What changed
Producer-side tools call this additive. It breaks exhaustive switches, strict parsers and generated client enums.
Affects status on verification_session_redaction reachable from 6 operations.
New value: validated.
can now return "validated"
Who is affected
Code that reads Stripe's verification_session_redaction objects, used by 6 Stripe operations.
Before and after
| Where | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| verification_session_redaction.status | "processing", "redacted" | "processing", "redacted", "validated" |
Code that breaks
switch (response.status) {
// existing branches …
// no branch for "validated"
default:
throw new Error("unexpected status");
}Based on Stripe’s published API specification. How severity is decided.