API governance and lifecycle
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In this lesson
design governance that guides teams without blocking them.
Planned topics
- Style guide: naming, errors, pagination, and security defaults so APIs feel alike.
- Review: a light design review before publishing, with automated linting where possible.
- Versioning: define what counts as breaking and how long old versions live.
- Lifecycle: draft, active, deprecated, retired, with dates and notice periods.
- A gateway without governance only centralizes inconsistency.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a lifecycle diagram with notice periods (verify with partner contracts) and a checklist the review board uses.
Check your understanding
What is a breaking change?
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One that makes a correct existing consumer fail, such as removing a field or changing its meaning.
Practice
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