# The Databases API is deprecated

Appwrite Cloud API deprecated /v1/databases* without giving a shutdown date yet.

Appwrite Cloud API has deprecated the Databases API without announcing a shutdown date. This deprecation affects all calls matching /v1/databases*, with the provider noting that document-based methods will no longer receive major upgrades. After shutdown, these calls will fail.

## What to use instead

Move to the TablesDB API under /v1/tablesdb using databases, tables, columns, and rows instead of /v1/databases with collections, attributes, and documents. Your existing data stays where it is.

- API: Appwrite Cloud API (cloud.appwrite.io)
- Kind: Version retirement
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `/v1/databases*`
- Source: [Announcement](https://appwrite.io/blog/post/product-update-august-2025)
- Verified: October 26, 2026, against Appwrite Cloud API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/appwrite-cloud-api/breaking-changes/the-databases-api-is-deprecated/

## Appwrite Cloud API's words

> The old document-based methods are now deprecated and will no longer receive major upgrades.

Okapi finds the calls this change hits in your repo and opens the pull request with the fix: https://github.com/apps/okapi-agent