A Clearer View of Your SAP Integrations Under the New API Policy

In April, SAP published a new API Policy (v.4.2026a). If you run SAP integrations of any kind, like middleware, custom extensions, analytics pipelines, RPA, or anything with “AI agent” in the name, you have probably already had the uncomfortable conversation. Are we still allowed to do that, and can we safely start the next project this way? The honest answer is that nobody can fully answer that for you. That is the real problem. When DSAG reacted to the policy, the loudest complaint was not the rules. It was the lack of clarity. Chairman Jens Hungershausen put it simply: “The question is which interfaces are used in the partner solutions.” Board member Michael Bloch called the undefined contractual status of the SAP Business Accelerator Hub “unacceptable” (CIO). SAP says existing integrations are not affected, but it has not written that down in a way customers can rely on. Analysts went further. Forrester told CIOs to push back. That missing pre-project clarity is exactly the gap I…