OpenFDA case versioning (?)

[enordeen32]

We were comparing QDE ASCII download files to OpenFDA JSON files. We found a particular case (caseid = 6717943, caseversion = 4 in QDE) that exists in the 2024 Q3 QDE file but does not exist in the 2024 Q3 JSON file set (30 files total).

We tried querying the OpenFDA using the API and found safetyreportid = 6717943, but it was in 2025 Q3 ("receiptdate": "20250924"), and the only version that was returned was version 5 ("safetyreportversion": "5"). We conclude from this that OpenFDA only returns the latest version of any safetyreportid, is that a correct conclusion?

OpenFDA query:
https://api.fda.gov/drug/event.json?search=safetyreportid:6717943&limit=10

Thank you.

[dkrylovsb]

@enordeen32 Yes, that is correct. OpenFDA only returns the latest version of any safetyreportid.