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Error response should clearly distinguish usage errors from runtime errors

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Since Jan 6, 2022.

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Description

Our update guidance on error responses categorizes errors as either usage or runtime errors. I think this is a useful distinction and the error response should clearly distinguish these two types of errors.

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