Vault Data Standard and Vault API Changes

[pmartick]

Which blogs, pages, etc. should I follow or regularly check if I want to see all API changes/updates that relate to Vault and Vault Data Standard?

For example, in the update from Vault 2026.3 to .4 the behavior of "$dsWindow.DataContext.PathAndFileNameHandler.SuggestedVaultPath" changed without my knowledge breaking functionality in my custom scripts.

It may be related to an error fix notated on the 2026.4 help page but of course while they list the error code and a vague description they don't link it to the support page of that code making it difficult to find it and possibly get more details.

Thanks.

[josebaqueror · Accepted solution]

There isn't one clean feed that catches everything, and VDS is the worst for it because behavior changes like the SuggestedVaultPath one you hit often don't make the release notes. What I'd track: 1. The Vault SDK itself. Each release ships a readme and API-changes doc in the SDK folder (plus the DataStandard default files). Read it every version. 2. The Autodesk Platform Services (APS) blog and this Vault Customization board for the Data and Web API side. 3. The beta / feedback program, which is where you get early warning before a change ships. The practical defense for the undocumented VDS changes: after every update, diff the shipped default DataStandard configuration (the default Configuration.xml and the standard .ps1/.xaml files) against the previous version's. Keep your own customizations isolated from the defaults so the diff stays clean. That's how you catch the silent ones like PathAndFileNameHandler before they bite in production. Are you mostly tracking VDS (DataStandard) behavior, or the .NET / Data API? The channels differ a bit, so I can point you more precisely.

[pmartick]

I'm mainly interested in VDS at this time but it is of course utilizing Vault and Inventor API's in the background so I will have to keep track of those.

Keeping track of API changes for Inventor is easy since the API guide is directly accessible from Inventor and the What's New section details changes in each annual and patch release:

etc.

Requiring us to find and install an SDK to then find the API Guide to Vault is completely unnecessary in my opinion. I understand a separate installer for templates and such but not for the guide. It should be directly accessible from Vault just like Inventor. The Vault SDK API guide also doesn't detail updates in each patch release as far as I can tell, just annual release differences.

I'll try signing up for the vault beta program and hopefully that will be helpful to catch any API changes in the future.

Thanks @josebaqueror