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`/authorizations_url` is still a thing in the `/` endpoint under `2026-03-10` contrary to the documentation

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
63/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
openapi
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by locating the OpenAPI description for the GET / endpoint and compare its 2026-03-10 representation with the breaking-change documentation. Check how the /authorizations endpoint is represented and whether authorizations_url remains in the root response description. Done means the API description is consistent with the documented removal, with relevant validation passing if available.

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Description

documentation

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/about-the-rest-api/breaking-changes?apiVersion=2026-03-10 says:

Remove authorizations_url from the API root (GET /) The OAuth Authorization API has been deprecated since 2020.

So, why do I still see it advertised?

% curl -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' -v https://api.github.com
* Host api.github.com:443 was resolved.
* IPv6: (none)
* IPv4: 140.82.112.5
*   Trying 140.82.112.5:443...
* Connected to api.github.com (140.82.112.5) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers h2,http/1.1
* (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/cert.pem
*  CApath: none
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Unknown (8):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, CERT verify (15):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256 / [blank] / UNDEF
* ALPN: server accepted h2
* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=*.github.com
*  start date: Jul  2 00:00:00 2026 GMT
*  expire date: Sep 29 23:59:59 2026 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "api.github.com" matched cert's "*.github.com"
*  issuer: C=GB; O=Sectigo Limited; CN=Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV E36
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
* using HTTP/2
* [HTTP/2] [1] OPENED stream for https://api.github.com/
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:method: GET]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:scheme: https]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:authority: api.github.com]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:path: /]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [user-agent: curl/8.7.1]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [accept: */*]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [x-github-api-version: 2026-03-10]
> GET / HTTP/2
> Host: api.github.com
> User-Agent: curl/8.7.1
> Accept: */*
> X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10
> 
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/2 200 
< date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:57:00 GMT
< cache-control: public, max-age=60, s-maxage=60
< vary: Accept,Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
< x-github-api-version-selected: 2022-11-28
< access-control-expose-headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset, Warning
< access-control-allow-origin: *
< strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
< x-frame-options: deny
< x-content-type-options: nosniff
< x-xss-protection: 0
< referrer-policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
< content-security-policy: default-src 'none'
< server: github.com
< content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< x-github-media-type: github.v3; format=json
< etag: W/"4f825cc84e1c733059d46e76e6df9db557ae5254f9625dfe8e1b09499c449438"
< accept-ranges: bytes
< x-ratelimit-limit: 60
< x-ratelimit-remaining: 59
< x-ratelimit-used: 1
< x-ratelimit-resource: core
< x-ratelimit-reset: 1787335024
< content-length: 2396
< x-github-request-id: EC51:D6220:10C4771:382890A:6A888360
< x-github-edge-region: iad
<
{
  "current_user_url": "https://api.github.com/user",
  "current_user_authorizations_html_url": "https://github.com/settings/connections/applications{/client_id}",
  "authorizations_url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations",
  "code_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/code?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
  "commit_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/commits?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
  "emails_url": "https://api.github.com/user/emails",
  "emojis_url": "https://api.github.com/emojis",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/events",
  "feeds_url": "https://api.github.com/feeds",
  "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/user/followers",
  "following_url": "https://api.github.com/user/following{/target}",
  "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/gists{/gist_id}",
  "hub_url": "https://api.github.com/hub",
  "issue_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/issues?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/issues",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/user/keys",
  "label_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/labels?q={query}&repository_id={repository_id}{&page,per_page}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/notifications",
  "organization_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}",
  "organization_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/repos{?type,page,per_page,sort}",
  "organization_teams_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/teams",
  "public_gists_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/public",
  "rate_limit_url": "https://api.github.com/rate_limit",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}",
  "repository_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
  "current_user_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/user/repos{?type,page,per_page,sort}",
  "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/user/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
  "starred_gists_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/starred",
  "topic_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/topics?q={query}{&page,per_page}",
  "user_url": "https://api.github.com/users/{user}",
  "user_organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/user/orgs",
  "user_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/users/{user}/repos{?type,page,per_page,sort}",
  "user_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/users?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}"
}
* Connection #0 to host api.github.com left intact
% curl -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' -v https://api.github.com/authorizations                       
* Host api.github.com:443 was resolved.
* IPv6: (none)
* IPv4: 140.82.112.6
*   Trying 140.82.112.6:443...
* Connected to api.github.com (140.82.112.6) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers h2,http/1.1
* (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/cert.pem
*  CApath: none
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Unknown (8):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, CERT verify (15):
* (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256 / [blank] / UNDEF
* ALPN: server accepted h2
* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=*.github.com
*  start date: Jul  2 00:00:00 2026 GMT
*  expire date: Sep 29 23:59:59 2026 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "api.github.com" matched cert's "*.github.com"
*  issuer: C=GB; O=Sectigo Limited; CN=Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV E36
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
* using HTTP/2
* [HTTP/2] [1] OPENED stream for https://api.github.com/authorizations
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:method: GET]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:scheme: https]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:authority: api.github.com]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [:path: /authorizations]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [user-agent: curl/8.7.1]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [accept: */*]
* [HTTP/2] [1] [x-github-api-version: 2026-03-10]
> GET /authorizations HTTP/2
> Host: api.github.com
> User-Agent: curl/8.7.1
> Accept: */*
> X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10
> 
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/2 404 
< content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< x-github-media-type: github.v3; format=json
< access-control-expose-headers: ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, X-GitHub-Edge-Region, Deprecation, Sunset
< access-control-allow-origin: *
< strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
< x-frame-options: deny
< x-content-type-options: nosniff
< x-xss-protection: 0
< referrer-policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
< content-security-policy: default-src 'none'
< vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
< server: github.com
< date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:59:36 GMT
< x-ratelimit-limit: 60
< x-ratelimit-remaining: 57
< x-ratelimit-used: 3
< x-ratelimit-resource: core
< x-ratelimit-reset: 1787335024
< content-length: 106
< x-github-request-id: EC61:A4D59:1090247:3763643:6A8883F8
< x-github-edge-region: iad
< 
```json
{
  "message": "Not Found",
  "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest",
  "status": "404"
}
* Connection #0 to host api.github.com left intact
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