generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/api-changelog/
description: >-
  Lifecycle posture for the World News API. The provider runs an unversioned
  base URL, announces changes on a dated changelog page, publishes a public
  status page, and states per-plan uptime targets on its pricing page. It does
  not publish a standalone deprecation policy document; the deprecation
  commitments recorded here are the specific, dated notices published inside the
  changelog itself.
versioning:
  scheme: none
  in_path: false
  header: null
  current: '2.2.0'
  current_source: openapi info.version
  docs: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/api-changelog/
  note: >-
    https://api.worldnewsapi.com carries no version segment. The only version
    identifier the provider publishes is info.version in its OpenAPI document,
    which the SDKs track.
deprecation:
  policy_url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/api-changelog/
  policy_document: false
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  practice: >-
    Deprecations are announced as prose notices inside dated changelog entries.
    One notice carried an explicit removal date; one did not. No RFC 8594 Sunset
    or Deprecation response header is documented, and no operation or parameter
    in the published OpenAPI carries deprecated: true.
  notices:
  - announced: '2024-06-07'
    scope: extraction endpoint response fields
    fields: [author, image, video]
    replacements: [authors, images, videos]
    removal_date: '2024-12-31'
    status: past-removal-date
  - announced: '2024-10-21'
    scope: news search request parameter
    fields: [source-countries]
    replacements: [source-country]
    removal_date: null
    status: deprecated-no-date
deprecated_operations: []
deprecated_operations_note: >-
  No operation in openapi/_original/worldnewsapi-openapi-original.json is marked
  deprecated. The published contract carries no deprecation metadata at all, so
  the two notices above are discoverable only by reading the changelog page.
status_page:
  url: https://status.worldnewsapi.com/
  http_status: 200
  linked_from: [https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/, https://worldnewsapi.com/pricing/]
sla:
  published: true
  url: https://worldnewsapi.com/pricing/
  per_plan_uptime_target:
    Free: none
    Reporter: '99%'
    Journalist: '99.9%'
    Editor: '99.99%'
  note: >-
    Uptime targets are advertised as plan features on the pricing page. The
    pricing FAQ separately states "We guarantee 99.9% uptime for all plans",
    which contradicts the per-plan tier table on the same page; both readings
    are recorded here rather than resolved.
  credits_documented: false
support:
  free: https://discord.gg/GrmNknKHYD
  paid: email
  enterprise: scheduled phone
  note: Support channel is a plan feature - Discord on Free, email on Journalist, phone on Editor.
history_limits:
  free: 1 month
  paid: back to 2022-01-01
  source: https://worldnewsapi.com/pricing/
changelog: changelog/worldnewsapi-changelog.yml
sources:
- https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/api-changelog/
- https://worldnewsapi.com/pricing/
- https://status.worldnewsapi.com/