generated: '2026-07-25'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developer.empower.com/docs/status-and-maintenance;
  https://developer.empower.com/docs/go-production;
  https://developer.empower.com/api-catalog/oauth2-api;
  https://developer.empower.com/docs/get-started;
  https://www.empower.com/financial-professionals/experience/apis
versioning:
  scheme: semver-in-release-notes
  current:
    empower_oauth2_api: 2.3.0
  detail: >-
    Empower surfaces semantic versions in the public release notes on each API
    catalog page (OAuth 2.0 API v2.3.0 and v1.3.1 are visible anonymously).
    Canada Life pins a major version in the gateway path (/oauth2/v1/). No
    version negotiation header or version-support matrix is published.
  docs: https://developer.empower.com/api-catalog/oauth2-api
maturity_labels:
  detail: >-
    Empower labels every catalog entry with a lifecycle status shown to
    anonymous visitors: LIVE / "production" means the API is available in
    production; "Development" means a prototype or pilot is available. The
    sandbox portal additionally exposes a "test only" category filter. Both
    publicly listed APIs (Balance API, OAuth 2.0 API) are marked production.
  source: https://developer.empower.com/docs/get-started
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: unpublished
  detail: >-
    No deprecation policy, sunset schedule, RFC 8594 Sunset/Deprecation header
    support, or version end-of-life notice is published anywhere in the group.
    Absence is the finding.
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
  detail: >-
    No SLA or uptime target is published. Availability is communicated as a
    prose statement on the status page ("All production APIs are available at
    this time") rather than as a measured target.
status_page: https://developer.empower.com/docs/status-and-maintenance
status_page_detail: >-
  A hand-maintained availability and maintenance page rather than a live status
  dashboard - no component-level history, no incident feed, no subscribe
  option. It publishes the standing maintenance window (Sunday 12:00 am to
  12:00 pm MST) and the monthly deployment cadence (second weekend of every
  month).
release_cadence:
  deployments: second weekend of every month
  maintenance_window: Sunday 00:00-12:00 MST
go_to_production:
  self_serve: false
  detail: >-
    "For guidance to begin using your API in a production environment, contact
    us by clicking on Support at the top of this page." Promotion from the
    mock-data sandbox to stage and then to production is a human, ticketed
    process at every step.
  url: https://developer.empower.com/docs/go-production
roadmap:
  published: true
  url: https://www.empower.com/financial-professionals/experience/apis
  upcoming:
  - name: DC participant personal rate of return
    detail: Will allow clients to review the overall investment return for their participants' portfolios.
  - name: DC plan provisions
    detail: Will provide snapshots of current plan provisions.
  - name: DC investments
    detail: Will provide overviews of how plan assets are invested.
deprecated_operations: []