API Design Review overview

Structured cross-team review triggered whenever a team proposes a new public or internal API contract. The proposing team documents endpoints, data schemas, error codes, and versioning strategy in an API design document or OpenAPI spec. A review panel of architects, backend engineers, and consumer-team leads evaluates the design for consistency, backward compatibility, security, and developer experience. Feedback is incorporated and a second round of review may follow. Final approval gates implementation work. The workflow ensures APIs are coherent, stable, and easy to consume across organizational boundaries.