Community Organization End of Service Notice
Who is affected, what to do and alternative services.

The free community organization on platform.42Crunch.com for API security testing is no longer available, It went End of Life on July 31, 2024. Users can activate our updated Freemium Audit and Scan services at any time instead - see information below.

What does this mean for you?

This means that any free account in the free community organization ceased to exist after that date and all data was deleted. This also means that any IDE or CICD tokens generated from the community organization also stopped working. 

How will this affect free IDE users, POC users, or current customers?

Free users who use the freemium token generated directly in the IDE (not from the community tenant IDE token) can continue to access the freemium services in their IDE (usage limitations apply). POC users and paying customers will not be affected by the change.

What do I need to do before the deprecation date?

  • Make sure to export any OpenAPI definitions from the community organization prior to July 31, 2024 as all data will be irrevocably deleted after that date.
  • Use our OpenAPI Editor extension in the IDE (VS Code, IntelliJ or Eclipse) to generate a freemium token to ensure continued use our API Security testing tools.

Why is the free community organization being removed?

We have made significant improvements to the freemium services of our API security testing tools in the developer IDEs such as VS Code. Not only have we recently introduced a free version of API Scan but we have also provided users the ability to run both API Audit and API Scan locally. These recent updates are currently in beta, and generous usage allowances are in place for the period of the beta. All users in the free community organization are invited to move to these free versions. 

I get an error message in the IDE when I try to audit an OpenAPI or Scan and API. What should I do?

If you are using a community IDE token then yes you will get an error. This is because all tokens that were generated from the community organization are no longer valid. Please follow the instructions below to replace the community token with a free user token.

How do I replace the Community IDE token with a Free User Token in VS code?

If you used a community token in your IDE then this token will no longer work after July 31, 2024. To switch to a new free token you first need to remove the old token.  Please follow these steps:

  1. Open Settings by using "42Crunch: Open Settings" command.
  2. Go to the "42Crunch Platform / Connection Screen
  3. Make sure that the "Platform IDE Token" is selected
  4. Remove / delete the existing IDE Token from the IDE token field.
  5. Close Settings.

To request a new token then click Audit/Scan code lens or Audit toolbar button.

  1. You should see a dialog box prompting you for your email so we can email you a free user token.
  2. Once you receive the new token you can add it to the dialog box and save to start running API security tests again.

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