StaffAnnouncing Drift: A Spec-Driven API Provider Drift Testing Tool
“Every change breaks someone’s workflow” (https://xkcd.com/1172/)
This is true for APIs: schemas can be contracts - but usually they can’t, and alone they aren’t.
Spec validation helps to ensure your API does what it says it does. Contract testing provides visibility into consumer behaviour. Together, they’re a powerful combination — and until now, you needed separate tools and workflows to get there.
We are proud to announce the release of Drift 🚀
Drift is our answer to: “does my API actually match its spec?“:
- ✅ Spec-driven - OpenAPI is the source of truth
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👩💻 CLI-first - Run in dev, automate in pipelines
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📝 Declarative - Deterministic, versioned-controllable test suites
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✏️ Scriptable - Lua engine for hooks, custom validation and advanced workflows
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🔌 Extensible - Add new capabilities through the plugin architecture
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🙆♂️ Flexible - Run standalone or embed into existing test frameworks
...and, of course, it’s fully integrated into PactFlow’s contract testing workflows to provide the API integrity checks needed in the age of AI, where APIs are created faster than ever and the cost of drift is higher than ever.
Read more about why we built it and where we’re taking it
