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+# ⚠️ Deprecation Notice
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+**AutoRest and its ecosystem(including avocado) is deprecated and was retired on July 1, 2026.**
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+AutoRest is no longer under active development. No new features, language generators, or plugins will be added.
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+### ✅ Recommended replacement: TypeSpec
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+The recommended successor to AutoRest is **[TypeSpec](https://typespec.io/)** — a modern, actively developed API description language and code generation platform.
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 # Avocado
 
 Another Validator of OpenAPI spec repository Configuration And Directories.