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

Breakingdirection flip: their tools call this safe

plaid_check_score_version is no longer accepted

What changed

Usually ignored rather than rejected, so the call succeeds and does something subtly different.

Affects plaid_check_score_version on CraCheckReportCashflowInsightsGetOptions reachable from 2 operations. Grep for it: nothing else will tell you.

Who is affected

Code that sends Plaid's CraCheckReportCashflowInsightsGetOptions objects, used by 2 Plaid operations.

Before and after

WhereBeforeAfter
CraCheckReportCashflowInsightsGetOptions.plaid_check_score_versionpresentabsent
LinkTokenCreateRequestCraOptionsCashflowInsights.plaid_check_score_versionpresentabsent

Code that breaks

await client.post("/…", {
  // plaid_check_score_version is now ignored, not rejected
  plaid_check_score_version: value,
});

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