generated: '2026-08-09'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://docs.everclear.org/developers/api.md, https://docs.everclear.org/llms.txt,
  https://docs.everclear.org/resources/subgraphs/mainnet.md,
  https://crypto.news/clear-collapses-48-as-everclear-shuts-down-protocol/,
  https://www.theblock.co/post/402252/clear-token-tanks-48-everclear-winds-down-protocol-foundation-labs-unit;
  host status from direct probes on 2026-08-09
status: sunset
summary: >-
  Everclear (prev Connext) announced on 2026-05-21 that the protocol had been sunset, along
  with the Everclear Foundation and its labs/research arm. The published statement was "The
  protocol has been sunsetted. To our knowledge, no funds are stuck — any remaining TVL was
  withdrawn by users and partners." The developer documentation at docs.everclear.org is
  still served and still publishes the full OpenAPI, but every runtime host behind it is
  gone. This artifact records that gap so the archived contract in openapi/ is not mistaken
  for a callable API.
versioning:
  scheme: unversioned
  mechanism: >-
    No version segment in the path and no version header documented. The OpenAPI declares
    info.version 1.0.0 for the "Chimera API" and the servers[] entries carry no version
    prefix.
  current: '1.0.0'
  docs: https://docs.everclear.org/developers/api
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: false
  notes: >-
    No deprecation policy, no RFC 8594 Sunset/Deprecation header support, and no advance
    notice mechanism was ever published. The protocol shutdown was announced on social media
    and the API host was taken offline; the documentation was not updated to say so.
sla:
  url: null
  public_uptime_target: null
  notes: No SLA or uptime commitment published.
status_page: null
status_page_notes: >-
  No status page was found for Everclear or Connext. status.everclear.org and
  status.connext.network do not resolve to a status service.
host_status:
  checked: '2026-08-09'
  hosts:
    - url: https://api.everclear.org
      role: production API server (OpenAPI servers[])
      http_status: 530
      note: Cloudflare edge answers 530 for every path — the origin is unreachable.
    - url: https://api.testnet.everclear.org
      role: testnet API server (OpenAPI servers[])
      http_status: 0
      note: >-
        Resolves to an AWS ELB hostname in eu-west-3 that no longer accepts connections; no
        TCP handshake completes.
    - url: https://everclear.org
      role: marketing site
      http_status: 0
      note: TLS handshake fails (TLSV1_ALERT_INTERNAL_ERROR) — no valid certificate served.
    - url: >-
        https://api.goldsky.com/api/public/project_clssc64y57n5r010yeoly05up/subgraphs/everclear-hub/production-v0.0.1/gn
      role: Hub subgraph (documented GraphQL query URL)
      http_status: 404
      note: 'Goldsky returns {"statusCode":404,"message":"Subgraph not found."}'
    - url: >-
        https://api.goldsky.com/api/public/project_clssc64y57n5r010yeoly05up/subgraphs/everclear-spoke-mainnet/production-v0.0.1/gn
      role: Ethereum Spoke subgraph (documented GraphQL query URL)
      http_status: 404
      note: Same 404 for every documented spoke subgraph (base, arbitrum tested identically).
    - url: https://docs.everclear.org/developers/api.md
      role: developer documentation + published OpenAPI
      http_status: 200
      note: Still served. This is where the archived spec in openapi/ came from.
    - url: https://www.connext.network/
      role: legacy Connext marketing site
      http_status: 200
      note: Still served; banners "Connext is now Everclear" and links to the dead everclear.org.
timeline:
  - date: '2017-06-08'
    event: Connext GitHub organization created.
  - date: '2024-06-03'
    event: Everclear GitHub organization (everclearorg) created.
  - date: '2024-10'
    event: Connext rebrands to Everclear; the clearing-layer positioning is introduced.
  - date: '2025-01'
    event: NEXT token swapped 1:1 to CLEAR.
  - date: '2025-04'
    event: Everclear mainnet launch.
  - date: '2026-05-21'
    event: >-
      Everclear announces the protocol, foundation and labs unit are wound down; the
      protocol is described as already sunset with no funds stuck.
deprecated_operations: []
deprecated_operations_note: >-
  No operation in openapi/connext-everclear-openapi.yml carries deprecated: true. The whole
  surface is retired de facto rather than by spec annotation.