intermediate · evolution

Renaming status to state

Is renaming response field `status` to `state` a breaking change? How would you actually do it?

Practical scenario

A platform team renames `status` to `state` for consistency in a Friday deploy, and by Monday three partner dashboards show every order as blank.

What it tests

  • • Recognizing a rename as remove + add
  • • The additive migration sequence
  • • Telemetry-driven removal decisions