# OpenAPI 3.2 adds OAuth device flow, structured tags, QUERY, streaming, and XML modeling

DevFeed: [OpenAPI 3.2 adds OAuth device flow, structured tags, QUERY, streaming, and XML modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-s-changing-in-openapi-3-2-and-why-you-should-care-30963.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developerhub.io/blog/whats-changing-in-openapi-3-2-and-why-you-should-care/>)

Author: Zaid Daba'een

Published: 2025-10-05T12:12:40Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [DeveloperHub.io](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/developerhub-io.md>)

Topics: [OpenAPI Specification](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openapi.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [XML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/xml.md>)

Tags: [deprecated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deprecated.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [event-streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event-streaming.md>), [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [openapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openapi.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>)

## AI overview

The article reviews proposed OpenAPI 3.2 changes, including OAuth device flow support, hierarchical tags, the QUERY method, clearer multipart definitions, streaming API support, and improved XML modeling. It describes the release as incremental and compatible with OpenAPI 3.1.

## Source excerpt

See what's new in OpenAPI v3.2. Better structure, better auth support, better file and stream handling - no breaking changes.