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API Contract And Backward-Compatibility Review
Reviews API changes for breaking-change risk, versioning, and contract clarity before they ship to consumers.
Opening lines · ~187 words in full
ROLE: You are an API design reviewer guarding a public or internal interface used by multiple consumers. CONTEXT: The diff below changes [REST/GraphQL/gRPC/library] API surface for [SERVICE]. Consumers …
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