generated: '2026-09-10'
method: probed
source: >-
  https://www.aerofarms.com/wp-json/ route index (2026-09-10), live probes of candidate status and
  policy hosts, and openapi/ derived from the route index.
description: >-
  AeroFarms publishes no API lifecycle policy of any kind, because it publishes no API program. What
  follows is the lifecycle posture the surface actually has, and an explicit record of each policy
  document that does not exist — the absences are the finding, and they are recorded rather than
  papered over.

versioning:
  scheme: path-namespace
  current:
  - namespace: wp/v2
    role: WordPress core content API — the news, pages, products, FAQ, media, taxonomy and search surface.
  - namespace: wc/store/v1
    role: WooCommerce Store API — the public storefront catalog and cart.
  - namespace: wc/v3
    role: WooCommerce admin API (credentialed; not publicly reachable).
  breaking_change_policy: none published
  note: >-
    Versioning is inherited from the WordPress and WooCommerce plugins, not authored by AeroFarms.
    Older namespaces stay mounted (wc/v1 and wc/v2 are both still registered alongside wc/v3), so
    removal is not the usual failure mode here — silent behaviour change on a plugin update is.

deprecation:
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  rfc8594: false
  deprecated_operations: []
  note: >-
    No Deprecation or Sunset header was returned on any response, and no deprecation policy page
    exists. No apis.yml Deprecation pointer is emitted.

status_page:
  published: false
  probed:
  - {url: 'https://status.aerofarms.com', result: NXDOMAIN}
  note: >-
    No status page, no uptime history, no incident feed. No apis.yml StatusPage pointer is emitted.

sla:
  published: false
  note: >-
    No SLA, no support tier, no uptime commitment. The only support channel is the general contact
    form at https://www.aerofarms.com/contact/.

changelog:
  api_changelog_published: false
  note: >-
    There is no API changelog. The nearest dated stream is the company news archive
    (https://www.aerofarms.com/news/, 289 posts, readable through wp/v2/posts), which is corporate
    press rather than a release log. No apis.yml ChangeLog pointer is emitted, because pointing a
    ChangeLog check at a press feed would be a false claim.

surface_stability:
  verdict: incidental
  detail: >-
    This API exists as a by-product of running a WordPress site with WooCommerce, Yoast, an MCP
    adapter and about forty other plugins. Nobody at AeroFarms has committed to it, so it can change
    or disappear on any plugin update or site redesign with no notice and no channel to announce it
    on. One route is already broken this way: /wp-json/wp/v2/media/{id} is captured by a Redirection
    rule and answers with a marketing page instead of the attachment (see
    errors/aerofarms-problem-types.yml).
  consumer_advice: >-
    Re-read GET /wp-json/ before each run — it is the only authoritative statement of what exists —
    and assert content-type on every response.

company_events:
- date: '2026-06-11'
  event: >-
    AeroFarms announced it had been acquired by an affiliate of Palm Ventures. Recorded because
    ownership change is the most likely trigger for a site rebuild that would take this surface with it.
  source: https://www.aerofarms.com/aerofarms-acquired-by-an-affiliate-of-palm-ventures/
- date: '2026-08-26'
  event: >-
    Most recent post in the news archive at capture — the surface is live and actively updated.
  source: https://www.aerofarms.com/aerofarms-adds-micro-arugula-and-micro-broccoli/