What changed
Producer-side tools call this additive. It breaks exhaustive switches, strict parsers and generated client enums.
Affects this value on TransactionCode reachable from 6 operations.
New values: payment, refund.
can now return "payment", "refund"
Who is affected
Code that reads Plaid's TransactionCode objects, used by 6 Plaid operations.
Before and after
| Where | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| TransactionCode | "adjustment", "atm", "bank charge", "bill payment", "cash", "cashback", "cheque", "direct debit", "interest", "purchase", "standing order", "transfer", null | "adjustment", "atm", "bank charge", "bill payment", "cash", "cashback", "cheque", "direct debit", "interest", "payment", "purchase", "refund", "standing order", "transfer", null |
Code that breaks
switch (response) {
// existing branches …
// no branch for "payment"
// no branch for "refund"
default:
throw new Error("unexpected value");
}Based on Plaid’s published API specification. How severity is decided.