generated: '2026-09-20'
method: derived
source: openapi/ozan-soft-openapi.yml (info.x-lifecycle-policy) + https://www.genderapi.io/terms
note: >-
  GenderAPI does not publish a dedicated deprecation-policy page or a status page. It DOES embed a
  formal lifecycle/deprecation policy in its OpenAPI contract (info.x-lifecycle-policy), captured
  below. No status.genderapi.io or status page was found.
versioning:
  scheme: uri-path
  current: v2
  note: >-
    apis.json declares the REST API version "2"; the OpenAPI document is versioned 1.0.0.
    Endpoints are unversioned in the path (/api, /api/email, ...).
deprecation:
  policy_embedded_in_contract: true
  source: openapi/ozan-soft-openapi.yml#/info/x-lifecycle-policy
  approved_at: '2026-09-15'
  minimum_notice_months: 6
  critical_enterprise_notice_months: 12
  notice_channels:
    - developer documentation
    - account email
  sunset_signaling:
    - documentation deprecation notice
    - Sunset HTTP header where technically applicable
  sunset_header: true
  breaking_change_definition: >-
    Removing or changing an accepted request transport, operation, response shape, field type,
    HTTP/application-error mapping, or errno value is a breaking change.
  compatibility: >-
    Existing legacy GET, authentication transports, JSONP or alternate response shapes, HTTP error
    mappings, and errno values remain operational until measured, announced, and migrated.
status_page: null
deprecated_operations: []