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How do you version an API, or change it without breaking existing clients?
Tests whether you weigh URI versioning (/v1/, /v2/) against header-based versioning, and whether you know additive changes (new optional fields) are generally safe without versioning, while removing or renaming fields is a breaking change that needs a new version or a deprecation window.
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