# startCrawlDate on POST /search stops working

Calls to POST /search, body parameter startCrawlDate on Exa API stopped working on April 15, 2026.

On April 15, 2026, the startCrawlDate body parameter on POST /search stops working. Requests sending this parameter will fail as it is silently ignored starting on that date.

- API: Exa API (api.exa.ai)
- Kind: Behaviour change
- Announced: April 1, 2026
- Takes effect: April 15, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /search`, `body parameter startCrawlDate`
- Source: [Announcement](https://exa.ai/docs/changelog)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/exa/breaking-changes/startcrawldate-on-post-search-stops-working-2/

## What to use instead

Remove startCrawlDate and endCrawlDate, and use the published date filters instead.

## Exa API's words

> startCrawlDate / endCrawlDate (deprecated request parameters): silently ignored from April 15.