API Design · Senior · Question 66 of 75
What are scheduled 'brownouts' when retiring an API version?
- 1Reducing server power to save energy
- 2Slowing down all responses permanently
- ✓Correct answer: Planned short periods where the deprecated version returns errors, so clients that missed the notices discover the dependency before final shutdown
Explanation
Brownouts turn silent dependencies into visible, recoverable incidents. Announce them in advance.