generated: '2026-08-12'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://docs.daz3d.com/public/software/dazstudio/6/change_log,
  https://docs.daz3d.com/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/start,
  https://github.com/daz3d
scope: >-
  Lifecycle of the Daz Studio application, its DAZ Script scripting API and C++ plug-in
  SDK, and the first-party DCC bridge plug-ins. There is no web API, so there is no
  web-API lifecycle to record.
versioning:
  scheme: build-number
  format: <major>.<yy>.<yyyy>.<build>
  example: 6.25.2025.23807
  semver: false
  documented_policy: false
  note: >-
    No published versioning or compatibility policy. The version number is a build number;
    nothing in the documentation states what a major bump guarantees or breaks. Consumers
    infer compatibility from the change log.
  channels:
  - General Release (production)
  - Public Build (Alpha/Beta testing)
deprecation:
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  note: >-
    No deprecation policy page, no RFC 8594 Sunset/Deprecation header surface (there is no
    HTTP API to carry them). Deprecations and removals in the scripting API appear only as
    change log line items. A "Porting Guide" for the DAZ Script 1 to DAZ Script 2
    migration is published in the reference guide, which is the closest thing to a
    published breaking-change path.
  porting_guide: https://docs.daz3d.com/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/start
  NO_DEPRECATION_POINTER: true
status_page:
  published: false
  probes:
  - url: https://status.daz3d.com/
    status: 0
    result: DNS NXDOMAIN — host does not resolve
  note: >-
    No status page found on any Daz-owned host. NO `StatusPage` pointer is wired into
    apis.yml. Incidents are communicated through the forums.
sla:
  published: false
  note: No SLA is published; the product is consumer/creator software, not a hosted service.
support:
  help_center: https://www.daz3d.com/help
  forums: https://www.daz3d.com/forums
deprecated_surfaces:
- name: Tafi / maketafi.com
  status: absorbed
  evidence:
    url: https://www.maketafi.com/
    http_status: 302
    redirect: https://www.daz3d.com/ai-training-data
  note: >-
    Tafi, Daz 3D's avatar/parent brand, no longer operates a separate web presence. Every
    maketafi.com host probed (www, api, docs, developer) 302s to the Daz 3D AI training
    data page. Any Tafi avatar API that was marketed under that brand is no longer
    reachable at a Tafi hostname.
- name: api.daz3d.com
  status: not-a-service
  evidence:
    url: https://api.daz3d.com/
    http_status: 302
    redirect: https://www.daz3d.com/
  note: >-
    The hostname resolves but returns 302 to the marketing site for every path probed. It
    is not an API host and must not be recorded as a baseURL.
maintenance_signal:
  note: >-
    First-party bridge plug-in releases have largely stalled while the application itself
    ships continuously — see packages/daz-3d-packages.yml `currency_finding`. DazToUnity
    last released 2023-08-12 and DazToUnreal 2023-09-05.