API Design · Senior · Question 55 of 75

How can you detect which clients would break before changing an API's behavior?

✓Correct answer: Log and analyze real usage per client (fields read, parameters sent, endpoints called) and run contract tests against recorded traffic
2There's no way
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Explanation

Usage data turns 'we think nobody uses this' into a verified fact.

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