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Is axios/axios the successor of request/request?

axios/axios subject · successor candidate successor of? request/request object · predecessor

request-axios · status observed

Data verified at: 2026-09-11T16:53:13Z (UTC)

Conclusion status

No confirmed conclusion exists for this pair. The evidence below is presented for transparency; a relationship conclusion requires a human review that has not happened, or a previous decision no longer matches the current evidence.

Supporting: a registry marks the predecessor package deprecated. Supporting: the predecessor's README declares the project deprecated.

Seed context: Negative-leaning research question: the request package is deprecated but names no single successor; axios must not be auto-confirmed.

Evidence (2)

Verbatim excerpts from official sources, whitespace-normalized. Full payloads are hashed and retained by the pipeline; collection failures never fabricate evidence.

KindExcerptSourceRevisionFirst observed
readme_self_deprecated
For more information about why request is deprecated and possible alternatives refer to this issue.
 source
42290d5cea…42290d5cea4d858158f12122e403df04165aaa2a
 2026-09-12T02:59:28Z
registry_deprecated
request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
 source
2.88.22.88.2
 2026-09-12T02:59:28Z

Observed repository facts

As of the last verified collection. These are facts about the snapshots, not activity verdicts — a low number is not a claim that a project is inactive.

EndpointRepoStarsLast pushForkArchived
axios/axios axios/axios 109222 2026-09-10T12:21:16Z no no
request/request request/request 25505 2024-08-14T00:09:41Z no no

Package registry facts

PackageLatestDeprecatedDeprecation messageYanked (latest)
npm:axios 1.20.0 no — —
npm:request 2.88.2 yes
request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
 —

Versions & deployment facts

Official release and package declarations, compared independently of the relationship verdict. These are not installation tests or a migration guarantee. Missing declarations mean unknown.

axios/axios

axios · 1.20.0

Official source

npm latest dist-tag. Verified: 2026-09-16T11:10:38.085Z (UTC).

Published-version declarations. engines can be advisory; !os/!cpu entries are exclusions. Missing fields are unknown. Package dependencies are not external-service requirements.

Runtime declarations
Not declared / unknown
Operating systems
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CPU architectures
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C libraries
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Direct dependency declarations
{
  "dependencies": {
    "follow-redirects": "^1.16.0",
    "form-data": "^4.0.6",
    "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.1",
    "proxy-from-env": "^2.1.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.29.0",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.29.5",
    "@commitlint/cli": "^21.2.0",
    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^21.2.0",
    "@eslint/js": "^10.0.1",
    "@rollup/plugin-alias": "^6.0.0",
    "@rollup/plugin-babel": "^7.1.0",
    "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^29.0.3",
    "@rollup/plugin-json": "^6.1.0",
    "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^16.0.3",
    "@rollup/plugin-terser": "^1.0.0",
    "@vitest/browser": "^4.1.9",
    "@vitest/browser-playwright": "^4.1.9",
    "abortcontroller-polyfill": "^1.7.8",
    "acorn": "^8.17.0",
    "body-parser": "^2.3.0",
    "chalk": "^5.6.2",
    "cross-env": "^10.1.0",
    "dev-null": "^0.1.1",
    "eslint": "^10.6.0",
    "express": "^5.2.1",
    "formdata-node": "^6.0.3",
    "formidable": "^3.5.4",
    "fs-extra": "^11.3.6",
    "get-stream": "^9.0.1",
    "globals": "^17.7.0",
    "gulp": "^5.0.1",
    "husky": "^9.1.7",
    "lint-staged": "^17.0.8",
    "minimist": "^1.2.8",
    "multer": "^2.2.0",
    "playwright": "^1.61.1",
    "prettier": "^3.9.4",
    "rollup": "^4.60.4",
    "rollup-plugin-bundle-size": "^1.0.3",
    "selfsigned": "^5.5.0",
    "stream-throttle": "^0.1.3",
    "typescript": "^5.9.3",
    "vitest": "^4.1.9"
  },
  "optionalDependencies": null,
  "peerDependencies": null
}
Provenance

Parser: software-1

First observed: 2026-09-16T11:10:38.085Z (UTC)

Last checked: 2026-09-16T11:10:38.085Z (UTC)

Source response SHA-256: ba289ae0677c3e2bbb5bc7cc37e011551f4f7bad0440cc1f9ef263cf0b52c5a6

GitHub release · v1.20.0

Official source

GitHub latest published non-prerelease (not a semantic-version ranking). Verified: 2026-09-16T11:13:53.818Z (UTC).

Listed release assets only. Asset names do not prove platform support or successful execution.

Runtime declarations
Not declared / unknown
Operating systems
Not declared / unknown
CPU architectures
Not declared / unknown
C libraries
Not declared / unknown
Direct dependency declarations
Not declared / unknown
Published artifacts (0)
    Provenance

    Parser: software-1

    First observed: 2026-09-16T11:13:53.818Z (UTC)

    Last checked: 2026-09-16T11:13:53.818Z (UTC)

    Source response SHA-256: 380211d2a4e5159b2e07878134229b39ce81db2fb94a7ada1d3032b4d25d6315

    request/request

    request · 2.88.2

    Official source

    npm latest dist-tag. Verified: 2026-09-16T11:10:38.085Z (UTC).

    Published-version declarations. engines can be advisory; !os/!cpu entries are exclusions. Missing fields are unknown. Package dependencies are not external-service requirements.

    Runtime declarations
    {
  "node": ">= 6"
}
    Operating systems
    Not declared / unknown
    CPU architectures
    Not declared / unknown
    C libraries
    Not declared / unknown
    Direct dependency declarations
    {
  "dependencies": {
    "aws-sign2": "~0.7.0",
    "aws4": "^1.8.0",
    "caseless": "~0.12.0",
    "combined-stream": "~1.0.6",
    "extend": "~3.0.2",
    "forever-agent": "~0.6.1",
    "form-data": "~2.3.2",
    "har-validator": "~5.1.3",
    "http-signature": "~1.2.0",
    "is-typedarray": "~1.0.0",
    "isstream": "~0.1.2",
    "json-stringify-safe": "~5.0.1",
    "mime-types": "~2.1.19",
    "oauth-sign": "~0.9.0",
    "performance-now": "^2.1.0",
    "qs": "~6.5.2",
    "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
    "tough-cookie": "~2.5.0",
    "tunnel-agent": "^0.6.0",
    "uuid": "^3.3.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "bluebird": "^3.2.1",
    "browserify": "^13.0.1",
    "browserify-istanbul": "^2.0.0",
    "buffer-equal": "^1.0.0",
    "codecov": "^3.0.4",
    "coveralls": "^3.0.2",
    "function-bind": "^1.0.2",
    "karma": "^3.0.0",
    "karma-browserify": "^5.0.1",
    "karma-cli": "^1.0.0",
    "karma-coverage": "^1.0.0",
    "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "^1.0.0",
    "karma-tap": "^3.0.1",
    "nyc": "^14.1.1",
    "phantomjs-prebuilt": "^2.1.3",
    "rimraf": "^2.2.8",
    "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
    "standard": "^9.0.0",
    "tape": "^4.6.0",
    "taper": "^0.5.0"
  },
  "optionalDependencies": null,
  "peerDependencies": null
}
    Provenance

    Parser: software-1

    First observed: 2026-09-16T11:10:38.085Z (UTC)

    Last checked: 2026-09-16T11:10:38.085Z (UTC)

    Source response SHA-256: 065d7bfe543885333c9daa776520ffa0217f08654242de3824bb4cbfd04a63b7

    GitHub release · Unknown version

    Latest collection: unavailable. No verified release declaration is available. This does not mean the project has no releases or platform support.

    Official source

    Timeline

    “Event time” is an upstream timestamp when the source provides one; “first observed” is when this project saw it. They are deliberately separate columns.

    EventEvent timeFirst observedSource
    axios/axios metadata first observed — 2026-09-11T16:52:08Z link
    recent commit activity of axios/axios observed (5 commits in sampled window) 2026-09-10T08:25:53Z 2026-09-11T16:52:11Z link
    request/request metadata first observed — 2026-09-11T16:52:12Z link
    recent commit activity of request/request observed (5 commits in sampled window) 2020-02-11T23:39:46Z 2026-09-11T16:52:15Z link
    automatic evaluation -> insufficient_data — 2026-09-11T16:53:25Z —
    evidence: readme_self_deprecated — 2026-09-11T16:53:25Z link
    evidence: registry_deprecated — 2026-09-11T16:53:25Z link
    automatic evaluation -> insufficient_data — 2026-09-11T16:58:20Z —
    evidence: readme_self_deprecated — 2026-09-11T16:58:20Z link
    evidence: registry_deprecated — 2026-09-11T16:58:20Z link
    automatic evaluation -> insufficient_data — 2026-09-12T02:55:35Z —
    evidence: readme_self_deprecated — 2026-09-12T02:55:35Z link
    evidence: registry_deprecated — 2026-09-12T02:55:35Z link
    automatic evaluation -> insufficient_data — 2026-09-12T02:57:05Z —
    evidence: readme_self_deprecated — 2026-09-12T02:57:05Z link
    evidence: registry_deprecated — 2026-09-12T02:57:05Z link
    automatic evaluation -> insufficient_data — 2026-09-12T02:59:28Z —
    evidence: readme_self_deprecated — 2026-09-12T02:59:28Z link
    evidence: registry_deprecated — 2026-09-12T02:59:28Z link

    Decision and dispute history

    Review decisions are recorded privately with reasons that stay internal; this public history shows what happened and when, not why.

    KindWhen (UTC)
    automatic evaluation → insufficient_data2026-09-11T16:53:25Z
    automatic evaluation → insufficient_data2026-09-11T16:58:20Z
    automatic evaluation → insufficient_data2026-09-12T02:55:35Z
    automatic evaluation → insufficient_data2026-09-12T02:57:05Z
    automatic evaluation → insufficient_data2026-09-12T02:59:28Z

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    Snapshot taken at 2026-09-16T13:11:39.533Z (UTC).