generated: '2026-08-06'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/readme.md
summary: >-
  AutoRest is an end-of-life developer tool, not a hosted service. There is no
  API to version, no SLA and no status page — the lifecycle surface here is the
  package/release train, the v2-to-v3 migration path, and the formal deprecation
  and retirement of the whole project in favor of TypeSpec.
versioning:
  scheme: semver
  distribution: npm
  components:
    - name: CLI
      package: autorest
      current: 3.8.0
      note: Thin bootstrap; changes rarely.
    - name: Core module
      package: "@autorest/core"
      current: 3.10.9
      note: >-
        Selected at runtime with `--version:`; v3 defaults to the ~3.0.6000
        range, v2 generators default to core 2.0.4413. Multiple core versions
        install side-by-side under $HOME/.autorest.
    - name: Modeler
      package: "@autorest/modelerfour"
      current: 4.27.3
  pinning:
    cli_flag: "--version:<semver|build|folder|url>"
    extension_flag: "--use=<packagename>[@<version>]"
    config_key: "version:"
  docs: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/install/autorest-versioning.md
deprecation:
  status: deprecated
  announced_in: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/readme.md
  policy_url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/issues/5175
  tracking_issue: 5175
  retirement_date: '2026-07-01'
  statement: >-
    "AutoRest is deprecated and will be retired on July 1, 2026. AutoRest is no
    longer under active development. No new features, language generators, or
    plugins will be added."
  successor:
    name: TypeSpec
    url: https://typespec.io/
    rationale: >-
      Microsoft's actively developed API description language and code
      generation platform, named in the AutoRest readme as the recommended
      replacement.
    migration_tool: "@autorest/openapi-to-typespec"
    migration_flag: "--openapi-to-typespec"
  sunset_header: false
  note: >-
    RFC 8594 Sunset/Deprecation headers are not applicable — AutoRest serves no
    HTTP surface. The deprecation is announced in the repository readme and
    tracked in a public GitHub issue.
internal_migration:
  from: AutoRest 2.0
  to: AutoRest 3.0
  docs: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/migrate/readme.md
  fallback: "npm install -g autorest@previous (documented as not recommended)"
releases:
  changelog_source: chronus (generated per package CHANGELOG.md)
  release_notes: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/releases/readme.md
  github_releases: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/releases
  latest_core_release: '2026-04-09'
sla:
  published: false
  note: Open source MIT project; no service-level agreement is published.
status_page:
  published: false
  note: >-
    No status page exists and none is applicable — AutoRest is a locally
    installed CLI with no operated runtime. Recorded as absent rather than
    omitted so the gap is not read as an unchecked field.
support:
  issues: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/issues
  discussions: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/discussions
  open_issues: 47
  note: >-
    With the project deprecated, issue triage is limited; the deprecation notice
    directs new work to TypeSpec.
repository:
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest
  license: MIT
  archived: false
  created: '2015-02-20'
  last_push: '2026-08-06'
  stars: 4798
deprecated_operations: []
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-08-06'
  sources:
    - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/autorest/main/readme.md
      http_status: 200
    - url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/issues/5175
      http_status: 200
    - url: https://api.github.com/repos/Azure/autorest
      http_status: 200
    - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/autorest/main/docs/install/autorest-versioning.md
      http_status: 200
    - url: https://typespec.io/
      http_status: 200