Platform Evolution Strategy

Acceso evolves through additive changes. Client integrations should not require frequent rewrites.

When something must change:

Deprecation and migration (what you should expect)

  • Public resources are grouped under explicit versions.

  • New capabilities can ship under the latest version without affecting older ones.

  • Older versions remain available while clients migrate.

What “versioned” means here

The goal is a stable external contract with fast internal iteration. This matches the Architecture/System Design boundary model.

  • Prefer adding over changing.

  • Prefer new endpoints over changing semantics in-place.

  • Prefer adding fields over renaming or retyping fields.

  • Gate breaking changes behind versioned namespaces.

  • Keep error formats stable for client automation.

These are the default rules for shipping changes:

Compatibility rules (practical)

  • A migration path is provided first.

  • The replacement is documented side-by-side with the old surface.

  • SDKs track the stable contract and help reduce integration drift.

What this unlocks

  • A new internal service or adapter is introduced.

  • Schemas are normalized to match existing conventions.

  • Observability and rate controls are applied at the gateway.

  • Docs and SDK updates ship with examples and edge-case notes.

Acceso grows by adding new domain capabilities. This is usually additive and isolated:

How new protocols are added

  • Integrate once, then adopt new venues without platform migrations.

  • Depend on predictable behavior even as internals improve.

  • Use Acceso as long-lived infrastructure in production systems.

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