generated: '2026-08-06'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/blob/main/SUPPORT.md
scope: >-
  oapi-codegen is a distributed open source code generator, not a hosted service.
  Lifecycle here is the release/support model of the software artifact, not an
  uptime or endpoint lifecycle. There is no hosted API and therefore no status page
  and no SLA — recorded as absent rather than unknown.
versioning:
  scheme: semver
  current: v2.8.0
  major_line: v2 (Go module path .../oapi-codegen/v2)
  docs: https://github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen#backwards-compatibility
  stability:
    stable:
      - generated code (SemVer applies primarily here)
      - the command-line interface
      - the configuration file format
    unstable:
      - importable pkg/ surface beyond Generate and its Configuration
      - user template overrides (inputs and contexts drift between releases)
support:
  policy_url: https://github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/blob/main/SUPPORT.md
  model: best-efforts, maintained by Core Maintainers outside of their day jobs
  supported_versions: latest minor release only
  backports: none (security patches may be backported case-by-case)
  toolchain_minimum: Go 1.25 (as of v2.8.0)
  toolchain_policy: >-
    The project deliberately resists bumping the `go` directive because
    source-tracked installation propagates the requirement to every consumer; no
    `toolchain` directive is mandated.
deprecation:
  policy_url: https://github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen#backwards-compatibility
  approach: >-
    Breaking behaviour changes are shipped with a named `compatibility:` option
    that restores the previous behaviour, rather than a timed sunset. Deprecated
    configuration keys remain readable and are annotated in the configuration
    reference (e.g. compatibility.circular-reference-limit — "deprecated: no
    longer used").
  deprecated_surfaces:
    - surface: command-line flags
      status: deprecated
      note: >-
        "While some command line options are supported, they should be considered
        deprecated, we just maintain them for backward compatibility, but we're not
        extending them." — README, Usage.
      replacement: YAML configuration file
    - surface: compatibility.circular-reference-limit
      status: deprecated
      note: no longer used
    - surface: output-options.yaml-tags
      status: superseded
      replacement: output-options.struct-tags (a `yaml` entry takes precedence)
  spec_extension: x-deprecated-reason (emits a GoDoc `Deprecated:` marker on the generated type)
status_page: null
sla: null
governance:
  url: https://github.com/oapi-codegen/governance
  model: Core Maintainer model; only Core Maintainers may review, merge, and release
  sponsorship:
    - https://github.com/sponsors/oapi-codegen
    - https://tidelift.com/funding/github/go/github.com%2Foapi-codegen%2Foapi-codegen%2Fv2
    - https://opencollective.com/oapi-codegen
release_history: changelog/oapi-codegen-changelog.yml
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