generated: '2026-07-17'
method: searched
source: >-
  8tracks API v3 documentation, the 8tracks blog post "To everything there is a
  season" (2019-12-26, https://blog.8tracks.com/2019/12/26/to-everything-there-is-a-season/),
  Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8tracks.com), and industry coverage
  (Music Ally, Digital Music News).
api: 8tracks API v3
status: inactive
versioning:
  scheme: integer-version
  mechanism: X-Api-Version header or api_version query parameter
  versions:
  - version: '2'
    status: superseded
  - version: '3'
    status: latest-documented
  current: '3'
deprecation:
  policy_published: true
  summary: >-
    8tracks stopped issuing new API keys in February 2015; developers already
    holding keys could continue against the existing v3 documentation. No formal
    RFC 8594 Sunset/Deprecation header scheme was documented. The underlying
    platform, and therefore the API, was fully deprecated when the company ceased
    operations.
  new_keys_since: null
  new_keys_frozen: '2015-02'
timeline:
- date: '2008'
  event: 8tracks founded (San Francisco); handcrafted mix streaming launches.
- date: '2015-02'
  event: New API key issuance frozen; existing keys continue to work.
- date: '2019-12-26'
  event: Shutdown announced via blog post citing lack of revenue and no acquirer.
- date: '2019-12-31'
  event: Service ceased operations.
- date: '2020-04-19'
  event: Relaunched under new owner BackBeat Inc.; streaming restored, new-mix creation disabled.
- date: '2024'
  event: Service inactive.
sla: none-published
status_page: none-published
notes: >-
  Deprecation here reflects a real, publicly documented wind-down rather than a
  versioned deprecation program. No status page or SLA was published.