generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/policies/ and
  https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/releasenotes/ (both harvested verbatim
  from AdobeDocs/pdfservices-api-documentation) — cross-derived from
  openapi/_original/adobe-pdf-services-api-openapi-official.json
scope: Adobe PDF Services / Acrobat Services; status page is Adobe-wide.

versioning:
  scheme: per-operation-assetId
  current: null
  docs: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/policies/
  description: >-
    "Each operation has a unique assetId which is passed in Form Parameters. Generally, APIs will be
    enhanced while keeping them backward compatible. If its functionality can't be enhanced without
    breaking changes, then its new version will be released with its own unique assetId."
  url_versioned: false
  header_versioned: false
  sdk_scheme: semver (Major.Minor.Patch)

deprecation:
  policy_url: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/policies/
  published: true
  notice_period: 12 months
  api_support_window: >-
    "The previous version of the API will be supported for one year after the release of a new
    version. Adobe will use reasonably commercial efforts to provide 12-months' notice of
    deprecation, unless extenuating circumstances prompt a shorter notice period."
  sdk_support_window: >-
    "Every Major/Minor Version is supported for one year after the release of a newer Major/Minor
    Version; that is a Major.Minor.X version reaches its end of life 1 year after the next
    Major/Minor Release."
  security_patch_policy: >-
    "Security patches and critical bug fixes are generally provided for the last dot release of the
    supported major versions."
  end_of_life_effect: >-
    "Once a version reaches its end of life, functionality may be deprecated and stop working."
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  rfc8594: false
  note: >-
    The deprecation POLICY is published and specific, but it is prose only. Adobe declares no
    RFC 8594 Sunset or Deprecation response headers on any of the 49 operations, so a running agent
    gets no machine-readable deprecation signal — it must read the release notes page.
  caveat: >-
    Adobe reserves the right to "modify, deprecate, or discontinue the service, in whole or in part,
    at any time", and states that checking for deprecation notices is the customer's
    "sole responsibility".

sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
  note: >-
    No public SLA or uptime target is published for the PDF Services API. Enterprise ETLA terms are
    contract-negotiated; the pricing page routes to sales.

status_page: https://status.adobe.com/
status_page_scope: Adobe-wide (all Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud services)

support:
  channel: https://developer.adobe.com/developer-support/
  forum: https://community.adobe.com/t5/document-services-apis/bd-p/Document-Cloud-SDK
  sales_faq: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/faq/sales/
  tech_support_faq: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/faq/tech-support/

deprecated_operations: []
deprecated_operations_note: >-
  Zero of the 49 operations in the official OpenAPI carry `deprecated: true`.

archived_documentation: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/legacy-documentation/
archived_note: >-
  "Legacy docs for all past releases are not maintained. Some links may be broken and content may be
  outdated." Only the latest documentation is typically available online.

known_end_of_life:
- product: PDF Tools SDK 1.x.x
  eol: '2022-05'
  successor: PDF Services SDK 4.x
  migration_guide: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/releasenotes/
- package: "@adobe/documentservices-pdftools-node-sdk"
  successor: "@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk"
- package: Adobe.DocumentServices.PDFTools
  successor: Adobe.PDFServicesSDK
- artifact: com.adobe.documentservices:pdftools-sdk
  successor: com.adobe.documentservices:pdfservices-sdk
- package: "@adobe/express-add-on-dev-mcp"
  successor: "@adobe/express-developer-mcp"
  note: Beta MCP package deprecated in favour of the stable one; see mcp/adobe-mcp.yml.