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Clerk / Clerk Backend API (2026-05-12) /

Breakingdirection flip: their tools call this safe

application_name is no longer accepted

What changed

No error is raised. The value is ignored and your results change silently, which is the hardest class of break to notice.

Affects application_name on GET /public/interstitial. Grep for it: nothing else will tell you.

Who is affected

Code that sends GET /public/interstitial (application_name).

Before and after

WhereBeforeAfter
GET /public/interstitial · application_namepresentabsent

Code that breaks

await client.post("/public/interstitial", {
  // application_name is now ignored, not rejected
  application_name: value,
});

Based on Clerk’s published API specification. How severity is decided.