As you create APIs you want to be able to test, temporarily make an API unavailable, or deprecate the API as it becomes outdated. Secure API Manager provides a tool in the Publisher that allows you to view and manage the lifecycle of an API. This tool shows the six possible states of an API: created, prototyped, published, blocked, deprecated, and retired.
You can view the lifecycle of the API and manage the different stages through the Publisher. When you view an API, there is a Lifecycle tab that you use to manage the different lifecycle stages. Use the following information to help you manage your APIs with the lifecycle tool.