Feature Description

Please add documented idempotency support for billable operations, especially:

POST /api/vps/v1/virtual-machines
POST /api/billing/v1/orders

For example, support an Idempotency-Key header and return the original result when the same key is retried.

Problem Statement

Agentic and CI-style workflows commonly run across flaky networks, process restarts, and retry loops. For non-billable operations, retrying is usually safe. For purchase/order endpoints, retrying can accidentally create duplicate billable resources unless the API provides an idempotency contract.

Without documented idempotency, clients have to build weaker workarounds such as:

• searching inventory by hostname after a timeout
• comparing recent orders/subscriptions
• sleeping and polling before retrying
• asking a human to resolve ambiguous purchase state

Those workarounds are fragile and hard to make safe.

Proposed Solution

Document and support a header such as:

Idempotency-Key: 2f2e8f70-46d3-4a4a-a828-example

For a repeated request with the same key and same body, the API should return the original order/virtual-machine response instead of creating a duplicate resource.

For a repeated request with the same key and a different body, the API should return a clear conflict error.

It would also help to document:

• retention window for idempotency keys
• which endpoints support idempotency
• whether idempotency is scoped by API token/account
• response behavior while the original operation is still processing

Use Cases

• Retry safely after client timeouts.
• Resume an interrupted agent run without creating duplicate VPSs.
• Build reliable automation around billable Hostinger resources.
• Avoid manual billing cleanup after ambiguous network failures.

Additional Context

The VPS purchase response already has a useful shape with both order and virtual_machine. Idempotency would make that response safe to recover after transient failures.

Are you willing to contribute?

• Yes, I'd like to implement this feature
• Yes, but I need guidance
• No, but I'm available for testing
• No