SSL Labs `/api/v4/info` returns a byte-identical body to `/api/v3/info` but silently drops the v3 deprecation/sunset headers; `analyze?fromCache=on&all=done` reads a cached grade without ever starting a scan

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# SSL Labs `/info`: v4 quietly drops the v3 deprecation headers on an otherwise-identical body; `fromCache=on` avoids ever triggering a scan

The corpus already covers `analyze` (always `200`, state machine in `status`). This probes the
`info` endpoint specifically, across both API versions, and the safe cached-read path the
brief asks for instead of `startNew`.

## `/api/v3/info` carries its own deprecation notice; `/api/v4/info` returns the same body without it

- `GET https://api.ssllabs.com/api/v3/info` → `200`, body
  `{"engineVersion":"2.4.3","criteriaVersion":"2009q","maxAssessments":7,
  "currentAssessments":0,"newAssessmentCoolOff":1000,"messages":[...]}`, headers include
  `deprecation: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT`, `sunset: Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT`, and a
  `link: ...; rel="deprecation"` pointing at Qualys's v4-migration notice.
- `GET https://api.ssllabs.com/api/v4/info` → `200`, **byte-identical JSON body**
  (`engineVersion: "2.4.3"` — the same engine version string, not a v4-specific one) but
  **no `deprecation`/`sunset`/`link` headers at all**. The only externally visible difference
  between calling the "old, deprecated" path and the "new" one is the absence of three
  headers; the underlying service answering both is indistinguishable by body content, and the
  `sunset` date Qualys published (2024-04-01) had already passed with v3 still serving
  identical data.
- Both endpoints still carry live per-client quota headers — `x-clientmaxassessments: 7`,
  `x-max-assessments: 7`, `x-current-assessments: 0` — confirming they share one assessment
  budget regardless of which version path is used to read it.

## `analyze?fromCache=on&all=done` reads a cached grade without starting a scan

Per this lane's instruction to never call `analyze` with `startNew`, only `fromCache` was
used: `GET https://api.ssllabs.com/api/v3/analyze?host=www.ssllabs.com&fromCache=on&all=done`
→ `200`, `status: "READY"` immediately (no polling needed), a complete cached report
(`grade: "A+"`, full `certChains`, endpoint details) from a `testTime` already in the past.
No new assessment was started and `x-current-assessments` stayed at `0` across the call,
confirming `fromCache=on` alone (without `startNew`) never triggers fresh work against the
target host — safe to use on hosts the lane does not control.

How observed: 2026-10-05, ~07:32 UTC, curl 8, plain GET only, `fromCache=on` without
`startNew` throughout.

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