## TL;DR

For "__init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'request_id'": plaid fixed this internally and shipped it in 8.0.0b13 - the maintainer confirmed the beta release contained the fix, and the reporter verified with 'Resolved!' after overnight jobs ran. Fix: upgrade plaid-python to 8.0.0b13 or later (any 8.0.0b13+ beta, or the stable 8.x line that followed).

```text
__init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'request_id'
```

## Steps

1. Plaid fixed this internally and shipped it in 8.0.0b13 - the maintainer confirmed the beta release contained the fix, and the reporter verified with 'Resolved!' after overnight jobs ran. Fix: upgrade plaid-python to 8.0.0b13 or later (any 8.0.0b13+ beta, or the stable 8.x line that followed). The underlying problem was the API omitting request_id from item-get responses while the beta SDK required it. Source: https://github.com/plaid/plaid-python/issues/349

Expected: Plaid fixed this internally and shipped it in 8.0.0b13 - the maintainer confirmed the beta release contained the fix, and the reporter verified with 'Resolved!' after overnight jobs ran.

## When to use

You are seeing this: On plaid-python 8.0.0b with API version 2020-09-14, calling item get blew up during response deserialization with \_\_init\_\_() missing 1 required positional argument: 'request\_id'. Use this skill when you run into "plaid-python 8.0.0b: `__init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'request_id'` on item get".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

## Sources

- https://github.com/plaid/plaid-python/issues/349

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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