Slack Cuts API Access for Apps Outside Its Marketplace
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CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterThe changelog is dated May 29, 2025: "New non-Marketplace applications and new installations of existing non-Marketplace applications will be subject to the updated rate limits immediately, as of May 29, 2025."[1]
Slack slashed conversations.history and conversations.replies to one request a minute and 15 messages for commercially distributed apps outside its Marketplace, and rewrote its API terms to curb bulk data exports.