generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: https://www.aftership.com/docs/tracking/quickstart/versioning
versioning:
  scheme: date-based (YYYY-MM) in the URL path
  example: https://api.aftership.com/tracking/2026-07
  current_versions:
    tracking: 2026-07
    returns: 2026-07
    commerce: 2026-07
    warranty: 2026-07
    personalization: 2025-01
    address: 2024-07
    shipping: v3 (postmen)
    protection: 2022-01 (admin)
    parser: 2022-01 (admin)
    members: 2022-01 (admin)
  published_versions_tracking:
  - 2026-07
  - 2026-01
  - 2025-07
  - 2025-04
  - 2025-01
  cadence: From version 2025-07 AfterShip releases new major API versions twice a year (every six months), replacing
    the previous quarterly cadence.
  response_header:
    name: as-api-version
    format: YYYY-MM
    description: The actual API version that served the request.
  docs: https://www.aftership.com/docs/tracking/quickstart/versioning
deprecation:
  policy_published: true
  mechanism: Version-scoped. Each release ships a dated changelog plus a Migration Guide from the previous version;
    superseded versions move to a Past Changelog page.
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  rfc8594: false
  note: AfterShip does not publish RFC 8594 Sunset or Deprecation response headers. Deprecation is communicated
    through the versioning schedule, changelog and migration guides.
  docs:
  - https://www.aftership.com/docs/tracking/migration-guide
  - https://www.aftership.com/docs/tracking/past-changelog
  - https://www.aftership.com/docs/tracking/quickstart/versioning
status_page:
  url: https://www.aftershipstatus.com/
  probed_status: 200
  title: AfterShip Status
sla:
  published: true
  url: https://www.aftership.com/enterprise-sla
  note: Service Level Agreement covering availability and support standards, offered to eligible enterprise customers.
    Enterprise SLAs are also listed as a plan entitlement on the pricing page.
deprecated_operations: []
deprecated_operations_note: 'No operation in any of the ten harvested OpenAPI documents carries deprecated: true.'
roadmap:
  published: false
  note: 'AfterShip''s site footer and product navigation show a "Changelog & roadmap" label, but no resolvable public
    URL was found for it: /changelog, /roadmap and /changelog-and-roadmap all returned 404 on 2026-08-27. What IS
    published is a dated API changelog per product plus a migration guide and past-changelog archive. No Roadmap
    pointer is emitted.'
  probed:
  - url: https://www.aftership.com/changelog
    status: 404
  - url: https://www.aftership.com/roadmap
    status: 404
  - url: https://www.aftership.com/changelog-and-roadmap
    status: 404