generated: '2026-08-09'
method: derived
source: openapi/nutrientsdb-sample-api-openapi.yml + https://www.nutrientsdb.com/sitemap.xml
description: >-
  Lifecycle posture for the NutrientsDB Sample API. Recorded as much for what is absent as for what
  is present: there is no status page, no deprecation policy, no SLA, no changelog, and no version
  in the URL. For a free companion API to a licensed dataset that is a defensible position, but a
  consumer should not build a dependency on it expecting notice before a change.
versioning:
  scheme: none-in-path
  current: 1.0.0
  declared_in: OpenAPI info.version
  in_url: false
  in_header: false
  date_based: false
  notes: >-
    https://www.nutrientsdb.com/api/foods carries no version segment. A breaking change would be
    served at the same URL. Clients should pin against the captured spec in openapi/ and diff.
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  deprecated_operations: []
  notes: No RFC 8594 Sunset or Deprecation headers observed on live responses.
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
  published: false
status_page:
  url: null
  found: false
  notes: >-
    No status.nutrientsdb.com, no /status route, and no status entry in the published sitemap.
changelog:
  url: null
  found: false
  notes: >-
    The site publishes a /blog (two dated posts as of this pass) but no API changelog or release
    notes. The dataset sample on GitHub and Hugging Face carries commit history, which is the
    closest thing to a change record for the data itself.
support:
  contact_page: https://www.nutrientsdb.com/contact
  channels: [contact-form]
data_lifecycle:
  product: >-
    The commercial product is a one-time-license downloadable dataset (~2.9M foods, 86 nutrient
    fields, 180+ countries), not a subscription API. Refresh cadence for the licensed dataset is
    not published.
  sample_mirrors:
    - https://github.com/colinearstudio/nutrientsdb-sample
    - https://huggingface.co/datasets/colinearstudio/nutrientsdb
  sample_last_modified: '2026-08-02'
  notes: >-
    The Hugging Face dataset card reports lastModified 2026-08-02, which is the most reliable
    public freshness signal for the sample.
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-08-09'
  probes:
    - url: https://www.nutrientsdb.com/sitemap.xml
      http_status: 200
      note: 13 URLs; no status, changelog, or deprecation page listed.
    - url: https://www.nutrientsdb.com/api/foods?id=2923506
      http_status: 200
      note: No Sunset, Deprecation, or Warning headers present.
    - url: https://huggingface.co/api/datasets/colinearstudio/nutrientsdb
      http_status: 200
      note: lastModified 2026-08-02T13:36:32.000Z.