API Deprecation Communication: English Collocations
API deprecation requires careful planning and clear communication to avoid breaking consumer integrations. From officially deprecating endpoints and setting sunset dates to notifying consumers and publishing migration guides, each phase has its own professional vocabulary. This exercise covers the collocations used in API versioning policies, developer portal documentation, and platform engineering communications.
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The platform team announced that the v1 endpoints would be officially ___ at the end of Q4.
Deprecated endpoints is the standard API lifecycle collocation — endpoints are 'deprecated' to signal to consumers that they should migrate before removal. 'Retired' is also used; 'removed' and 'closed' describe the final state rather than the deprecation notice. 'Deprecate' is the canonical term in the API versioning lifecycle for declaring something obsolete with a sunset timeline.
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The API team planned a six-month window to allow consumers enough time to ___ to the v3 authentication endpoints.
Migrate to the new API is the standard API deprecation collocation — consumers 'migrate' from old endpoints to new ones. 'Switch' and 'move' are informal; 'upgrade' implies version improvement rather than migration. 'Migrate' is the precise term for the structured process of moving from a deprecated API to its replacement, complete with testing and validation.
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The platform team used the developer portal and direct emails to ___ API consumers about the upcoming deprecation.
Notify consumers is the standard API deprecation communication collocation — consumers are formally 'notified' of deprecation through official channels. 'Alert' implies urgency; 'inform' is also correct; 'tell' is informal. 'Notify' is the appropriate verb in API governance and service contract documentation for proactive, official communication of a breaking change.
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The engineering team set a sunset date of December 31st, after which the deprecated endpoints would be fully ___.
Sunsetted is the specific API lifecycle collocation for the formal end of support and availability — endpoints are 'sunsetted' on a defined date. 'Removed' describes the technical action; 'closed' and 'shut down' are less precise. 'Sunset' is the canonical term for the end-of-life phase in API versioning, used in Stripe, Twilio, and other API-first company documentation.
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The platform team published a migration guide to help developers ___ their integrations to the new API contract.
Update their integrations is the natural migration guide collocation — developers 'update' client code and configurations to work with the new API. 'Migrate' is the overall process; 'adapt' implies significant reworking; 'upgrade' implies improving quality. 'Update' is the standard verb for the practical, code-level changes developers need to make when a migration guide is followed.