rostack_v1: 2026-08-12

• Published: 2026-08-12
• Status: current
• Compatibility: initial protocol
• Previous release: none
• Protocol version: rostack_v1

Documentation#

• Protocol overview
• Discovery
• JSON API
• Filtering
• WebSocket gateway
• Authentication
• Versioning

The key words MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD, SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, NOT RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 when, and only when, they appear in all capitals.

Artifacts#

• OpenAPI 3.1 specification
• AsyncAPI 3.1 specification
• Discovery JSON Schema
• Filter JSON Schema
• WebSocket message JSON Schema
• Example discovery document
• Example compact event
• Example stability messages
• Example WebSocket exchange

Validation#

JSON artifacts can be parsed with any RFC 8259 parser. OpenAPI and AsyncAPI documents should additionally be checked with validators supporting OpenAPI 3.1 and AsyncAPI 3.1 respectively.