generated: '2026-08-04'
method: searched
source: https://docs.passportglobal.com/ (Passport Global API v3.15 — info.description "Environments") + live probe
summary: >-
  Passport publishes a named testing environment that mirrors the production API path-for-path. It is not an open
  sandbox: it is key-gated exactly like production, keys come from the onboarding team, and Passport publishes no
  test data — no test tracking codes, no fixture orders, no simulated failure triggers, no time controls.
environments:
- name: testing
  base_url: https://api-stg.passportshipping.com/v3
  documented_as: 'Testing Environment: api-stg.passportshipping.com/v3'
  open_signup: false
  credential: X-Access-Token issued by the Passport onboarding team
  probe:
    url: https://api-stg.passportshipping.com/v3/ping
    fetched: '2026-08-04'
    http_status: 401
    body: 'Unable to access the requested resource, authorization failed.'
- name: production
  base_url: https://api.passportshipping.com/v3
  documented_as: 'Production Environment: api.passportshipping.com/v3'
  probe:
    url: https://api.passportshipping.com/v3/ping
    fetched: '2026-08-04'
    http_status: 401
key_model:
  test_vs_live_prefix: not published
  separate_keys_per_environment: true
  note: >-
    Keys are opaque values delivered out of band; Passport does not publish a test/live prefix convention
    (no sk_test_/sk_live_ equivalent), so a key cannot be identified as test or live by inspection.
test_data:
  test_tracking_codes: none published
  test_addresses: none published
  test_products: none published
  failure_triggers: none published
  time_simulation: none published
  note: >-
    The only environment-flavored values in the public spec are example artifacts of a staging run — a label URL
    on `stg-postage-label` and a tracking URL on `track-stg.passportshipping.com` — which appear as schema
    examples, not as callable test fixtures.
related_surfaces:
- name: Passport Portal
  url: https://portal.passportglobal.com/
  http_status: 403
  note: Customer dashboard; login-gated, no public demo or guest console.
- name: API console / try-it
  available: false
  note: Docs are rendered with Redoc, which has no interactive request execution.
gaps:
- No self-service sandbox signup — every environment requires an onboarding-issued key.
- No published test fixtures, magic identifiers, or error-simulation triggers.
- No interactive API console.
cross_links:
  authentication: authentication/passport-authentication.yml
  conventions: conventions/passport-conventions.yml