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Zoom / Zoom Meetings API /

Breakingdirection flip: their tools call this safe

file_type can now return "POLL", "QA"

What changed

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

Affects meetings[].archive_files[].file_type on GET /archive_files.

New values: POLL, QA.

can now return "POLL", "QA"

Who is affected

Code that reads GET /archive_files (meetings[].archive_files[].file_type).

Before and after

WhereBeforeAfter
GET /archive_files · meetings[].archive_files[].file_type"AIC_COVERSATION", "CC", "CHAT", "CHAT_MESSAGE", "M4A", "MP4", "SUB_GROUP_MEMBER_LOG", "TRANSCRIPT""AIC_COVERSATION", "CC", "CHAT", "CHAT_MESSAGE", "M4A", "MP4", "POLL", "QA", "SUB_GROUP_MEMBER_LOG", "TRANSCRIPT"

Code that breaks

switch (response.meetings[0].archive_files[0].file_type) {
  // existing branches …
  // no branch for "POLL"
  // no branch for "QA"
  default:
    throw new Error("unexpected file_type");
}

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