Migrating from Box

Box became boat on September 15, 2026. The product, the account, the machines and the data stay the same. Two words replace the word “box”: Your existing Box endpoints, CLI integrations, SDK packages, environment variables and hosted URLs still work. boat has not decided the retirement policy yet. The Sunset header is a migration warning only. It is not a shutdown that boat has implemented. It is also not a promise of permanent support.

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Timeline

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The rename in one table

These items do not change:

• IDs (bx_...) and snapshot IDs.
• The X-Ascii-* headers (X-Ascii-Confirm-Delete and the webhook headers) and Idempotency-Key. They are the current names.
• sandboxId on API keys. It already said sandbox.
• All of your data.

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Am I done?

Check each item:

• Your API client logs show no Sunset header.
• Your scripts do not call a box binary. The reminder line no longer shows.
• pip show ascii-box-sdk and npm ls @asciidev/box-sdk return nothing.
• GET /api/v1/webhooks lists webhooks with sandbox.* events.
• Your published links say on.boat.dev.

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Retirement policy

boat currently keeps these legacy items:

• The legacy API routes.
• The binary and environment aliases.
• The hosted addresses.

The October 31 header does not cause a 410 Gone. It does not disable installed clients. It does not remove DNS. boat must still make an explicit policy decision on the scope and time of a future retirement. This guide does not promise a shutdown on that date. It also does not promise permanent support. Questions: see Support.

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