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July 1, 2022

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# GraphQL schemas will use the "@deprecated" directive for input fields and arguments

As of API version 2022-07 all GraphQL schemas will start using the "@deprecated" directive for input fields and arguments which have been deprecated. API versions 2022-04 and below will continue to use the description for deprecation warnings.

It is recommended you use a GraphQL client which supports deprecated input fields and arguments when using GraphQL API versions 2022-07 and above. For example graphql-js added support as of version [v15.5.0](https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/releases/tag/v15.5.0). See the [official GraphQL spec](https://spec.graphql.org/draft/#sec--deprecated) for more details.