What changed
Producer-side tools call this additive. It breaks exhaustive switches, strict parsers and generated client enums.
Affects this value on DeviceAttributesDeviceType reachable from 2 operations.
New value: HANDHELD.
can now return "HANDHELD"
Who is affected
Code that reads Square's DeviceAttributesDeviceType objects, used by 2 Square operations.
Before and after
| Where | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| DeviceAttributesDeviceType | "TERMINAL" | "HANDHELD", "TERMINAL" |
Code that breaks
switch (response) {
// existing branches …
// no branch for "HANDHELD"
default:
throw new Error("unexpected value");
}Based on Square’s published API specification. How severity is decided.