Deprecated: Deprecated features or services are scheduled to be retired in future.
Retired: Retirement is the end of the availability and support of feature or service. The feature/service is unavailable to customers as engineering investment has stopped. Customers may purchase extended support in some cases, at SLB discretion, to continue usage until the end of life.
End of life: All support and engineering investment stops when features/services reach end of life.
Extended Support Retired features or services are no longer supported. Customers may purchase paid programs for extended support to cover maintenance for as-is features/services (as available) until feature/service reaches end-of-life.
The following table describes the deprecation process for APIs.
Stage | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Deprecated | Announcement | SLB announces the end of support or deprecation for services, APIs, and endpoints through the Product updates link in Digital Help for the Developer Portal. Announcement lists the deprecated service or feature, deprecation start date, and recommended path of transition. |
| Deprecated tag | Deprecated APIs are tagged as "Deprecated" in the Developer Portal. Deprecated endpoints are marked with a strike-through (“ | |
| Deprecation period | After the feature or service is marked as deprecated, it will be available for the following period to allow consumers to transition. | |
| Retired | Extended support | Retired APIs and endpoints are no longer supported. Customers may purchase paid programs for extended support to cover maintenance for as-is features or services, if available, until the feature or service reaches end-of-life. |
| End of life | Access discontinued | The feature or service is unavailable and has reached end-of-life. |