What changed
Producer-side tools call this non-breaking. For a consumer it is a null dereference on an unknown future date.
Affects card_reference_id on issuing_network_token_visa reachable from 147 operations. Nothing fails at the call; it fails wherever the value is finally used, which is usually somewhere else entirely.
no longer guaranteed present; can now be null
Who is affected
Code that reads Stripe's issuing_network_token_visa objects, used by 147 Stripe operations.
Before and after
| Where | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| issuing_network_token_visa.card_reference_id | always present | may be missingno longer guaranteed present |
| issuing_network_token_visa.card_reference_id | string | null|stringcan now be null |
Code that breaks
// response.card_reference_id may now be absent or null const card_reference_id = response.card_reference_id ?? fallback;
Based on Stripe’s published API specification. How severity is decided.