generated: '2026-07-27'
method: searched
source: https://api.voltus.co/docs/openapi/voltus-api-reference
description: >-
  Voltus versions by date in the URI path and communicates change through a
  dated, RSS/Atom-published changelog. It publishes no formal deprecation policy,
  no SLA and no public status page - but it does ship real, dated deprecation
  notices with a named replacement field, and it has retired an auth mechanism
  and a whole API version in public.
versioning:
  scheme: date-in-uri-path
  current: '2022-04-15'
  current_base_url: https://api.voltus.co/2022-04-15
  previous: ['2020-12-30']
  latest_redirect: api.voltus.co always redirects to the latest version.
  docs: https://api.voltus.co/docs/openapi/voltus-api-reference
  breaking_changes_in_current:
    - Renamed "Facilities" to "Sites"
    - Entity IDs are now strings instead of ints
    - New authorization header X-Voltus-API-Key
    - 'Removed support for Authorization: Bearer header'
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  notices:
    - item: dispatches.sites[n].drop_by
      kind: field
      announced: '2023-12-13'
      url: https://api.voltus.co/docs/changelog/deprecated-field-drop-by
      replacement: dispatches.sites[n].commitment
      status: still served
      note: >-
        Announced deprecated in December 2023; the field is still present in the
        published schema and still returned by the sandbox (verified 2026-07-27),
        carrying the same value as commitment. No sunset date was given.
    - item: 'Authorization: Bearer'
      kind: authentication scheme
      announced: '2022-04-15'
      url: https://api.voltus.co/docs/openapi/voltus-api-reference
      replacement: 'X-Voltus-API-Key header'
      status: removed
    - item: test key "secret" on api.voltus.co
      kind: credential
      announced: '2023-11-21'
      url: https://api.voltus.co/docs/changelog/test-key-moved-to-sandbox-environment
      replacement: same key against sandbox.voltus.co
      status: removed
  deprecated_operations: []
support_windows:
  note: >-
    No published support window for the 2020-12-30 version. Voltus states only
    that the current version is 2022-04-15 and lists the previous version.
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
  note: No public SLA or uptime commitment is published for the API.
status_page: null
status_page_note: >-
  No status page exists. status.voltus.co does not resolve and voltus.statuspage.io
  is not provisioned (it redirects to Atlassian's marketing site) - probed 2026-07-27.
change_communication:
  changelog: https://api.voltus.co/docs/changelog
  rss: https://api.voltus.co/docs/changelog/rss.xml
  atom: https://api.voltus.co/docs/changelog/atom.xml
  cadence: irregular; 17 entries between 2023-10-11 and 2026-07-01
  see: changelog/voltus-changelog.yml
onboarding_lifecycle:
  docs: https://api.voltus.co/docs/concepts/start-earning-with-voltus
  stages:
    - Signed Letter of Authorization and utility bill per site
    - Kick-off meeting
    - Software integration (REST or OpenADR 2.0a) against the sandbox
    - Sandbox integration test suite must pass
    - Production integration test (self-scheduled test dispatch)
    - Per-site production dispatch verification
    - Market registration