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[Additive] Vercel: justification is now optional

Vercel has made the justification parameter optional on its AI Gateway budget endpoints, according to the company's published API specification. The change affects code calling DELETE /ai-gateway/budgets/defaults and DELETE /ai-gateway/budgets, where justification moves from absent to an optional query parameter, and Vercel states no action is needed for affected callers.

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What changed #

No action needed.

Affects DELETE /ai-gateway/budgets/defaults.

Who is affected #

Code that sends DELETE /ai-gateway/budgets/defaults (justification).

Before and after #

Where Before After
DELETE /ai-gateway/budgets/defaults · justification absent query:justification
DELETE /ai-gateway/budgets · justification absent query:justification

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

source & further reading
driftwatch.et — original article Vercel: type can now return "project-expiration-removed" OpenAI: prompt_cache_options is no longer accepted OpenAI: value can now return "max_output_tokens"
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