent's scheduled runs (Claude Code routines, CI cron, etc.) and the check becomes fully hands-off — you only hear about it when something is actually affected. Example weekly prompt:

Call list_breaking_changes for the providers this repo depends on,
check the codebase for affected usage, and open a GitHub issue
(with file:line references) if anything is affected. If nothing is, do nothing.

Sorted by deadline proximity — upcoming effective dates first (red = within 30 days), then recently effective, then undated.

ProviderSeverityEffectiveChange
google breaking 2026-07-14 Legacy embedding models including gemini-embedding-001 and text-embedding-004 are scheduled for shutdown throughout 2026.
gemini-embedding-001, text-embedding-004, embedding-2-preview
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twilio breaking 2026-08-01 The conference_participant field is being removed from the Voice Insights Call Summary REST API and Event Streams.
conference_participant
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github breaking 2026-08-01 npm granular access tokens (GATs) configured to bypass 2FA will no longer be able to perform sensitive account, package, and organization management actions.
granular access tokens, bypass2fa
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google breaking 2026-08-17 Imagen 4.0 generation models will be discontinued on August 17, 2026.
imagen-4.0-generate-001, imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001, imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001
source
openai breaking 2026-08-26 The Assistants API is being deprecated and scheduled for total removal.
Assistants API
source
openai breaking 2026-09-24 The Videos API and Sora 2 video generation models are being removed.
Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro
source
twilio breaking 2026-09-30 The Conference list endpoint will be updated to only return in-progress conferences.
GET /2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Conferences.json
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google breaking 2026-10-02 The gemini-2.5-flash-image model will reach its retirement date on October 2, 2026.
gemini-2.5-flash-image
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google breaking 2026-10-16 Gemini 2.5 series models are scheduled for retirement on October 16, 2026.
gemini-2.5-pro, gemini-2.5-flash, gemini-2.5-flash-lite
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google breaking 2026-10-16 Stable versions of Gemini 2.5 Pro, Flash, and Flash-lite are scheduled for shutdown on October 16, 2026.
gemini-2.5-pro, gemini-2.5-flash, gemini-2.5-flash-lite
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openai breaking 2026-10-23 A large set of legacy GPT and reasoning model snapshots will be shut down.
gpt-3.5-turbo-0125, gpt-4-0613, gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09, o1-2024-12-17, o3-mini-2025-01-31
source
openai breaking 2026-11-30 The reusable prompts API and prompt objects are being deprecated and scheduled for shutdown.
/v1/prompts
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openai breaking 2026-11-30 The Evals dashboard and API are being retired. Evals will become read-only on Oct 31, 2026.
Evals platform, Evals API
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openai breaking 2026-11-30 Agent Builder is being deprecated in favor of other agent development methods.
Agent Builder
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openai breaking 2026-12-01 Older GPT Image models are being removed from the API.
gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5, chatgpt-image-latest
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openai breaking 2026-12-11 Older GPT-5 and o3 model snapshots will be removed from the API.
gpt-5-2025-08-07, gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07, gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07, gpt-5-pro-2025-10-06, o3-2025-04-16, o3-pro-2025-06-10
source
google breaking 2026-12-13 The gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio model will be retired on December 13, 2026.
gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio
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github breaking 2027-01-01 npm 2FA-bypass tokens will lose the ability to publish packages directly, being restricted to reading private packages or staging publishes that require human approval.
granular access tokens, bypass2fa, npm publish
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openai breaking 2027-01-06 OpenAI is phasing out self-serve fine-tuning job creation for existing and new users.
fine-tuning
source
firebase breaking 2027-03-22 Firebase Studio is being sunset on March 22, 2027.
Firebase Studio
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google breaking 2027-04-01 Several legacy embedding models are scheduled for retirement on April 1, 2027.
text-embedding-005, text-embedding-004, text-multilingual-embedding-002, multimodalembedding@001
source
google breaking 2027-05-07 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is scheduled to be shut down on May 7, 2027.
gemini-3.1-flash-lite
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firebase breaking 2027-06-15 Firebase ML is deprecated and will be shut down on June 15, 2027.
Firebase ML, Cloud Vision APIs, TensorFlow Lite models
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github breaking 2026-07-08 npm v12 introduces new install-time security defaults where dependency lifecycle scripts, Git dependencies, and remote tarball dependencies are disabled by default.
npm install, allowScripts, --allow-git, --allow-remote
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github warning 2026-07-08 Enterprise-managed telemetry settings for GitHub Copilot now take precedence over local environment variables and user settings in VS Code and Copilot CLI.
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT, OTEL_SERVICE_NAME, OTEL_*
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