# List the current announcements

> The announcements.list_current operation: GET /api/v1/announcements/current in the REST API and the announcements_list_current tool in the MCP server.

The announcements Ownrecord shows at the top of the console right now (spec §39.1), most severe first: planned
maintenance, incidents, changes that need your attention. With `orgId` (an organization you belong to), the list
also has the announcements for that organization's plan; without it, only those for everyone. Messages are plain
text from Ownrecord staff.

## At a glance

- **REST:** `GET /api/v1/announcements/current`
- **MCP tool:** `announcements_list_current`
- **Operation ID:** `announcements.list_current`
- **Scope:** Platform
- **Permission:** `account:read`
- **Risk tier:** `read`
- **Dry run:** Not supported
- **Idempotency:** Not needed (read only)
- **Modes:** Test and live
- **Authentication:** API key with the `account:read` scope
- **Since:** M12

## Request

### Query parameters

| Field   | Type       | Required | Description                    |
| ------- | ---------- | -------- | ------------------------------ |
| `orgId` | `org_…` ID | No       | An organization you belong to. |

## Response

`200 OK` with a JSON object:

| Field             | Type                                 | Description                      |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
| `object`          | `"list"`                             |                                  |
| `data`            | array of object                      |                                  |
| `data[].object`   | `"announcement"`                     |                                  |
| `data[].id`       | string                               |                                  |
| `data[].message`  | string                               | Plain text from Ownrecord staff. |
| `data[].severity` | one of `info`, `warning`, `critical` |                                  |
| `data[].link`     | string or null                       |                                  |

## Examples

### Planned maintenance

```http
GET /api/v1/announcements/current
Authorization: Bearer or_test_…
```

Response (`200`):

```json
{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "announcement",
      "id": "maintenance-2026-11-08",
      "message": "Planned maintenance on Sunday, November 8, 02:00–02:30 UTC. Checkout and the API stay up.",
      "severity": "info",
      "link": "/docs"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

| Code                                                                                     | HTTP status | When                                                         | What to do                                                                                           |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`resource_not_found`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#resource_not_found) | 404         | `orgId` isn't an organization you belong to.                 | Check the ID and that your credentials are scoped to the right organization, entity, brand and mode. |
| [`permission_denied`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#permission_denied)   | 403         | You aren't signed in as a person (API keys have no console). | Ask an organization owner or admin for a role or scope that allows this action.                      |

It can also return these [common errors](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference.md#common-errors): [`validation_failed`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#validation_failed), [`api_version_unsupported`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#api_version_unsupported), [`authentication_required`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#authentication_required), [`api_key_invalid`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#api_key_invalid), [`dry_run_not_supported`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#dry_run_not_supported), [`rate_limited`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#rate_limited), [`internal_error`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#internal_error).