Fix: feed_info ends earlier than your service calendar

Published: 1 October 2026. Last reviewed: 1 October 2026.

Code: scorecard_feed_end_date_before_calendar

What this means

feed_info.txt has a feed_end_date, the last day the feed says its schedule is reliable. Your calendar.txt or calendar_dates.txt has service after that day. The scorecard uses the earlier of the two dates, so the feed is scored as ending on feed_end_date, and that date has passed or is less than 30 days away.

This finding takes the place of "the feed has expired" or "the feed expires soon" when the calendar itself reaches further. The service data is there. One date is out of step with it.

Why it matters

The GTFS reference says that for dates past feed_end_date, apps should treat the schedule as not authoritative. An app that follows that rule can stop showing your service on the earlier date, even though your calendar goes on. The MobilityData validator's 7-day and 30-day expiry warnings read feed_end_date too, so they will keep firing until it is corrected.

How to fix it

• Correct feed_end_date in feed_info.txt. Set it to the last day in your calendar, or to the last day you are confident the schedule will run.
• If service really does stop on the earlier date, end the calendar there instead, so the two agree.
• In most export tools feed_end_date is an export setting or is taken from a "valid until" field on the schedule. If it is typed by hand, check it each time you export, or let the tool fill it from the calendar.

Publishing service past feed_end_date is allowed and even recommended as a preview of future service. The scorecard only raises this when the earlier date is close enough to cost freshness points.

How long it usually takes

One field. The lasting fix is an export setting that fills feed_end_date from the calendar, so the two cannot drift apart.

Authoritative rule

The linked GTFS Schedule reference defines the field or data this scorecard finding checks. Read the relevant GTFS Schedule reference section. (opens on an external site)