
Alyssa Morgan worked on the GSA/open-gsa-redesign repository, focusing on API cleanup for the Regulations.gov platform. She deprecated and removed POST endpoints for submitting comments, along with related submission keys and file-upload handling, to streamline the API and reduce its surface area. Using Markdown and YAML, Alyssa updated the API documentation and OpenAPI specification to reflect these changes, ensuring clarity for client migration and improved security. Her technical writing and API documentation skills supported a safer, more maintainable API, providing clearer migration paths for users and enhancing stability for consumers relying on read-only workflows during the ongoing platform redesign.

January 2025-09 monthly summary focused on API cleanup within the GSA/open-gsa-redesign project. Delivered deprecation of POST endpoints for posting comments in Regulations.gov API, including removal of related submission keys and file-upload handling. Updated API documentation and OpenAPI spec to reflect the deprecation and removal of POST-based workflows. Change tracked under commit 422f264c2487dddcc3837f9ce7520f7eea39d6a0, which removed POST API language and associated validations from Regulations.gov API examples. This work reduces API surface area, mitigates security risks, and helps streamline client migration as part of the Regulations.gov redesign. Key outcomes include improved stability for consumers relying on read paths, clearer migration paths for API users, and a safer, more maintainable API surface for the ongoing redesign.
January 2025-09 monthly summary focused on API cleanup within the GSA/open-gsa-redesign project. Delivered deprecation of POST endpoints for posting comments in Regulations.gov API, including removal of related submission keys and file-upload handling. Updated API documentation and OpenAPI spec to reflect the deprecation and removal of POST-based workflows. Change tracked under commit 422f264c2487dddcc3837f9ce7520f7eea39d6a0, which removed POST API language and associated validations from Regulations.gov API examples. This work reduces API surface area, mitigates security risks, and helps streamline client migration as part of the Regulations.gov redesign. Key outcomes include improved stability for consumers relying on read paths, clearer migration paths for API users, and a safer, more maintainable API surface for the ongoing redesign.
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