generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developers.taboola.com/backstage-api/reference/deprecated-endpoints,
  https://developers.taboola.com/backstage-api/changelog,
  https://developers.taboola.com/backstage-api/changelog/password-credentials-deprecation-notice,
  openapi/*.yml
provider: Taboola
providerId: taboola
api: Taboola Backstage API
description: |-
  Taboola runs a light but real lifecycle practice on the Backstage API: a path-pinned
  version that has never bumped, a dated public changelog with a `deprecated` entry type,
  and a standing "Deprecated endpoints" reference page that names each retired path and
  its replacement. What is missing is the machine-readable half — no Sunset or Deprecation
  response headers (RFC 8594), no dates attached to any deprecation, and no public status
  page. A consumer cannot learn a path is deprecated from the API itself, only from the
  docs.

versioning:
  scheme: path
  current: '1.0'
  base: https://backstage.taboola.com/backstage/api/1.0
  first_seen: '1.0 — no prior or successor version is published'
  bumps_recorded: 0
  policy_published: false
  note: >-
    68 changelog entries and no version bump. Additive change inside 1.0 is the de facto
    policy, including at least one behavior change on an existing call (2026-01-18:
    calling /campaigns with a network account now returns all network campaigns where it
    previously returned zero results).

deprecation:
  policy_published: true
  policy_url: https://developers.taboola.com/backstage-api/reference/deprecated-endpoints
  changelog_type: deprecated
  headers:
    sunset: false
    deprecation: false
    link: false
    rfc8594: false
  dates_published: false
  notice_period: not stated
  note: >-
    Deprecations are announced in prose with a named replacement, which is more than most
    of this cohort does — but with no sunset date and no runtime header, an integration
    keeps working until it does not.

deprecated:
  - item: OAuth2 password (resource-owner) grant
    kind: auth-flow
    announced: '2024-06-30'
    sunset: null
    replacement: OAuth2 client credentials flow
    source: https://developers.taboola.com/backstage-api/changelog/password-credentials-deprecation-notice
  - item: 'POST /{account_id}/campaigns/{campaign_id}/performance-video/items/'
    kind: endpoint
    name: Create a Motion Ad
    sunset: null
    replacement: bulkCreateItemsAcrossCampaigns or massCreateItems (unified item endpoints)
    source: https://developers.taboola.com/backstage-api/reference/deprecated-endpoints
  - item: 'GET /{account_id}/campaigns/{campaign_id}/performance-video/items/'
    kind: endpoint
    name: Get all Motion Ads
    sunset: null
    replacement: getAllCampaignItems
  - item: 'GET /{account_id}/campaigns/{campaign_id}/performance-video/items/{item_id}'
    kind: endpoint
    name: Get a Motion Ad
    sunset: null
    replacement: getCampaignItem
  - item: 'PUT /{account_id}/campaigns/{campaign_id}/performance-video/items/{item_id}'
    kind: endpoint
    name: Update a Motion Ad
    sunset: null
    replacement: updateCampaignItem or bulkUpdateItemsAcrossCampaigns
  - item: 'DELETE /{account_id}/campaigns/{campaign_id}/performance-video/items/{item_id}'
    kind: endpoint
    name: Delete a Motion Ad
    sunset: null
    replacement: deleteCampaignItem or bulkDeleteItemsAcrossCampaigns
  - item: marking_label_multi_targeting
    kind: field
    scope: campaign object
    sunset: null
    replacement: not stated
    source: https://developers.taboola.com/backstage-api/llms.txt
    note: Marked *DEPRECATED* inline in the campaign-fields index.

deprecated_in_openapi:
  count: 0
  note: >-
    No operation in openapi/ carries `deprecated: true`, including the five motion-ad
    operations the docs list as deprecated. The captured video-items spec
    (openapi/taboola-video-items-api-openapi.yml) describes the unified replacement paths
    (/video/items/), not the deprecated /performance-video/items/ paths.

status_page:
  published: false
  probed:
    - url: https://status.taboola.com
      status: 0
      note: DNS/connection failure — no host.
    - url: https://taboola.statuspage.io
      status: 200
      resolved_to: https://www.atlassian.com/software/statuspage
      note: >-
        Redirects to Atlassian's own marketing page, i.e. the subdomain is unclaimed. Not
        a Taboola status page.
  note: >-
    Taboola publishes no uptime or incident page for the Backstage API. Support routes
    through help.taboola.com and named account managers.

sla:
  published: false
  note: No public availability or latency commitment for the Backstage API.

support:
  help_center: https://help.taboola.com/
  developer_docs: https://developers.taboola.com/backstage-api/reference
  channel: >-
    Credentials, quota increases and high-volume coordination all route through a named
    Taboola account manager rather than a self-service console.

agent_surface_lifecycle:
  mcp_server: https://mcp.realize.com/mcp
  plugin_version: 0.3.0
  note: >-
    The Realize MCP server and the realize-claude-plugin are versioned independently of
    the Backstage API — the plugin carries its own CHANGELOG.md in
    github.com/taboola/realize-claude-plugin. Neither is covered by the Backstage
    changelog.