# web3.storage legacy API stops working

Calls to web3.storage legacy API stopped working on January 9, 2024.

## What to use instead

Move uploads to another storage service: the w3up client is deprecated, the upload host of its successor (Storacha, up.storacha.network) no longer resolves, and web3.storage now redirects to fil.one.

No successor stands: web3.storage became Storacha, which now redirects to fil.one, another product; choosing a storage service is the team’s call.

- API: Web3 (api.web3.storage)
- Kind: Version retirement
- Announced: November 14, 2023
- Takes effect: January 9, 2024
- Calls after that day: fail
- Source: [Announcement](https://blog.web3.storage/posts/the-data-layer-is-here-with-the-new-web3-storage)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against Web3's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/web3/breaking-changes/web3-storage-legacy-api-stops-working/

## Web3's words

> The legacy web3.storage upload API and pinning service API will sunset on January 9, 2024.

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