# GitHub: [Scheduled] Sunsetting API Authentication via Query Parameters, and the OAuth Applications API

> GitHub maintenance “[Scheduled] Sunsetting API Authentication via Query Parameters, and the OAuth Applications API” on 2021-08-11: impact maintenance (vendor’s label), 2 d, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/6gpzw3mdnkwj
Last updated: 2021-08-13T14:00:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): maintenance (maintenance)
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2021-08-11 14:00 UTC · Resolved: 2021-08-13 14:00 UTC · Duration: 2 d
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/6gpzw3mdnkwj](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/6gpzw3mdnkwj)
- [Company: GitHub](https://rewindex.com/company/github.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2021-08-13 14:00 UTC: The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

_From the vendor’s published history: only the final update text is available for incidents before Rewindex began polling this page._

## Cite this

Maintenance posted by GitHub, started 2021-08-11 14:00 UTC, resolved after 2 d, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/6gpzw3mdnkwj
- Citation: GitHub, “[Scheduled] Sunsetting API Authentication via Query Parameters, and the OAuth Applications API” (2021-08-11 14:00 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/6gpzw3mdnkwj (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[GitHub: Scheduled Sunsetting API Authentication via Query Parameters, and the OAuth Applications API (2021-08-11)](https://rewindex.com/company/github/incidents/6gpzw3mdnkwj)`


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