# /beta/work-items endpoints response header defaults to application/octet-stream instead of application/json

**URL:** <https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/beta-work-items-endpoints-response-header-defaults-to-application-octet-stream-instead-of-application-json/36350>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Tags:** fixed, in-progress, work-items, sailpoint-identity-security\
**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/beta-work-items-endpoints-response-header-defaults-to-application-octet-stream-instead-of-application-json/36350 "2024-03-20T19:45:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nsorlien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nsorlien](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/nsorlien)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/beta-work-items-endpoints-response-header-defaults-to-application-octet-stream-instead-of-application-json/36350/1 "2024-03-20T19:45:42Z")

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A weird quirk with the `/beta/work-items` APIs in general: unless you explicitly set the `Accept` request header to `application/json`, the `Content-Type` of the response is `application/octet-stream`. This breaks Pretty formatting in Postman and could theoretically impact HTTP libraries parsing the response. I haven’t personally seen this behavior on any other beta or v3 APIs.

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**Author:** ![colin\_mckibben](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/colin_mckibben/32/37182_2.png) [@colin\_mckibben](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/colin_mckibben)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/beta-work-items-endpoints-response-header-defaults-to-application-octet-stream-instead-of-application-json/36350/2 "2024-03-20T20:01:05Z")

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Thanks for submitting this Nathan. I have opened a ticket to fix this bug (IDNDENALI-9534)

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**Author:** ![colin\_mckibben](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/colin_mckibben/32/37182_2.png) [@colin\_mckibben](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/colin_mckibben)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/beta-work-items-endpoints-response-header-defaults-to-application-octet-stream-instead-of-application-json/36350/3 "2024-06-07T18:02:11Z")

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This issue has been fixed.