# The Dispatch API is deprecated

Vonage API deprecated /v0.1/dispatch* without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: Vonage API (api.nexmo.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: August 31, 2025
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `/v0.1/dispatch*`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer.vonage.com/en/dispatch/overview)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/vonage-api/breaking-changes/the-dispatch-api-is-deprecated/

## What to use instead

Send with failover directly in the Messages API (POST /v1/messages with a failover list).

## Vonage API's words

> Product deprecation notice From August 31st 2025, the Vonage Dispatch API will be closed to new users, though the product will continue to be supported for existing users.