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The Deprecation HTTP Header Field
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You're saying wrong solution but point to the right solution in the same standard?
Is your issue with the field name only? Why do you say wrong solution then?
Yeah, sorry. My comment was maybe too curt.
My thoughts are similar to those shared by @Domi in a top comment. If an API user is expected to be wary enough to check for such a header, then they would also be wary enough to check the response of an endpoint dedicated to communicating such deprecation info, or wary enough to notice API requests being redirected to a path indicating deprecation.
I mentioned Zapier or Clearbit as examples of doing it in what I humbly consider the wrong way, but still a way that doesn't bloat the HTTP standard.