API Changelog & Version History
GaiaEx API changelog — new endpoints, breaking changes, deprecations, and version history with dates.
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Overview
This page tracks notable changes to the GaiaEx API, documentation, and WebSocket streams. Subscribe to our announcements channel for advance notice of breaking changes.
VERSIONING
The GaiaEx API follows the GaiaEx Unified Futures URL versioning standard (/fapi/v1/* and /fapi/v2/*) at https://openapi.gaiaex.com.
2026-10-19 — GaiaEx Unified Futures (/fapi/v1 & /fapi/v2) Drop-In Compatibility
API & Authentication
- Added full 1:1 drop-in compatibility with GaiaEx Unified Futures across
/fapi/v1/*and/fapi/v2/*athttps://openapi.gaiaex.com - Standardized API authentication on the
X-MBX-APIKEYheader with query-string / form-bodyHMAC-SHA256signatures (timestamp,recvWindow,signature) - Added automatic server-side wallet resolution from
X-MBX-APIKEY— clients never need to pass a wallet address in requests - Added full public market data parity:
GET /fapi/v1/ping,/fapi/v1/time,/fapi/v1/exchangeInfo,/fapi/v1/depth,/fapi/v1/trades,/fapi/v1/aggTrades,/fapi/v1/klines,/fapi/v1/continuousKlines,/fapi/v1/markPriceKlines,/fapi/v1/indexPriceKlines,/fapi/v1/premiumIndex,/fapi/v1/fundingRate,/fapi/v1/ticker/24hr,/fapi/v1/ticker/price,/fapi/v1/ticker/bookTicker,/fapi/v1/openInterest, and/fapi/v1/leverageBracket - Added full authenticated trading & account parity:
POST/DELETE/PUT/GET /fapi/v1/order,DELETE /fapi/v1/allOpenOrders,GET /fapi/v1/openOrders,GET /fapi/v1/allOrders,GET /fapi/v2/balance,GET /fapi/v2/account,GET /fapi/v2/positionRisk,POST /fapi/v1/leverage,POST /fapi/v1/marginType,GET /fapi/v1/userTrades, andPOST/PUT/DELETE /fapi/v1/listenKey - Standardized error responses on negative GaiaEx Unified Futures error codes (
-1000through-4028)
2026-04-04 — Documentation Overhaul
Documentation
- Added this Changelog page
- Moved Calculator endpoints from API Reference to Reference section as "Formulas & Calculations" — added offline computation formulas for PnL, liquidation price, target price, max open position, and average entry
- Updated Quick Start — API keys are created via the GaiaEx mobile app (Settings > API Keys)
- Expanded Rate Limits documentation — added IP-level limits,
Retry-Afterheader details, ban escalation policy, and WebSocket recommendation - Added HTTP 502/503 retry guidance with unknown execution status warnings for order endpoints
API
- Fixed
POST /calculator/open-price— request example corrected to useentry_price/quantityfields (was incorrectlyprice/size) - Updated HMAC auth examples across all 10 languages to use
X-MBX-APIKEYand standard/fapi/v1/*query-stringHMAC-SHA256signing - Fixed code generator to properly handle DELETE, PUT, and POST HTTP methods on
/fapi/v1/* - Fixed Nginx WebSocket rewrite for
/wallet/location onws.gaiaex.com
2026-03-31 — API Documentation Launch
Documentation
- Launched API documentation at
https://www.gaiaex.com/en_US/docs - 18 documentation pages covering REST, WebSocket, and account management
- Interactive code panel with 10-language code generation
- Live "Send API Request" testing for public endpoints
API
- Full REST coverage across market data, perpetual futures trading (
/fapi/v1/*&/fapi/v2/*), spot trading, and account management - 5 WebSocket streams: 3 public (perp market, spot market, USDT market), 1 private (user data), 1 wallet
X-MBX-APIKEYHMAC-SHA256 and Bearer session authentication- 167+ perpetual symbols (133 USDC-margined + 34 USDT-margined perps; crypto, RWA, ventures)
- Spot trading with 50+ tokens
- Calculator utility endpoints (PnL, liquidation, target price, max open, average entry)