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idempotency_key_required

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Idempotency-Key header is required. Every request that changes something must carry an Idempotency-Key, so a retry after a network blip can never do the same thing twice.

  • HTTP status: 400 Bad Request
  • CLI exit code: 2 (the request or file is not valid)
  • Retry: not as it is; the same request will fail the same way until the cause is fixed

Add an Idempotency-Key header with a fresh UUID to every POST, PATCH and DELETE.

{
"type": "https://guv.dev/errors/idempotency_key_required",
"title": "Idempotency-Key header is required",
"status": 400,
"code": "idempotency_key_required",
"detail": "Every request that changes something must carry an `Idempotency-Key`, so a retry after a network blip can never do the same thing twice.",
"fix": "Add an Idempotency-Key header with a fresh UUID to every POST, PATCH and DELETE.",
"docs_url": "https://guv.dev/errors/idempotency_key_required",
"request_id": "req_01jbx2m9k7q4r8t5v6w3y0z1rq"
}

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