generated: '2026-09-18'
method: searched
source: https://developer.avis.com/guides#version-scheme + https://developer.avis.com/changelog + openapi/avis-budget-rental-cars-openapi.yml
versioning:
  scheme: path-segment major version (v2) with a prescribed vMajor.Minor.Patch policy
  current: v2 (portal info.version 2.0.0)
  notes: >-
    The API Design Guide prescribes: first live major "v1", minor releases "v1.1", patches "v1.x.1"; additive-only
    changes are minor, anything breaking (required request field, removal/rename, type change, URL change,
    visible behaviour change) is a new major. Major versioning is gated on "value to customer must exceed
    existing version", cost-benefit, customer impact and a communication/support plan. The live contract shows
    only the major segment in paths; the Getting Started cURL still references /cars/locations/v1/, which the
    v2 contract no longer lists.
  docs: https://developer.avis.com/guides#version-scheme
lifecycle_states:
  docs: https://developer.avis.com/guides#api-product-lifecycle
  states:
    - name: Designed
      description: API design is complete. Scheduled for development.
      availability: 'No; mock service should be enabled.'
    - name: Beta
      description: Operational, available to select customers for testing.
      availability: Select customers only.
    - name: Live
      description: Operational, fully-supported in staging and production.
      availability: New and existing customers.
    - name: Deprecated
      description: Available to existing customers only. Fully supported.
      availability: Existing customers only.
    - name: Retired
      description: Unpublished. No longer available at runtime.
      availability: 'No.'
deprecation:
  policy_documented: true
  policy_url: https://developer.avis.com/guides#api-product-lifecycle
  policy_summary: >-
    A deprecated API stays available and fully supported for existing customers (closed to new customers) until
    it is retired and unpublished. No notice period, no sunset timeline and no RFC 8594 Deprecation/Sunset
    header are stated — the policy names the states, not the clock.
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  deprecated_operations: []
  notes: >-
    No operation in the 9-operation OpenAPI carries `deprecated: true`. A Deprecation pointer is emitted for the
    published state policy; it is a weak policy (states without durations) and is recorded as such.
changelog:
  url: https://developer.avis.com/changelog
  artifact: changelog/avis-budget-changelog.yml
  notes: >-
    The portal ships a Change Log page (linked from the Support section) that currently contains a heading and no
    entries — 2026-09-18 capture of its markdown twin has zero dated items.
status_page:
  url: null
  notes: >-
    No status page found. status.avisbudgetgroup.com, status.avis.com and status.abgapiservices.com do not
    resolve; nothing on the portal links to one. No StatusPage pointer is emitted.
  probed:
    - {url: 'https://status.avisbudgetgroup.com', status: 'no-dns', checked: '2026-09-18'}
    - {url: 'https://status.avis.com', status: 'no-dns', checked: '2026-09-18'}
    - {url: 'https://status.abgapiservices.com', status: 'no-dns', checked: '2026-09-18'}
sla:
  published: false
  notes: No SLA, uptime commitment or support-response commitment is published on the portal; partner terms are contractual.
environments:
  - name: Stage / pre-prod
    base: https://stage.abgapiservices.com
    note: The only documented host. Reservations made here are not live.
  - name: Production
    base: null
    note: Issued with separate credentials after a launch request via the Contact Us page; host not published.
terms:
  url: https://www.avisbudgetgroup.com/home/terms-of-use
  note: Corporate Terms of Use (site-level); API partner terms are not published on the portal.