Exa API · Behaviour change
startCrawlDate on POST /search stops working
Stopped working
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.
What to use instead of these calls
Remove startCrawlDate and endCrawlDate, and use the published date filters instead.
Calls it hits
POST /searchbody parameter startCrawlDate
startCrawlDate / endCrawlDate (deprecated request parameters): silently ignored from April 15.
Facts
- API
- Exa API
api.exa.ai - Kind
- Behaviour change
- Announced
- April 1, 2026
- Takes effect
- April 15, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Announcement
- Last updated
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