Explain your API versioning strategy for a public service and how you deprecate safely.

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Prefer explicit versioning, such as URI or header, so clients upgrade on their timeline. Keep backward compatibility for a window. Document changes and provide SDKs where possible. Announce deprecation, surface warnings in responses, and track usage per version. Use canaries and traffic shaping to remove old versions without surprise.

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GET /v2/orders  Accept-Version: 2

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