# POST /application.change_stage is deprecated

Ashby API deprecated POST /application.change_stage without giving a shutdown date yet.

The provider has deprecated the POST /application.change_stage endpoint without setting a shutdown date. Calls made to this route are slated for removal and will fail once it is taken offline.

## What to use instead

Call POST /application.changeStage instead.

- API: Ashby API (api.ashbyhq.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /application.change_stage`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/applicationchange_stage.md)
- Verified: October 26, 2026, against Ashby API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/ashby-api/breaking-changes/post-application-change-stage-is-deprecated/

## Ashby API's words

> Deprecated. Use application.changeStage instead.

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