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title: "What are the best practices for versioning APIs and managing backward compatibility?"  
description: "What are the best practices for versioning APIs and managing backward compatibility?"  
author: "Amartya Singh"  
published: 2024-04-07  
updated: 2024-04-07  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/111894/what-are-the-best-practices-for-versioning-apis-and-managing-backward-compatibility  
category: "programming language"  
tags: ["programming language"]  

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# What are the best practices for versioning APIs and managing backward compatibility?




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