specification: API Commons Lifecycle
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Ant Media
providerId: ant-media
generated: '2026-09-02'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://github.com/ant-media/Ant-Media-Server/releases, https://docs.antmedia.io/ (version
  selector), https://status.antmedia.io/status/home, https://antmedia.io/support/ and
  https://antmedia.io/pricing/ — all fetched 2026-09-02.
description: >-
  How the Ant Media REST API changes over time, what the vendor commits to, and where an
  operator finds out that something is wrong. Ant Media Server is licensed software that the
  customer runs, so "lifecycle" here is a release and support-window question rather than a
  hosted-service deprecation question.
versioning:
  api_version: v2
  style: uri-path
  stability: >-
    The /v2/ prefix has survived the whole 2.x line and the move to 3.x. No /v3/ surface
    exists as of server 3.1.0.
  product_versions_documented:
    - '3.0'
    - '2.17'
    - '2.16'
  docs_version_selector: https://docs.antmedia.io/
  note: >-
    The documentation site keeps three product versions live simultaneously, each with its own
    complete REST API guide, and https://antmedia.io/rest/folders.php keeps the OpenAPI for
    every release back through the 2.x line. Old versions are archived rather than deleted.
deprecation:
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  rfc8594: false
  detail: >-
    No deprecation policy page, no Sunset or Deprecation response headers, and no `deprecated:
    true` flag on any operation in the six published OpenAPI documents. The only deprecation
    signal found is a release note — PR #7742 in 3.0.1, "Remove deprecated methods to get ready
    for v3.0 (may be breaking)" — which removed deprecated Java methods, announced in the
    release body rather than through the API.
  evidence:
    - url: https://github.com/ant-media/Ant-Media-Server/releases
      note: 3.0.1 release body marks the deprecated-method removal as possibly breaking.
  deprecated_operations: []
support:
  page: https://antmedia.io/support/
  detail: >-
    Every license holder receives Standard Support at no extra cost; priority and dedicated
    plans are sold separately. The perpetual license includes standard support and upgrades
    for the first year, then $449/year after it. Community Edition users are supported through
    the developer forum, Stack Overflow and GitHub issues rather than a support contract.
  channels:
    - https://antmedia.io/support/
    - https://github.com/ant-media/Ant-Media-Server/issues
    - https://antmedia.io/contact-us/
sla:
  published: false
  detail: >-
    No numeric availability SLA is published. This is consistent with the delivery model: the
    customer operates the server, so uptime is theirs. The pricing page states there is no
    connection or viewer limit and that capacity depends on the customer's own infrastructure.
status_page:
  url: https://status.antmedia.io/status/home
  verified: '2026-09-02'
  http_status: 200
  detail: >-
    A hosted status page, linked from the antmedia.io footer as "Status". It is JavaScript-
    rendered, so an unauthenticated crawler sees only a "requires JavaScript" shell; the page
    itself resolves (200) at https://status.antmedia.io/status/home. It reports Ant Media's own
    services — it cannot report on a customer's self-hosted instance.
releases:
  feed: https://github.com/ant-media/Ant-Media-Server/releases
  cadence: >-
    Roughly monthly to six-weekly across 2026 — 2.17.0 (Jan), 2.17.1 (Feb), 3.0.1 (Apr),
    3.0.2 and 3.0.3 (May), 3.1.0 (Aug).
  current: 3.1.0 (2026-08-31)
  see: changelog/ant-media-changelog.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com