diff --git a/api.md b/api.md
index b476b3327d69..a01312f95530 100644
--- a/api.md
+++ b/api.md
@@ -4139,7 +4139,7 @@ from cloudflare.types.request_tracers import Trace, TraceItem, TraceCreateRespon
 
 Methods:
 
-- <code title="post /accounts/{account_id}/request-tracer/trace">client.request_tracers.traces.<a href="./src/cloudflare/resources/request_tracers/traces.py">create</a>(\*, account_id, \*\*<a href="src/cloudflare/types/request_tracers/trace_create_params.py">params</a>) -> <a href="./src/cloudflare/types/request_tracers/trace_create_response.py">TraceCreateResponse</a></code>
+- <code title="post /accounts/{account_id}/request-tracer/trace">client.request_tracers.traces.<a href="./src/cloudflare/resources/request_tracers/traces.py">create</a>(\*, account_id, \*\*<a href="src/cloudflare/types/request_tracers/trace_create_params.py">params</a>) -> <a href="./src/cloudflare/types/request_tracers/trace_create_response.py">Optional</a></code>
 
 # Rules
 
diff --git a/src/cloudflare/resources/request_tracers/traces.py b/src/cloudflare/resources/request_tracers/traces.py
index f59ade0342ea..da61c598bfa5 100644
--- a/src/cloudflare/resources/request_tracers/traces.py
+++ b/src/cloudflare/resources/request_tracers/traces.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Dict, Type, cast
+from typing import Dict, Type, Optional, cast
 
 import httpx
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def create(
         extra_query: Query | None = None,
         extra_body: Body | None = None,
         timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None | NotGiven = NOT_GIVEN,
-    ) -> TraceCreateResponse:
+    ) -> Optional[TraceCreateResponse]:
         """
         Request Trace
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def create(
                 timeout=timeout,
                 post_parser=ResultWrapper._unwrapper,
             ),
-            cast_to=cast(Type[TraceCreateResponse], ResultWrapper[TraceCreateResponse]),
+            cast_to=cast(Type[Optional[TraceCreateResponse]], ResultWrapper[TraceCreateResponse]),
         )
 
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ async def create(
         extra_query: Query | None = None,
         extra_body: Body | None = None,
         timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None | NotGiven = NOT_GIVEN,
-    ) -> TraceCreateResponse:
+    ) -> Optional[TraceCreateResponse]:
         """
         Request Trace
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ async def create(
                 timeout=timeout,
                 post_parser=ResultWrapper._unwrapper,
             ),
-            cast_to=cast(Type[TraceCreateResponse], ResultWrapper[TraceCreateResponse]),
+            cast_to=cast(Type[Optional[TraceCreateResponse]], ResultWrapper[TraceCreateResponse]),
         )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/api_resources/request_tracers/test_traces.py b/tests/api_resources/request_tracers/test_traces.py
index 75041e3023e5..ebd56a1359ac 100644
--- a/tests/api_resources/request_tracers/test_traces.py
+++ b/tests/api_resources/request_tracers/test_traces.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
-from typing import Any, cast
+from typing import Any, Optional, cast
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_method_create(self, client: Cloudflare) -> None:
             method="PUT",
             url="https://some.zone/some_path",
         )
-        assert_matches_type(TraceCreateResponse, trace, path=["response"])
+        assert_matches_type(Optional[TraceCreateResponse], trace, path=["response"])
 
     @pytest.mark.skip()
     @parametrize
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_method_create_with_all_params(self, client: Cloudflare) -> None:
             protocol="HTTP/1.1",
             skip_response=True,
         )
-        assert_matches_type(TraceCreateResponse, trace, path=["response"])
+        assert_matches_type(Optional[TraceCreateResponse], trace, path=["response"])
 
     @pytest.mark.skip()
     @parametrize
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def test_raw_response_create(self, client: Cloudflare) -> None:
         assert response.is_closed is True
         assert response.http_request.headers.get("X-Stainless-Lang") == "python"
         trace = response.parse()
-        assert_matches_type(TraceCreateResponse, trace, path=["response"])
+        assert_matches_type(Optional[TraceCreateResponse], trace, path=["response"])
 
     @pytest.mark.skip()
     @parametrize
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def test_streaming_response_create(self, client: Cloudflare) -> None:
             assert response.http_request.headers.get("X-Stainless-Lang") == "python"
 
             trace = response.parse()
-            assert_matches_type(TraceCreateResponse, trace, path=["response"])
+            assert_matches_type(Optional[TraceCreateResponse], trace, path=["response"])
 
         assert cast(Any, response.is_closed) is True
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ async def test_method_create(self, async_client: AsyncCloudflare) -> None:
             method="PUT",
             url="https://some.zone/some_path",
         )
-        assert_matches_type(TraceCreateResponse, trace, path=["response"])
+        assert_matches_type(Optional[TraceCreateResponse], trace, path=["response"])
 
     @pytest.mark.skip()
     @parametrize
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ async def test_method_create_with_all_params(self, async_client: AsyncCloudflare
             protocol="HTTP/1.1",
             skip_response=True,
         )
-        assert_matches_type(TraceCreateResponse, trace, path=["response"])
+        assert_matches_type(Optional[TraceCreateResponse], trace, path=["response"])
 
     @pytest.mark.skip()
     @parametrize
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ async def test_raw_response_create(self, async_client: AsyncCloudflare) -> None:
         assert response.is_closed is True
         assert response.http_request.headers.get("X-Stainless-Lang") == "python"
         trace = await response.parse()
-        assert_matches_type(TraceCreateResponse, trace, path=["response"])
+        assert_matches_type(Optional[TraceCreateResponse], trace, path=["response"])
 
     @pytest.mark.skip()
     @parametrize
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ async def test_streaming_response_create(self, async_client: AsyncCloudflare) ->
             assert response.http_request.headers.get("X-Stainless-Lang") == "python"
 
             trace = await response.parse()
-            assert_matches_type(TraceCreateResponse, trace, path=["response"])
+            assert_matches_type(Optional[TraceCreateResponse], trace, path=["response"])
 
         assert cast(Any, response.is_closed) is True