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Plaid / Plaid API (2020-09-14) /

Breaking

client_user_id is now required

What changed

Partial payloads are rejected.

Affects TransactionsRulesCreateRequest reachable from 1 operation.

Who is affected

Code that sends Plaid's TransactionsRulesCreateRequest objects, used by 1 Plaid operation.

Before and after

WhereBeforeAfter
TransactionsRulesCreateRequest.client_user_idoptionalrequired
TransactionsRulesListRequest.client_user_idoptionalrequired
TransactionsRulesRemoveRequest.client_user_idoptionalrequired

Code that breaks

await client.post("/…", {
  // …
  client_user_id: /* now required */,
});

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