You're replacing a legacy SOAP API with REST. Existing clients expect detailed fault codes. How do you design error responses that satisfy both old expectations and modern REST conventions?

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Stay specific. One example, told well, beats three told fast. Make your decisions visible — what you chose between. End on what changed, for whom.

You're replacing a legacy SOAP API with REST. Existing clients expect detailed fault codes. How do you design error responses that satisfy both old expectations and modern REST conventions?

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