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ab21c7f805 refactor: Cal.diy (#28903)
* feat: Cal.diy — community-driven MIT-licensed fork of Cal.com

This squashed commit contains all Cal.diy changes applied on top of calcom/cal.com main:

- Rebrand Cal.com to Cal.diy across the entire codebase
- Remove Enterprise Edition (EE) features, license checks, and AGPL restrictions
- Switch license from AGPL-3.0 to MIT
- Remove docs/ directory (migrated to Nextra at cal.diy)
- Remove dead code: org tests, EE tips, platform nav, premium username, SAML/SSO, etc.
- Clean up .env.example for self-hosted Cal.diy
- Update Docker image references to calcom/cal.diy
- Update README, CONTRIBUTING.md, and issue templates for Cal.diy community fork
- Add PR welcome bot for Cal.diy contributors
- Fix API v2 breaking changes oasdiff ignore entries
- Replace Blacksmith CI runners with default GitHub Actions

3893 files changed, 20789 insertions(+), 411020 deletions(-)

Co-Authored-By: [email protected] <[email protected]>

* refactor: remove org-specific /organizations/:orgId endpoints from API v2 atoms controllers (#1701)

Co-authored-by: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: revert Cal.diy Inc to Cal.com, Inc. in license files, copyright notices, and package metadata (#1702)

Co-authored-by: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

* rip out org related comments in api v2

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title, impact, impactDescription, tags
title impact impactDescription tags
Never Introduce Breaking API Changes CRITICAL Maintains developer trust and prevents integration nightmares api, stability, versioning, backwards-compatibility

Never Introduce Breaking API Changes

Impact: CRITICAL

Once an API endpoint is public, it must remain stable. Breaking changes destroy developer trust and create integration nightmares for our users.

Strategies for avoiding breaking changes:

  • Always add new fields as optional
  • Use API versioning when you must change existing behavior
  • Deprecate old endpoints gracefully with clear migration paths
  • Maintain backward compatibility for at least two major versions

Incorrect (breaking change):

// v1 - Original response
interface BookingResponse {
  id: number;
  startTime: string; // ISO string
}

// v1 - Breaking change: renamed field
interface BookingResponse {
  id: number;
  start: string; // Renamed from startTime - BREAKS CLIENTS
}

Correct (non-breaking evolution):

// v1 - Original response
interface BookingResponse {
  id: number;
  startTime: string;
}

// v1 - Non-breaking: add new field, keep old one
interface BookingResponse {
  id: number;
  startTime: string; // Keep for backwards compatibility
  start: string; // New preferred field
}

When you must make breaking changes:

  • Create a new API version using date-specific versioning in API v2
  • Run both versions simultaneously during transition
  • Provide automated migration tools when possible
  • Give users ample time to migrate (minimum 6 months for public APIs)
  • Document exactly what changed and why

Reference: Cal.diy Engineering Blog