This is related to the caching changes that came as a result of yesterday's push [1]. It shouldn't be a problem for active users, and will be fully fixed after less active users expire from the cache.
1. http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/f79c44d905a3e83d# Doug Williams Twitter API Support On Apr 2, 5:07 pm, "dean.j.robinson" <dean.j.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I noticed this because I've got some code that checks the utc_offset > and noticed that it was missing. > > For my hahlo account verify_credentials is returning this (appears to > be missing colours, utc_offset, fav counts etc etc): > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <user> > <id>7097682</id> > <name>Hahlo.com</name> > <screen_name>hahlo</screen_name> > <location>Newcastle, Australia</location> > <description>The best iPhone/touch style Twitter app. Hahlo 4 will > be oAuth-tastic.</description> > <profile_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/ > profile_images/53694164/favicon_normal.png</profile_image_url> > <url>http://hahlo.com</url> > <protected>false</protected> > <followers_count>1097</followers_count> > <status> > <created_at>Tue Mar 31 00:52:42 +0000 2009</created_at> > <id>1421396597</id> > <text>great news from twitter, all @replies are now part of the > replies timeline, effective immediately, you don't need to change a > single thing</text> > <source><a href="http://dev.hahlo.com/ > ">δ.hahlo</a></source> > <truncated>false</truncated> > <in_reply_to_status_id></in_reply_to_status_id> > <in_reply_to_user_id></in_reply_to_user_id> > <favorited>false</favorited> > <in_reply_to_screen_name></in_reply_to_screen_name> > </status> > </user> > > for my deanjrobinson account it returns this: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <user> > <id>782566</id> > <name>Dean Robinson</name> > <screen_name>deanjrobinson</screen_name> > <location>Newcastle, Australia</location> > <description></description> > <profile_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/ > profile_images/54336181/fie-12_normal.png</profile_image_url> > <url>http://www.deanjrobinson.com</url> > <protected>false</protected> > <followers_count>375</followers_count> > <profile_background_color>FFFFFF</profile_background_color> > <profile_text_color>323232</profile_text_color> > <profile_link_color>676767</profile_link_color> > <profile_sidebar_fill_color>F5F5F5</profile_sidebar_fill_color> > <profile_sidebar_border_color>EEEEEE</profile_sidebar_border_color> > <friends_count>97</friends_count> > <created_at>Tue Feb 20 08:02:11 +0000 2007</created_at> > <favourites_count>65</favourites_count> > <utc_offset>36000</utc_offset> > <time_zone>Sydney</time_zone> > <profile_background_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/ > twitter_production/profile_background_images/1486932/twitterbg.jpg</ > profile_background_image_url> > <profile_background_tile>false</profile_background_tile> > <statuses_count>2157</statuses_count> > <notifications></notifications> > <following></following> > <status> > <created_at>Thu Apr 02 22:55:57 +0000 2009</created_at> > <id>1441582913</id> > <text>hmmm, installed littlesnapper update, and now I've got four > copies of every screenshot... I think thats a bug.</text> > <source><a href="http://www.hahlo.com/">Hahlo</a></ > source> > <truncated>false</truncated> > <in_reply_to_status_id></in_reply_to_status_id> > <in_reply_to_user_id></in_reply_to_user_id> > <favorited>false</favorited> > <in_reply_to_screen_name></in_reply_to_screen_name> > </status> > </user> > > Is this connected to the recent change that adds the full user object > to all api calls?