# GET /rest/api/2/search is deprecated

Jira and Confluence Cloud REST APIs deprecated GET /rest/api/2/search without giving a shutdown date yet.

Jira and Confluence Cloud REST APIs deprecated GET /rest/api/2/search without a shutdown date, noting that the endpoint is currently being removed. Once removed, requests to this endpoint fail.

## What to use instead

Call GET /rest/api/2/search/jql instead. The replacement pages with nextPageToken instead of startAt and returns only ids unless fields are requested.

- API: Jira and Confluence Cloud REST APIs (*.atlassian.net)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: October 31, 2024
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `GET /rest/api/2/search`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v2/api-group-issue-search/)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Jira and Confluence Cloud REST APIs's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/jira-and-confluence-cloud-rest-apis/breaking-changes/get-rest-api-2-search-is-deprecated/

## Jira and Confluence Cloud REST APIs's words

> Endpoint is currently being removed.

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