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

Additive

Request field now accepts null

What changed

A relaxation. Existing payloads are unaffected.

Affects PATCH /instance.

can now be null

Who is affected

Code that sends PATCH /instance (allowed_origins).

Before and after

WhereBeforeAfter
PATCH /instance · allowed_originsarrayarray|null

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