generated: '2026-08-12'
method: probed
source: >-
  Live probes of https://sbgi.net/ and https://sbgi.net/wp-json/ on 2026-08-12, plus a
  web search for a Sinclair developer program, status page or deprecation policy that
  returned nothing.
summary: >-
  Sinclair operates this API surface as site infrastructure, not as a product. There is
  no versioning policy, no deprecation policy, no Sunset or Deprecation headers, no SLA,
  no status page and no changelog. Consumers get whatever the corporate site's WordPress
  install happens to expose, and a plugin change or a theme rebuild can remove the
  first-party sbg/v1 routes without notice or announcement.
versioning:
  scheme: path-namespace
  documented: false
  current_versions:
    - namespace: wp/v2
      status: current
      note: Version pinned in the path. WordPress core has held wp/v2 stable since 2016.
    - namespace: sbg/v1
      status: current
      note: Sinclair's own namespace. v1 is the only version ever published.
    - namespace: oembed/1.0
      status: current
  breaking_change_policy: null
  announcement_channel: null
deprecation:
  policy_published: false
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  rfc8594: false
  deprecated_operations: []
  note: >-
    No operation in the derived spec is marked deprecated, and no route in the live
    index carries a deprecation flag. The absence of any policy is the finding: there
    is no commitment that these routes will exist tomorrow.
  evidence:
    - url: https://sbgi.net/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=2
      status: 200
      finding: no Sunset, Deprecation or Link rel="deprecation" headers on the response
stability_signals:
  - signal: rsn-map payload still carries Bally Sports branding
    detail: >-
      getRsnMap returns titles like "Bally Sports Wisconsin" and links to ballysports.com,
      a brand Sinclair's own investor materials describe as having been superseded — the
      RSNs moved to Main Street Sports Group and then to FanDuel Sports Network. The route
      is live and answers 200, but the data behind it has not been maintained through two
      rebrands. Treat it as a historical snapshot, not current carriage.
    observed_at: '2026-08-12'
  - signal: world-page returns success:false to anonymous callers
    detail: The route is published in the index and answers 200 with an empty result, which reads as a partially wired endpoint rather than a stable contract.
    observed_at: '2026-08-12'
sla:
  published: false
  uptime_commitment: null
  support_channel: https://sbgi.net/contact-us/
  support_note: A general corporate contact form. There is no developer support channel.
status_page:
  published: false
  url: null
  note: >-
    Searched for a Sinclair status page (status.sbgi.net, a statuspage.io or
    instatus-hosted page, and a status link on the corporate site) and found none.
    Sinclair publishes no availability signal for this surface.
changelog:
  published: false
  url: null
  note: >-
    No API changelog exists. https://sbgi.net/investor-relations/press-releases/ is a
    corporate press release feed, not a technical changelog, and never mentions the API.
platform_currency:
  origin: WP Engine
  edge: Cloudflare
  security_plugins_observed: [wordfence, wordfence-login-security]
  seo_plugin_observed: 'Yoast SEO v28.2'
  note: >-
    The stack is actively maintained as a website — current plugin versions, current
    WordPress core, TLS 1.3, HSTS, DMARC at p=reject. The maintenance is real; it is
    simply aimed at the website, not at API consumers.
docs: null