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One way is to rewrite version N endpoints to use version N+1 endpoints. You just need to ensure clients can handle null/empty data so that when some requested data is depreciated, you don't break old apps. The increased latency from N conversion calls also encourage the oldest clients to migrate without breaking backwards comparability.


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