Postponing stricter validation

November 7, 2018
lizzhale
kytrinyx

Recently we announced plans for stricter validation in our REST API and have been monitoring the effect these changes would have on integrators. After careful consideration, we've decided to not rollout stricter validation at this time.

The preview header introduced as part of this change will remain intact. You can continue to use stricter validation by passing the following header:

application/vnd.github.speedy-preview+json

We still believe that stricter validation would have a positive impact on our REST API overall and are looking for alternative ways to introduce it. Stay tuned for future updates.

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