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API Deprecation & Migration Experience Survey
Measures developer sentiment toward API deprecation timelines, guidance clarity, and migration burden to inform improvements in API lifecycle communication and support practices.
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API Deprecation & Migration Experience Survey
Welcome to the API Deprecation & Migration Experience Survey. This survey explores your experience with API or platform deprecations, including timeline fairness, guidance quality, and migration effort. Your responses will help improve how deprecations are communicated and managed. Participation is entirely voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers — we are interested in your honest opinions. All responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate. Estimated time: 6–8 minutes.
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20 questions · ~10 min
Q01
Multiple Choice
When did you most recently encounter an API or platform deprecation that affected your work?
- In the last 30 days
- 31–90 days ago
- 3–6 months ago
- 7–12 months ago
- Over 12 months ago
- I have not encountered one
Q02
Dropdown
Who initiated the deprecation you most recently experienced?
- Cloud platform provider
- SaaS or API vendor
- Open-source project maintainers
- Internal team at my company
- Hardware/device vendor
- Not sure
Q03
Multiple Choice
Was a specific removal or sunset date provided for the deprecation?
- Yes, a specific date
- No, only general timing (e.g., 'later this year')
- Not sure / wasn't stated
Q04
Dropdown
Approximately how many weeks of advance notice were you given before the deprecation took effect?
- Less than 1 week
- 1–2 weeks
- 3–4 weeks
- 5–8 weeks
- 9–12 weeks
- 13–26 weeks (3–6 months)
- More than 26 weeks (6+ months)
- Not sure
Q05
Opinion Scale
Overall, how fair was the deprecation timeline you experienced?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very unfairMax:Very fair
Q06
Dropdown
What is the minimum number of weeks of advance notice you consider fair for breaking API changes?
- Less than 1 week
- 1–2 weeks
- 3–4 weeks
- 5–8 weeks
- 9–12 weeks
- 13–26 weeks (3–6 months)
- More than 26 weeks (6+ months)
Q07
Opinion Scale
How clear was the deprecation guidance you received (e.g., migration documentation, changelogs)?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very unclearMax:Very clear
Q08
Opinion Scale
How would you rate the clarity of step-by-step migration instructions?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very poorMax:Excellent
Q09
Opinion Scale
How would you rate the quality of code examples or migration guides provided?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very poorMax:Excellent
Q10
Opinion Scale
How would you rate the completeness of the breaking-changes documentation?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very poorMax:Excellent
Q11
Opinion Scale
How much effort did the migration require for your codebase?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Minimal effortMax:Extreme effort
Q12
Ranking
Rank the following pain points from most to least impactful during your deprecation and migration experience.
- Understanding what changed
- Planning the migration timeline
- Refactoring code
- Updating dependencies
- Testing and validation
- Coordinating across teams
Drag to rank
Q13
Multiple Choice
Where did you first learn about the deprecation?
- Email notification
- In-product banner or console
- Release notes or changelog
- API response headers or warnings
- Documentation site
- Social media or community post
- Colleague or internal announcement
- I don't recall
Q14
Opinion Scale
After this deprecation experience, how did your trust in the vendor or provider change?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Decreased significantlyMax:Increased significantly
Q15
Dropdown
What is your primary role?
- Backend engineer
- Frontend engineer
- Full-stack engineer
- Mobile engineer
- DevOps / SRE
- Data / ML engineer
- Architect
- Engineering manager
- Product manager
- Other
Q16
Dropdown
How many years of professional software development experience do you have?
- Less than 1
- 1–3
- 4–6
- 7–10
- 11–15
- 16+
Q17
Dropdown
Approximately how many employees does your organization have?
- 1–10
- 11–50
- 51–200
- 201–1,000
- 1,001–5,000
- 5,001–10,000
- 10,001+
Q18
Dropdown
Which region are you primarily based in?
- North America
- Latin America
- Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Oceania
- Prefer not to say
Q19
Long Text
Based on your responses in this survey, what would make deprecation timelines and guidance clearer and fairer for you?
Q20
AI Interview
We'd like to explore your deprecation experience in a bit more depth. An AI moderator will ask a couple of follow-up questions based on your earlier responses.
Message
Thank you for your time — your feedback will directly inform how we improve deprecation practices and developer experience.
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
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Why this template
What this template is built to do — we found no directly comparable template from other survey tools to review.
What sets it apart
- Combines structured questions (timeline fairness, notice period, documentation clarity, migration effort) with an adaptive AI follow-up interview to probe the specific pain points a respondent flags, rather than relying only on fixed-choice answers
- Includes a dedicated ranking question to force prioritization of pain points and multiple opinion-scale items covering guidance clarity, code example quality, and documentation completeness so results are directly actionable for API/dev-relations teams
- Captures respondent context (role, years of experience, org size, region) enabling segmentation of migration-burden feedback by developer seniority or company size
- Closes with an open-text reflection question plus an AI-moderated follow-up interview, giving both quantifiable scores and rich qualitative detail on what would make deprecation timelines and support better
Frequently asked questions
What questions are in the “API Deprecation & Migration Experience Survey” template?
The template includes 20 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “When did you most recently encounter an API or platform deprecation that affected your work?” · “Who initiated the deprecation you most recently experienced?” · “Was a specific removal or sunset date provided for the deprecation?”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.
How long does this survey take to complete?
Respondents typically finish the 20 questions in about 10 minutes.
Can I customize this template?
Yes — every question, answer option, and the ordering is editable before you launch. You can add or remove questions, or ask the AI editor to rework the survey around your research goal.
Is this template free to use?
Yes. Open it in the editor and start customizing right away — no account required to try it, and the free plan covers launching your survey.
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