generated: '2026-08-12'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://ibotta.com/.well-known/ai-plugin.json + https://ibotta.com/bex-api/api-docs.json +
  live probes of status/changelog hosts 2026-08-12
versioning:
  scheme: info-version-only
  current_version: 1.0.0
  notes: >-
    info.version is 1.0.0. There is no version segment in the base path
    (https://api.ibops.net/bex-api), no version header documented, and no published version
    negotiation. A consumer cannot pin a version.
changelog:
  published: false
  notes: >-
    No API changelog or release notes located on any Ibotta host. home.ibotta.com/blog/ is a
    consumer/company blog and ipn.ibotta.com/resource-hub is marketing content; neither is a
    dated API changelog. No RSS/Atom feed served (home.ibotta.com/rss.xml 404).
status_page:
  published: false
  probes:
  - url: https://status.ibotta.com/
    status: 0
    note: Does not resolve.
  - url: https://ibottastatus.com
    status: 0
    note: Does not resolve.
  notes: No public status page for any Ibotta API surface. No StatusPage pointer emitted.
deprecation:
  policy_documented: false
  sunset_header: false
  notes: >-
    No deprecation or sunset policy published; no RFC 8594 Sunset/Deprecation headers
    documented. No Deprecation pointer emitted.
  deprecated_operations: []
sla:
  documented: false
observed_decay:
- surface: ChatGPT plugin manifest
  url: https://ibotta.com/.well-known/ai-plugin.json
  status: 200
  finding: >-
    The manifest is still served and still resolves to a live OpenAPI, but it targets the OpenAI
    ChatGPT plugin platform, which OpenAI retired in 2024 in favour of GPTs and later the Apps
    SDK. The document is therefore an orphaned agent surface: published, valid, and pointed at a
    consumer platform that no longer reads it. Its `description_for_model` still instructs a
    model to render an affiliate download link with utm_source=ChatGPT and to solicit feedback
    through a Google Form (https://forms.gle/PGdgkKYMei1rAwUo6).
- surface: Ibotta Product API backend
  url: https://api.ibops.net/bex-api/openai/search
  status: 401
  finding: >-
    The backend is still up (root 200) and rejects anonymous calls with 401 rather than 404 or
    410 — the surface has not been decommissioned, only closed.
- surface: First-party open-source packages
  finding: >-
    Every published Ibotta package's newest release predates 2024 (latest: sopstool v1.2.1,
    2023-05-18; atomic_cache 0.6.0, 2023-05-05; PyPI packages 2020–2021). See
    packages/ibotta-packages.yml.
ipn_partner_apis:
  lifecycle_documented: false
  notes: >-
    The Ibotta Performance Network partner APIs are documented only inside
    portal.ipn.ibotta.com (Auth0-gated). No public versioning, deprecation, SLA, or status
    commitment is discoverable for them.