name: VNG Realisatie ZGW Changelog
generated: '2026-10-09'
method: searched
source:
- https://vng-realisatie.github.io/gemma-zaken/standaard/
- https://vng-realisatie.github.io/gemma-zaken/standaard/zaken/release_notes.html
scheme: semver per API, bundled into ZGW releases
current_version: ZGW 1.7 (Zaken API 1.7.0); ZGW September 2026 release in concept (Zaken API 1.8.0)
entries:
- version: ZGW September 2026 (concept)
  date: '2026-09-16'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Concept consultation opened Wednesday 16 September with feedback deadline 30 September
  - Zaken 1.8.0, Catalogi 1.4.0, Documenten 1.8.0, Notificaties 1.1.0
  - 'Zaken 1.8.0: PUT operation added to /rollen; obsolete business rule zrc-025 (expand scope) removed'
  note: Date is the consultation opening ("woensdag 16 september") for the concept release, not a final release date.
- version: ZGW 1.7
  date: '2026-06-09'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - 'Zaken API 1.7.0: warning when a zaakeigenschap does not meet its Catalogi specification; endpoint to reserve zaaknummer(s);
    endpoint for notes on a zaak'
  - Catalogi 1.3.3, Documenten 1.7.0, Autorisaties 1.1.0
- version: ZGW 1.6
  date: '2026-03-20'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Zaken 1.6.0, Catalogi 1.3.2, Documenten 1.6.0
- version: Zaken API 1.5.1
  date: '2023-09-26'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - HEAD operation response body removed (#2328)
  - Required fields made optional in PATCH (#2067)
  - expand parameter added to _zoek (#2345)
- version: Zaken API 1.2.1
  date: '2023-08-30'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Zaken API versie 1.2.1 withdrawn (teruggetrokken)
- version: Zaken API 1.5.0
  date: '2023-08-22'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - expand functionality to fetch related data in one call
  - Zaaktype can be changed (#2223)
- version: Zaken API 1.4.0
  date: '2023-03-21'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Filter zaken to be archived (#2139)
  - Filter on more than one zaaktype (#2072)
note: Breaking flags are false because the release notes do not mark any change as breaking; not independently verified.