---
title: "Pinecone API changes, deprecations and deadlines | Harbyn"
description: "Pinecone: 0 upcoming deadlines and 12 recorded changes as of 2026-10-25, each with its source."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/vendors/pinecone"
last-updated: 2026-10-15
---

# Pinecone: API changes and deadlines

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/vendors/pinecone>.

AI models and APIs. 0 upcoming deadlines, 12 recorded changes. Every entry cites the Pinecone page we read it from.

## What we read

The Pinecone pages and feeds our ingestion visits, politely and on a schedule.

- **Changelog**: <https://docs.pinecone.io/release-notes>
- **Deprecations**: <https://docs.pinecone.io/reference/api/versioning>
- **Releases**: <https://api.github.com/repos/pinecone-io/pinecone-ts-client/releases?per_page=20>
- **Changelog**: <https://api.github.com/advisories?affects=@pinecone-database/pinecone,pinecone&per_page=20&sort=published&direction=desc>

## What the scanner looks for

How `harbyn scan` recognises Pinecone in a repository, on your machine. Nothing leaves it.

- **Packages**: `npm @pinecone-database/pinecone`, `pypi pinecone`
- **API hosts**: `api.pinecone.io`

## Upcoming deadlines

No upcoming Pinecone deadline in the feed right now.

## Change history

Newest first, by the date Pinecone announced it. This is the archive: past changes are not warnings, and changes we recorded after they took effect are marked as such.

### October 2026

- Oct 15, 2026, Feature: [On-demand indexes in BYOC](https://docs.pinecone.io/release-notes)
- Oct 14, 2026, Feature: [Export usage and cost data with the Admin API](https://docs.pinecone.io/release-notes)
- Oct 13, 2026, Policy: [Cross-region transfer fee for restores](https://docs.pinecone.io/release-notes)
- Oct 7, 2026, Retirement: [Pinecone Local reached end of life](https://harbyn.com/changes/pinecone/2026-10-07-pinecone-local-reached-end-of-life.md)

### September 2026

- Sep 28, 2026, Breaking change: [Pinecone Go SDK v7.0.0, a major version with breaking changes](https://harbyn.com/changes/pinecone/2026-09-28-go-sdk-v7-0-0-breaking-changes.md)
- Sep 15, 2026, Deprecation: [Assistant deprecates Gemini 2.5 Pro and o4-mini](https://harbyn.com/changes/pinecone/2026-09-15-assistant-deprecates-gemini-2-5-pro-and-o4-mini.md)
- Sep 15, 2026, Feature: [Gemini 3.5 Flash available for Assistant chat](https://docs.pinecone.io/release-notes)
- Sep 9, 2026, Breaking change: [pinecone-ts-client 9.0.0, a new major version](https://harbyn.com/changes/pinecone/2026-09-09-pinecone-ts-client-9-0-0.md)
- Sep 3, 2026, Breaking change: [Pinecone Python SDK v10.0.0, a major version with breaking changes](https://harbyn.com/changes/pinecone/2026-09-03-pinecone-python-sdk-v10-0-0-released.md)
- Sep 2, 2026, Feature: [Full-text search and Documents API generally available](https://docs.pinecone.io/release-notes)
- Sep 1, 2026, Feature: [BYOC uses FoundationDB for cluster metadata](https://docs.pinecone.io/release-notes)

### July 2026

- Jul 1, 2026, Deprecation: [cohere-rerank-3.5 deprecated](https://harbyn.com/changes/pinecone/2026-07-01-cohere-rerank-3-5-deprecated.md) (effective Aug 31, 2026; recorded after the fact)