generated: '2026-08-17'
method: searched
source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8TjN7bCRdOnhrD5DjG02pmoGi4ylsGKmdCS-YV4jrg/edit
product_status: discontinued
end_of_life:
  announced_by: Powder team (first-party)
  notice_url: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8TjN7bCRdOnhrD5DjG02pmoGi4ylsGKmdCS-YV4jrg/edit
  notice_file: powder-end-of-life-notice.txt
  discovery: >-
    Found by probing the apex host. https://powder.gg/ serves an nginx rule that
    301-redirects every path to this document; the notice is therefore what the
    company's own domain returns for any URL other than the www marketing site.
  quote: >-
    "After 7 incredible years together, our journey with Powder has reached its end.
    We've stretched our financial capacities as far as possible, but we can no longer
    sustain the app. Starting today, the Powder app will no longer be updated or
    maintained. All active subscriptions are being cancelled so they won't renew."
  effects:
    - app no longer updated or maintained
    - all active subscriptions cancelled, no renewal
    - partial refunds attempted for yearly plans, not guaranteed
  date_stated_in_notice: null
  date_note: >-
    The notice is undated and says only "starting today", so no shutdown date can be
    recorded. Probed 2026-08-17 and already live. Recorded as null rather than guessed.
api_surface: none
api_surface_note: >-
  Powder shipped a consumer Windows desktop application (distributed via Steam, the
  Microsoft Store and Razer Cortex) with no public API, developer portal, SDK, webhook
  catalogue or machine-readable contract at any point discoverable in this pass. There
  is therefore no API versioning policy, deprecation policy, Sunset/Deprecation header
  support or SLA to record.
versioning: null
deprecation: null
sla: null
status_page: null
deprecated_operations: []
residual_surfaces:
- url: https://www.powder.gg/
  status: 200
  note: >-
    Marketing site still live and unretired — still advertises the free tier and the
    $9.99/mo Powder Pro subscription that the wind-down notice says has been cancelled.
    Treated as stale content, not as an active commercial offer.
- url: https://powderapp.notion.site/POWDER-T-C-fb5f1576921f4ec9a7fb9d243786ace3
  status: 200
  note: combined Terms & Conditions / Privacy Policy, still served
- url: https://powderapp.medium.com/
  status: 200
  note: blog; most recent post 2023-01-17. powder.gg/blog/ now 301s to the wind-down notice.
evidence:
- url: https://powder.gg/openapi.json
  status: 301
  note: 301 -> the wind-down notice; the apex redirects all paths there
- url: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8TjN7bCRdOnhrD5DjG02pmoGi4ylsGKmdCS-YV4jrg/export?format=txt
  status: 200
  note: verbatim notice text, saved to powder-end-of-life-notice.txt
- url: https://www.powder.gg/pro
  status: 200
  note: stale pricing page (Free $0 / Pro $9.99 per month)