Hey everyone,
Partners can share feeds with Waze based on these technical specifications. Waze can handle different formats, but it’s always best to stick to the specs 
Once a feed is submitted Waze agents check that it matches our schema and approve it.
Hi,
I have one question about partner feed. What is criteria for removing closure from map, end time or removing closure from JOSN API feed? For example, we have closure with start date 15.4.2025. and end date 30.4.2025. What will happen if we remove this closure from feed on 25.4.2025.? Would it be visible on map till 30.4.2025. or it will be removed on 25.4.2025. when we removed it from feed?
Regards,
Matija
Hey, the feed is ingested by Waze on a regular basis, so if you change a closure end time it will be removed from the map. Besides that we have mechanisms that identify situations where a road is open despite the fact that it’s marked closed, in which case Waze will remove the closure.
Hello, I think we misunderstood each other. The question was, what happens if the end time is not changed to 25.4. but that closing is simply removed from the feed (it is no longer sent in the feed dataset)?
Hey, this is a very good question and I see you haven’t received an answer. I will certainly speculate here, but I would assume that as long as you don’t change the end date or the closure in any other way, it will stay in the map.
Actually, I think the idea of the feed is to send data once per event or on change. So for moving vehicles you would update the location, while for incidents, hazards, alerts etc. it is just fetched and added. Maybe for each of these types you also specify the validity period (how long it would be displayed on the map). There is a similar mechanism for alerts, created by signals from drivers, but there you have a predefined period per type, if not confirmed by other drivers, which extends the period.
I hope this helps and also that the guys from Waze will clarify this. Maybe it’s written in some document, but I’m new here. 
Apologies, I missed this - If the closure is removed from the feed it will be removed from the map. So in your example if you remove it on 25.4.2025 it will be removed at the same time, and not stay till the original end date.
Hi, thank you very much.
One more question. What if closure is not removed from JSON API feed and end time has passed, does the closure stay on map or is removed because end time has passed away?
Yes, if the end time is in the past it won’t be added to the map
