Kick players Server Management Protocol API request syntax is incorrect

The Server Management Protocol request syntax requires the ‘params’ field to be sent as an array. As of 1.21.9 Pre-Release 4, the minecraft:players/kick request syntax was updated/adjusted. Now, if you send the request params as an array, it returns an error, but sending it as an object succeeds.

Sending request as an array

# V1.21.9-pre4
REQUEST:
{
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "id":3,
  "method":"minecraft:players/kick",
  "params":[{                          # <-- Sent as array
    "kick": [{
      "player": {
        "name": "PetergrineFalcon"
      },
      "message": {
        "literal": "You have been kicked."
      }
    }]
  }]
}

RESPONSE:
{
  'jsonrpc': '2.0',
  'id': 3,
  'error': {
    'code': -32602,
    'message': 'Invalid params',
    'data': 'Not a json array: {"kick":[{"player":{"name":"PetergrineFalcon"},"message":{"literal":"You have been kicked."}}]}'
  }
}

Sending request as an object

# V1.21.9-pre4
REQUEST:
{
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "id":3,
  "method":"minecraft:players/kick",
  "params":{                           # <-- Sent as object
    "kick": [{
      "player": {
        "name": "PetergrineFalcon"
      },
      "message": {
        "literal": "You have been kicked."
      }
    }]
  }
}

RESPONSE:
{
  'jsonrpc': '2.0',
  'id': 3,
  'result': [{
    'name': 'PetergrineFalcon'
  }]
}