Status - Alura API

Last updated 2026-10-15.

Part	Status
REST API (`https://api.alura.io/v1`)	Private beta
MCP server (`https://mcp.alura.io/mcp`)	Private beta
Fetching items Alura has never seen	Switched off
Refreshing stale items	Switched off
Trending products and shops, saved research	Coming before the public launch

What “switched off” means for you

Everything Alura already knows is served as usual. Until fetching is on:

opening a product or shop Alura has never seen answers 503 fetch_unavailable, free;
bulk lookups and keyword lookups list never-seen items in unfetched with the code fetch_unavailable;
data older than 14 days comes back with refresh: null instead of starting a refresh.

Freshness and new items explains how it works once it is on.

Reporting a problem

If calls fail and the error says retryable: true, retry with backoff first; Handling errors shows how. If it keeps failing, contact Alura support from the chat in platform.alura.io with:

the request_id from the response body or its Request-Id header;
the time of the call, in UTC;
the endpoint or MCP tool you called.

Never send your API key to support. Nobody at Alura will ask for it.