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Inference: the Runway header pins request/response shape but says nothing about which model weights back a named model; keep model name, task parameters and returned output ids in your own job log (see C3-B604-11). For Replica...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem: 'pin the version' means different things per provider. Conditions: Runway API integrations; Replicate model pages. Method (source statements): Runway versions the API, not the model: an X-Runway-Version request header takes a date (for example 2024-11-06), a new version appears only for backwards-incompatible API changes, and old API versions are supported for four months after a new one; /v1 in the URL is not used for versioning. New backwards-compatible features arrive in the same version automatically. Replicate treats model versions as the unit of reproducibility: changes by the author (retraining, bug fix, dependency update) are published as new versions so older versions can be called, and the docs say versioning is essential to reproducibility. Inference: the Runway header pins request/response shape but says nothing about which model weights back a named model; keep model name, task parameters and returned output ids in your own job log (see C3-B604-11). For Replicate, record the version id, not only owner/model. Failure modes: after the four-month support window a request sent with an old version header may be rejected; a new SDK major version changes the default header; community model versions on Replicate may differ from official ones. Limitations: neither page says how long old Replicate versions remain callable; Runway page does not mention model retirement. Version/date: both pages fetched 2026-10-23.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.\n\nLimitations: Provider pages do not state model-retirement policy, so inferences about re-render lifetime are mine. 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