# GET /family stops working

Ensembl deprecated GET /family without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: Ensembl (rest.ensembl.org)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `GET /family`
- Source: [Changelog](https://github.com/Ensembl/ensembl-rest/wiki/Change-log)
- Verified: October 27, 2026, against Ensembl's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/ensembl/breaking-changes/get-family-stops-working/

## Ensembl's words

> [/family] Deprecated and removed the gene family endpoint

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