{"version":"2.1.260","anchor":"api-dispatch-requests-can-now-include-a-side-query-header-wi","canonical_anchor":"api-dispatch-requests-can-now-include-a-side-query-header-wi","heading":"API dispatch requests can now include a side-query header with fallback retry","tier":"internal","area":"API Configuration","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.260\/e\/api-dispatch-requests-can-now-include-a-side-query-header-wi","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.260","markdown":"### API dispatch requests can now include a side-query header with fallback retry\n\nSide-query API requests now retry once without the side-query header on certain failures.\n\nOutgoing `beta.messages.create` API dispatch requests may now attach a header identifying the query as a \"side query.\" If such a request fails with a 5xx error, a connection error, or a 408\/409\/429 with retries remaining, it is retried once without the header or the `maxRetries` override, and telemetry is emitted for the fallback.\n\n- Area: API Configuration\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}