Product Lifecycle
This page provides the current lifecycle status of our developer products and services. For real-time availability and latency status, see devstatus.twitch.tv.
Important Dates
- January 25, 2022 - Extensions CSP enforcement begins
- February 7, 2022 - First shutdown window for Legacy Twitch API v5
- February 28, 2022 - Shutdown date for Legacy Twitch API v5
- March 15, 2022 - Shutdown date for Get Banned Events, Get Moderator Events, and Get Subscription Events
API Endpoint and Subscription Classifications
| Tag | Description |
| NEW | Functionality that has been recently released. |
| BETA | Functionality that is considered to be in public beta and not intended for use in production environments. All aspects of this functionality including query parameters and response structure are subject to change without notice. While exploring this functionality, please provide your feedback in the UserVoice Developer Forum. Unless otherwise noted, EventSub subscriptions that were released as a public beta will be available for 30 days after their v1 version is released. Subscriptions should be updated to v1 during this timeframe. Any active beta subscriptions beyond 30 days will be automatically deleted. |
Product Status Definitions
Developer products and services can be in one of the three statuses. This table provides context for the availability of a product or service given its current status.
| Status | Availability | Maintenance | Notification |
| Active | Live in production. | Actively maintained with bug and security fixes. New features may be added. | An announcement is posted when a new product or product feature is available. Changelog is updated. |
| Deprecated | Live in production. | Only major bug and security fixes are made. New features are not added. | An announcement is posted when a product or product feature is deprecated. Direct emails may be sent to developers. Changelog is updated. Decommission and shutdown plan will be announced at time of deprecation or at a later date. |
| Decommissioned | No longer available in production. | Service is no longer maintained. | Previous announcements may be updated. Further announcements and emails are possible. |
Current Product Status
Active
| Product | Related Announcements |
| Authentication: OIDC tokens | |
| Authentication: User access tokens | |
| Authentication: App access tokens | |
| Chat (IRC) | |
| Drops | The Latest Twitch Drops Features to Empower Community Moments |
| Embedding Twitch: Everything | |
| Embedding Twitch: Chat | |
| Embedding Twitch: Video & Clips | |
| Extensions | |
| EventSub | Twitch API and EventSub Summer Recap for 2021 |
| EventSub: Webhooks | |
| Insights & Analytics | |
| Mobile Deep Links | |
| Pubsub | |
| Twitch API | Twitch API and EventSub Summer Recap for 2021 |
| Twitch CLI | Launched version 1.0 |
Deprecated
| Product | Note |
| Twitch API: v5 | Legacy Twitch API v5 Shutdown Details and Timeline |
| Get Banned Events Get Moderator Events Get Subscription Events |
Deprecation of Twitch API event endpoints that supported WebSub-based webhooks |
Decommissioned
| Product | Note |
| WebSub-based webhooks | Decommissioned in September 2021 |
| Create and Delete Follows API Endpoints | Decommissioned in July 2021 |
| Quarterly Insights Reports | Decommissioned in April 2021 |
| Legacy Drops | Decommissioned in March 2021 |
| Chat rooms | Decommissioned in January 2020 |
| Twitch API: v3 | Decommissioned in September 2019 |