# Restructures Smart Disputes recommended evidence field

## What’s new

We’ve changed the structure of the [recommended_evidence](https://docs.stripe.com/api/disputes/object.md?api-version=2025-09-30.preview) field to group relevant evidence fields together. You can now identify which evidence fields must be provided together to use Smart Disputes.

## Why is this a breaking change?

The previous structure of `recommended_evidence` was an array of strings. The new structure is an array of arrays containing strings.

## Impact

If you are using the `recommended_evidence` array to determine which evidence to provide for Smart Disputes, you need to update your integration to use the new nested array structure.

## Changes

#### REST API

| Field                                         | Change  | From → to                |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `Dispute.smart_disputes.recommended_evidence` | Changed | `string → array(string)` |

#### Ruby

| Field                                        | Change  | From → to                |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `Dispute::SmartDispute.recommended_evidence` | Changed | `string → array(string)` |

#### Python

| Field                                       | Change  | From → to                |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `Dispute.SmartDispute.recommended_evidence` | Changed | `string → array(string)` |

#### PHP

| Field                                         | Change  | From → to                |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `Dispute.smart_disputes.recommended_evidence` | Changed | `string → array(string)` |

#### Java

| Field                                        | Change  | From → to                |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `Dispute.smart_disputes.recommendedEvidence` | Changed | `string → array(string)` |

#### Node.js

| Field                                         | Change  | From → to                |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `Dispute.smart_disputes.recommended_evidence` | Changed | `string → array(string)` |

#### Go

| Field                                      | Change  | From → to                |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `DisputeSmartDisputes.RecommendedEvidence` | Changed | `string → array(string)` |

#### .NET

| Field                                       | Change  | From → to                |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `Dispute.SmartDisputes.RecommendedEvidence` | Changed | `string → array(string)` |

## Upgrade

#### REST API

1. [View your current API version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#view-your-api-version-and-the-latest-available-upgrade-in-workbench) in Workbench.
1. If you use an SDK, upgrade to the corresponding SDK version for this API version.
   - If you don’t use an SDK, update your [API requests](https://docs.stripe.com/api/versioning.md) to include `Stripe-Version: 2025-09-30.preview`
1. Upgrade the API version used for [webhook endpoints](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/versioning.md).
1. [Test your integration](https://docs.stripe.com/testing.md) against the new version.
1. If you use Connect, [test your Connect integration](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/testing.md).
1. In Workbench, [perform the upgrade](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#perform-the-upgrade). You can [roll back the version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#roll-back-your-api-version) for 72 hours.

Learn more about [Stripe API upgrades](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md).

#### Ruby

1. [View your current API version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#view-your-api-version-and-the-latest-available-upgrade-in-workbench) in Workbench.
1. Upgrade your Ruby SDK to [v16.1.0-beta.1](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-ruby/releases/tag/v16.1.0-beta.1)
1. Upgrade the API version used for [webhook endpoints](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/versioning.md).
1. [Test your integration](https://docs.stripe.com/testing.md) against the new version.
1. If you use Connect, [test your Connect integration](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/testing.md).
1. In Workbench, [perform the upgrade](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#perform-the-upgrade). You can [roll back the version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#roll-back-your-api-version) for 72 hours.

Learn more about [Stripe API upgrades](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md).

#### Python

1. [View your current API version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#view-your-api-version-and-the-latest-available-upgrade-in-workbench) in Workbench.
1. Upgrade your Python SDK to [v13.1.2b1](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-python/releases/tag/v13.1.2b1)
1. Upgrade the API version used for [webhook endpoints](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/versioning.md).
1. [Test your integration](https://docs.stripe.com/testing.md) against the new version.
1. If you use Connect, [test your Connect integration](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/testing.md).
1. In Workbench, [perform the upgrade](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#perform-the-upgrade). You can [roll back the version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#roll-back-your-api-version) for 72 hours.

Learn more about [Stripe API upgrades](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md).

#### PHP

1. [View your current API version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#view-your-api-version-and-the-latest-available-upgrade-in-workbench) in Workbench.
1. Upgrade your PHP SDK to [v18.1.0-beta.1](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-php/releases/tag/v18.1.0-beta.1)
1. Upgrade the API version used for [webhook endpoints](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/versioning.md).
1. [Test your integration](https://docs.stripe.com/testing.md) against the new version.
1. If you use Connect, [test your Connect integration](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/testing.md).
1. In Workbench, [perform the upgrade](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#perform-the-upgrade). You can [roll back the version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#roll-back-your-api-version) for 72 hours.

Learn more about [Stripe API upgrades](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md).

#### Java

1. [View your current API version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#view-your-api-version-and-the-latest-available-upgrade-in-workbench) in Workbench.
1. Upgrade your Java SDK to [v30.1.0-beta.1](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-java/releases/tag/v30.1.0-beta.1)
1. Upgrade the API version used for [webhook endpoints](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/versioning.md).
1. [Test your integration](https://docs.stripe.com/testing.md) against the new version.
1. If you use Connect, [test your Connect integration](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/testing.md).
1. In Workbench, [perform the upgrade](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#perform-the-upgrade). You can [roll back the version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#roll-back-your-api-version) for 72 hours.

Learn more about [Stripe API upgrades](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md).

#### Node.js

1. [View your current API version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#view-your-api-version-and-the-latest-available-upgrade-in-workbench) in Workbench.
1. Upgrade your Node SDK to [v19.2.0-beta.1](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-node/releases/tag/v19.2.0-beta.1)
1. Upgrade the API version used for [webhook endpoints](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/versioning.md).
1. [Test your integration](https://docs.stripe.com/testing.md) against the new version.
1. If you use Connect, [test your Connect integration](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/testing.md).
1. In Workbench, [perform the upgrade](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#perform-the-upgrade). You can [roll back the version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#roll-back-your-api-version) for 72 hours.

Learn more about [Stripe API upgrades](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md).

#### Go

1. [View your current API version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#view-your-api-version-and-the-latest-available-upgrade-in-workbench) in Workbench.
1. Upgrade your Go SDK to [v83.1.0-beta.1](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-go/releases/tag/v83.1.0-beta.1)
1. Upgrade the API version used for [webhook endpoints](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/versioning.md).
1. [Test your integration](https://docs.stripe.com/testing.md) against the new version.
1. If you use Connect, [test your Connect integration](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/testing.md).
1. In Workbench, [perform the upgrade](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#perform-the-upgrade). You can [roll back the version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#roll-back-your-api-version) for 72 hours.

Learn more about [Stripe API upgrades](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md).

#### .NET

1. [View your current API version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#view-your-api-version-and-the-latest-available-upgrade-in-workbench) in Workbench.
1. Upgrade your .NET SDK to [v49.1.0-beta.1](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-dotnet/releases/tag/v49.1.0-beta.1)
1. Upgrade the API version used for [webhook endpoints](https://docs.stripe.com/webhooks/versioning.md).
1. [Test your integration](https://docs.stripe.com/testing.md) against the new version.
1. If you use Connect, [test your Connect integration](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/testing.md).
1. In Workbench, [perform the upgrade](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#perform-the-upgrade). You can [roll back the version](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md#roll-back-your-api-version) for 72 hours.

Learn more about [Stripe API upgrades](https://docs.stripe.com/upgrades.md).

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- [Adds Outbound Setup Intents to create usable payout methods](https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/clover/2025-09-30/outbound-setup-intents.md)
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