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Breakingdirection flip: their tools call this safe

capture_method can now return "automatic_delayed"

What changed

Producer-side tools call this additive. It breaks exhaustive switches, strict parsers and generated client enums.

Affects capture_method on payment_intent_type_specific_payment_method_options_client reachable from 404 operations.

New value: automatic_delayed.

can now return "automatic_delayed"

Who is affected

Code that reads Stripe's payment_intent_type_specific_payment_method_options_client objects, used by 404 Stripe operations.

Before and after

WhereBeforeAfter
payment_intent_type_specific_payment_method_options_client.capture_method"manual", "manual_preferred""automatic_delayed", "manual", "manual_preferred"

Code that breaks

switch (response.capture_method) {
  // existing branches …
  // no branch for "automatic_delayed"
  default:
    throw new Error("unexpected capture_method");
}

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