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- CREATED: API metadata is added to the API Store, but it is not visible to subscribers yet, nor deployed to the API Gateway.
- PUBLISHED: API is visible in API Store, and eventually published (if the "Propagate Changes to API Gateway" option is selected at publishing time).
- DEPRECATED: API is still deployed into API Gateway (available at run-time to existing users) but not visible to subscribers. An API can automatically be deprecated when a new version is published.
- RETIRED: API is unpublished from the API gateway and deleted from the store.
- BLOCKED: Access is temporarily blocked. Run-time calls are blocked and the API is not shown in the API store anymore.
The API life cycle is exposed in the API publisher's end-user Web interface and is only visible to and manageable by a user who is assigned the "publisher" role. For instructions on creating a user with the "publisher" role, refer to section User Management.
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1. Log in to WSO2 API Publisher as a user who has been assigned the "publisher" role. For example,
2. From the "All APIs" window that opens, click on the API you want to publish.
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