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API Changelog

Track breaking changes, new features, and deprecations in the LightYear API.

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LightYear Team
Updated April 24, 2026
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v1.8.0 — January 2025

New Features

  • Kubernetes API: New endpoints for managing Kubernetes clusters and node pools
  • Floating IPs: POST /v1/floating-ips and POST /v1/floating-ips/:id/attach
  • Webhook events: Added snapshot.completed and backup.completed events

Improvements

  • Pagination now supports cursor-based pagination in addition to page
  • Server create response now includes estimated provisioning time

v1.7.0 — November 2024

New Features

  • Load Balancer SSL: Upload SSL certificates via POST /v1/ssl-certificates
  • Server Tags: Tag servers for organisation with tags field on create/update

Deprecations

  • GET /v1/servers/:id/bandwidth — use GET /v1/servers/:id/stats instead (removed in v1.9)

v1.6.0 — September 2024

Breaking Changes

  • Server create: os_id renamed to os (string slug, e.g. ubuntu-22-04)
  • Firewall rules: ip field renamed to source

Migration Guide

PYTHON
# Before (v1.5)
client.servers.create(os_id=387, ...)

# After (v1.6)
client.servers.create(os="ubuntu-22-04", ...)

v1.5.0 — July 2024

New Features

  • Object Storage API: Manage buckets and access keys programmatically
  • Block Storage resize: POST /v1/block-storage/:id/resize

Deprecation Policy

  • Deprecated features are supported for 6 months after announcement
  • Breaking changes are only introduced in major versions (v2, v3)
  • Subscribe to the API changelog newsletter for advance notice

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