API Verdict
API Verdict helps you decide whether an API anomaly is still your responsibility.
This site does not fix APIs. It defines where continued client-side effort stops being required.
When to use this site
Use API Verdict when:
- An API behaves unexpectedly across systems
- Requests are accepted but outcomes are unclear
- Retries and logging no longer provide clarity
- You are deciding whether to continue or stop debugging
If you are still implementing or testing basics, this site is not yet relevant.
What you will find here
Each page answers three questions:
- Is this behavior likely a client-side bug?
- Why does this pattern exist across systems?
- Where can you reasonably stop further effort?
These pages are judgments, not instructions.
Common API boundary patterns
- API returns 200 but nothing happens
- Requests succeed but no data changes
- APIs work intermittently or time out
- Retries cause duplicate operations
- Requests are accepted but throttled
Each reflects a boundary between acceptance and execution.
What this site avoids
- No tutorials
- No tools
- No code examples
- No platform-specific fixes
The goal is clarity, not completeness.
In cross-system integrations, knowing when to stop is often more valuable than knowing how to continue.