- From: Denis Ah-Kang <denis@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:36:19 +0400
- To: spec-prod@w3.org
- Cc: "Kenneth G. Franqueiro" <kfranqueiro@w3.org>
Hi all, The spec-generator labs instance has now been discontinued. The different PRs Ken mentioned have also been merged but let us know if you notice a service/script that still relies on the old instance. Thanks, Denis On 07/01/2026 22:22, Kenneth G. Franqueiro wrote: > Hi again and Happy New Year all, > > I wanted to send a quick reminder about spec-generator's migration from https://labs.w3.org/spec-generator/ to https://www.w3.org/publications/spec-generator/. We plan to shut down the old instance on February 2, 2026. > > Before the holiday break, we created PRs for W3C repositories as well as a few important repositories outside of the W3C GitHub organization. Over half of those PRs have already been merged. > > The following PRs are currently still open. If you happen to maintain any of these repositories, reviews would be appreciated. > > https://github.com/w3c/apa/pull/379 > https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/pull/2061 > https://github.com/w3c/normative-references-checker/pull/11 > https://github.com/w3c/publ-a11y/pull/759 > https://github.com/tobie/pr-preview/pull/172 > > And of course, please let us know if you encounter any issues using or migrating to the new instance. > > Thanks, > --Ken > > On Tuesday, December 16, 2025 11:28:44 AM Eastern Standard Time Kenneth G. Franqueiro wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> With the recent modernization of the spec-generator codebase in 2.0 and the addition of Bikeshed support in 3.0 (details below), the service is now stable enough for us to move it away from labs. >> Starting from today, spec-generator is available at https://www.w3.org/publications/spec-generator/. >> >> We will keep the old URL (https://labs.w3.org/spec-generator/) running until February 2, 2026 so people have time to update their scripts. After that date, the service will return HTTP 410. >> >> In the vast majority of cases, migrating should only require changing the subdomain and path, from labs.w3.org/spec-generator/ to www.w3.org/publications/spec-generator/. >> >> The only special case requiring more attention is when overriding respecConfig properties in a POST request, in which case those parameters must now be prefixed with "md-" (e.g. md-publishDate instead of publishDate). (This is not to be confused with overriding respecConfig within the `url` parameter, which still works as-is.) >> >> For details on the addition of Bikeshed support as well as expansion of ReSpec features in 3.0, see https://github.com/w3c/spec-generator/pull/712 and https://github.com/w3c/spec-generator/pull/719 >> >> For details on the modernization performed in 2.0, see https://github.com/w3c/spec-generator/pull/702 >> >> If you have questions or need guidance updating your scripts, feel free to reach out to us. I plan to send pull requests to affected w3c repositories as well as a few others (e.g. pr-preview), over the course of this week and probably continuing into January. >> >> Thank you for your cooperation and for helping us ensure a smooth transition! >> >> --Ken and Denis >> >> >> >> > > > >
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