Deprecated XML-RPC `browse()` method no longer works

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Posted Sep 25, 2026 - 15:35 UTC

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The deprecated XML-RPC `browse()` method has been removed and turned into an error response.

After being abused for multiple days and triggering long outages for all users, this deprecated method has been removed from the generally-deprecated XML-RPC API.

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Posted Sep 25, 2026 - 15:34 UTC
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