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The open tier runs twelve months behind

This page is what the type field of the error points at. Every answer this API refuses carries one, and it is a stable address rather than a version of the docs.

The refusaloutside-the-open-window
When it happens
The date asked about falls inside the last twelve months, or knownOn asks what was known after the cut — which is a question about today.
What to do
Send a key, or ask about a date the open tier covers: the answer names the most recent open period, or says there is none. Everything older is also published as files, with no key.
The shape of the answerRFC 9457

Problem details: type, title, status and detail, plus whatever the individual failure can usefully add. The detail is written for the person reading the log, and names the parameter or the id that caused it.

The fields every problem carries
typeThis page’s address. Stable.
titleThe open tier runs twelve months behind
status402
detailWhat went wrong, in this request.

The full list of failures, with the schema, is in the API documentation.