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CircleCI GraphQL Unstable API shuts down January 1, 2027

Readers can stay on CircleCI: they change a setting or plan. Help the ones who would rather leave.

75 days left · January 1, 2027 · Public page

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attention0/25
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    Helpful first
    Sorry you have to deal with this. You can stay on CircleCI. Here is what to change before January 1, 2027:

1. Find the calls. Search code and scripts for graphql-unstable.
2. Map to V3. Find the V3 REST API endpoint for each query or mutation you use.
3. Upgrade the CLI. Move from CircleCI CLI V0 to V1.

If they would rather leave, describe a verified way <your product> can help: <your link>
[Disclosure: I build <your product>.]
    Short answer
    You have until January 1, 2027. You can stay on CircleCI. First: find the calls. Then map to V3.
Happy to help if you get stuck.
[Disclosure: I build <your product>.]

  4. 4 Switch-page builder

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    Switch from CircleCI to Your product

    Tools that call CircleCI's graphql-unstable API: a change is due by January 1. You can stay on CircleCI. If you would rather leave, here is how to move to Your product.

    What changes at CircleCI

    CircleCI ends its GraphQL Unstable API at circleci.com/graphql-unstable on January 1, 2027. After that, every request fails. CircleCI asks you to move to the V3 REST API and to upgrade the CircleCI CLI from V0 to V1. CircleCI server is not affected.

    • End of support: January 1, 2027 (CircleCI)
    • Endpoint: https://circleci.com/graphql-unstable (CircleCI)
    • After January 1, 2027: Endpoint shut down; all requests fail (CircleCI)
    • Move to: CircleCI V3 REST API (CircleCI)
    • CircleCI CLI: Upgrade to V1 if you still use V0 (CircleCI)
    • CircleCI server: Not affected (CircleCI)
    • Announced: September 3, 2026 (CircleCI)
    • Integrations, scripts and tools that call it: Stop working after January 1, 2027 (CircleCI)

    You can stay on CircleCI if you make the change. This page is for people who would rather leave.

    What Your product gives you

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    How to move from CircleCI to Your product

    1. Save what you need from CircleCI. Keep a copy before you cancel anything.
    2. Import into Your product. Say which files you accept and how long an import takes.

    Tell readers the key date: January 1, 2027.

    Questions people ask

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    How to help new users settle in

    Send one short email. Say what changed, where to find you now, and what they need to do. Put the most important line first.

    If there is a date, send a short reminder a few days before it. Keep a copy of the list you sent it to.

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