[Aug 20, 2026] Docket Match Confidence

Docket search results now carry a match_confidence object that tells you how likely a returned docket actually involves the entity you searched for.
Each docket returned by GET /docket_searches/{search_request_id} (and the ad-hoc equivalent) includes a confidence level - high, medium, or low - alongside the three signals it is built from: name_match, address_match, and date_match.

Instead of a single opaque flag, you can triage dockets by confidence and see the reasoning behind it: whether the party name lines up, whether the court's venue is consistent with the subject's known state, and whether the filing date is consistent with when the entity could have been a party (for example, its incorporation date).

The older match_level field is now deprecated in favor of match_confidence; it remains present for backward compatibility. No integration changes required.