The third version of the Compute API was broadly discussed and worked on during the Havana and Icehouse release cycles. Current discussions indicate that the V2 API will remain for many releases, but this is a great time to evaluate the Compute API and provide comments while it is being defined. Of particular note is the decision that the V3 API will not support XML messages—being JSON only. This was based on the poor testing of existing XML responses in the V2 API and the lack of effort to continue to develop and maintain an entire second response type. Feedback on this and any such change is welcome by responding to the user survey.
