---
slug: "azure-container-registry-2017-03-01-ga-api-retirement"
title: "Azure Container Registry: 2017-03-01-GA API retirement"
summary: "Retirement of the 2017-03-01-GA API of Azure Container Registry: Sep 2026. After that date, this API version no longer works."
cloud: "azure"
service: "Azure Container Registry"
service_slug: "container-registry"
category: "api_sdk"
type: "retirement"
announced_date: "2023-09-29"
effective_date: "2026-09-01"
effective_precision: "month"
replacement: null
affected_versions: ["2017-03-01-GA"]
source_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=we-re-ending-support-for-the-20170301ga-api"
extra_source_urls: ["https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/templates/microsoft.containerregistry/allversions"]
vendor_ref: "we-re-ending-support-for-the-20170301ga-api"
last_checked_at: "2026-11-12T09:55:19.345Z"
created_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
updated_at: "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z"
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---

# Azure Container Registry: 2017-03-01-GA API retirement

Retirement of the 2017-03-01-GA API of Azure Container Registry: Sep 2026. After that date, this API version no longer works.

- Effective date: Sep 2026 (month precision: the vendor gives no day)
- Cloud: [Azure](https://eolwatch.dev/cloud/azure.md)
- Service: [Azure Container Registry](https://eolwatch.dev/services/azure/container-registry.md)
- Type: Retirement
- Category: [API or SDK](https://eolwatch.dev/categories/apis-sdks.md)
- Affected versions: 2017-03-01-GA
- Replacement: Not stated by vendor
- Announced: 29 Sep 2023
- Official source: [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=we-re-ending-support-for-the-20170301ga-api)
- Last checked: 12 Nov 2026

## What breaks

After the retirement date, the 2017-03-01-GA API no longer works. Microsoft asks users of this API to move to a newer version of the ACR API to avoid errors from using a deprecated API. The API may also be consumed through one or more SDKs.

## Who is affected

### Affected versions

- `2017-03-01-GA`

### Matching resource types

- `azapi_resource`
- `azapi_update_resource`

### Fields the check reads

- `apiversion`
- `azapi_type`

### Detected by the estate check from

- Terraform state or plan (JSON)
- ARM template

## What to do

1. Move to a newer version of the ACR API. See the [list of supported versions](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/templates/microsoft.containerregistry/allversions).
2. If you consume this API through an SDK, update to a newer version of the SDK. See the [list of SDKs and their latest versions](https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk/releases/latest/index.html?search=containerregistry).

## Replacement

Not stated by vendor.

## Sources

- [Official source](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=we-re-ending-support-for-the-20170301ga-api) (azure.microsoft.com, Official)
- [Additional source](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/templates/microsoft.containerregistry/allversions) (learn.microsoft.com, Official)

Last checked against the first source in this list on 12 Nov 2026.

Page: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-container-registry-2017-03-01-ga-api-retirement | JSON: https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-container-registry-2017-03-01-ga-api-retirement.json

The text on this page is drafted with AI assistance from the vendor's text, checked against the official source and approved by a person before it is published.