DOCUMENTATIONv2

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Trust & identity

Start verification

/api/v2/trust/verifications

AUTHENTICATIONBearer token · trust:writeAUTHORITATIVE OWNERidentity-serviceCONTRACT AUTHORITYGenerated Rust OpenAPISTATUSSource ready · production listed

PURPOSE + BUSINESS CONTEXT

Start an identity verification workflow.

WHEN THIS CALL IS USEFUL

Use after policy selection and subject disclosure to start or idempotently resume one subject-owned verification under the exact policy and optional jurisdiction.

OUTCOME · Create or advance

What changes

Creates or resumes a private Identity verification lifecycle. It does not upload evidence, complete checks, issue a credential, make an approval decision, or grant authority in another domain.

WHY IT MATTERS

Gives people and agents a contract-backed way to advance verification.
Separates subject identity, consent, evidence, provider output, review, issuer credentials, and relying-party acceptance instead of collapsing them into a universal trust score.

ISOLATION + AUTHORITY

Bearer subject, tenant, purpose, policy version, role, issuer, reviewer, provider, and relying-party boundaries remain distinct. The response or transition grants no payment, custody, settlement, publisher, matching, or trading authority and must not expose regulated evidence beyond the live schema.

BEFORE YOU CALL

Authenticate at the documented boundary: bearer+scope.
Use the live OpenAPI schema as the authority for the exact request shape and response model.
Use one Idempotency-Key only for retries of the same byte-equivalent logical mutation.
Resolve the applicable purpose, policy version, consent or role basis, and required assurance before relying on this result.

WHAT TO DO NEXT

Re-read verification using the canonical identifier returned by this operation.
Reconcile an ambiguous response with the same idempotency key before attempting another mutation.
Use the returned lifecycle state and policy version to choose the next least-privilege trust action; do not infer a missing stage.

AGENT GUIDANCE

Use verification only for the purpose and lifecycle stage described by this operation; do not treat it as authority for an adjacent action.
Use the live OpenAPI schema as the authority for the exact request shape and response model.
Treat policy availability, consent, evidence capture, completed checks, review, decision, credential issuance, validity, and relying-party acceptance as separate facts.
After a timeout or conflict, read authoritative state before deciding whether an equivalent retry is safe.

MACHINE CONTRACT

The exact deployed parameters, schemas, responses, security requirements, and Hybrid-Chain agent metadata are authoritative at this operation's production OpenAPI JSON Pointer. The readable tables below add integration guidance; the deployed OpenAPI controls if guidance and the machine contract ever differ.

Open the authoritative production contract ↗

EXTENDED INTEGRATION GUIDANCE

Readable request and response reference

Examples illustrate integration intent; the referenced OpenAPI operation and component schemas define the executable shape.

PARAMETERS

Headers, path, query, and body

NAMELOCATIONPRESENCETYPE / RULES / PURPOSE

AuthorizationheaderRequired

Bearer tokenCredential containing the trust:write scope.EXAMPLEBearer hc_live_…

Idempotency-KeyheaderRequired

ASCII string · 1–128Caller-generated key reused for every retry of the same logical mutation.EXAMPLElaunch-treasury-v1-001

Content-TypeheaderRequired

application/jsonSigned mutations accept canonical JSON only.EXAMPLEapplication/json

Content-DigestheaderRequired

RFC 9530 SHA-256 digestDigest of the exact transmitted body bytes.EXAMPLEsha-256=:47DEQpj8HBSa+/TImW+5JCeuQeRkm5NMpJWZG3hSuFU=:

Signature-InputheaderRequired

RFC 9421 signature parametersCovers @method, @path, content-digest, content-type, and idempotency-key; includes keyid, nonce, created, and expires.EXAMPLEsig1=("@method" "@path" "content-digest" "content-type" "idempotency-key");created=1786582800;expires=1786583100;nonce="01J…";keyid="machine-prod"

SignatureheaderRequired

Ed25519 HTTP Message SignatureSignature made by an active public key registered to the authenticated client.EXAMPLEsig1=:base64-signature:

policy_idbodyOptional

policy identifierExact current policy returned by the catalog; Identity applies its default when omitted.EXAMPLEindividual_standard

jurisdictionbodyOptional

uppercase jurisdiction codeOptional jurisdiction context evaluated by Identity policy.EXAMPLEUS

REQUEST

JSON body example

{
  "policy_id": "individual_standard",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}

RESPONSES

Status and payload examples

201Subject-owned verification started or idempotently resumed.Mutation completed · JSON RESPONSE+

{
  "verification_id": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "policy": {
    "id": "individual_standard",
    "version": "2026-07-15.1",
    "name": "Individual Standard",
    "description": "Government document, ownership, liveness, and current sanctions screening.",
    "assurance_level": "HC-IAL2",
    "retention_days": 365,
    "checks": [
      {
        "id": "profile",
        "label": "Profile resolution",
        "category": "identity",
        "required": true,
        "freshness_days": 365
      },
      {
        "id": "document",
        "label": "Government document",
        "category": "document",
        "required": true,
        "freshness_days": 365
      },
      {
        "id": "liveness",
        "label": "Liveness and face match",
        "category": "biometric",
        "required": true,
        "freshness_days": 365
      },
      {
        "id": "sanctions",
        "label": "Sanctions screening",
        "category": "screening",
        "required": true,
        "freshness_days": 1
      }
    ]
  },
  "status": "CONSENT_REQUIRED",
  "current_step": "preparation",
  "jurisdiction": "US",
  "provider_mode": "ADAPTER_READY",
  "decision": null,
  "investigation_status": "PENDING",
  "retention_until": "2027-09-01T18:10:00Z",
  "submitted_at": null,
  "completed_at": null,
  "created_at": "2026-09-01T18:10:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01T18:10:00Z",
  "checks": [
    {
      "check_id": "check-profile-01",
      "type": "profile",
      "status": "PENDING",
      "outcome": null,
      "summary": null,
      "evidence_sha256": null,
      "performed_at": null,
      "expires_at": null
    }
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "evidence_id": "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb",
      "type": "document_front",
      "check_type": "document",
      "media_type": "image/png",
      "size_bytes": 248310,
      "sha256": "cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc",
      "status": "CAPTURED",
      "created_at": "2026-09-01T18:10:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-01T18:10:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

INTEGRATION DECISION

CALLER ACTION: Accept the returned representation or receipt, then re-read verification using the canonical identifier returned by this operation.
RETRY SAFETY: Do not repeat a successful mutation merely to confirm it. For one logical mutation, retain the same Idempotency-Key and byte-equivalent request. Never reuse that key for changed instructions.
STATE RECONCILIATION: Persist returned identifiers, versions, commitments, and receipts. Refresh the subject, claim or credential version, issuer and reviewer authority, evidence commitment, decision, expiry, and revocation status.

400The JSON, identifier, idempotency key, or required signed headers are malformed.Request must change · JSON RESPONSE+

{
  "code": "invalid_trust_request",
  "message": "The JSON, identifier, idempotency key, or required signed headers are malformed."
}

INTEGRATION DECISIONinvalid_trust_request

CALLER ACTION: Rebuild the request from the live OpenAPI operation and correct the rejected method, media type, header, parameter, or body field.
RETRY SAFETY: Do not retry the same invalid request. For one logical mutation, retain the same Idempotency-Key and byte-equivalent request. Never reuse that key for changed instructions.
STATE RECONCILIATION: Compare the submitted values with the documented constraints before another call. Refresh the subject, claim or credential version, issuer and reviewer authority, evidence commitment, decision, expiry, and revocation status.
ESCALATE WHEN: Escalate when subject binding, evidence minimization, issuer or reviewer authority, decision lineage, expiry, or revocation cannot be established.

401The bearer credential or HTTP Message Signature is missing, expired, replayed, or invalid.Authentication required · JSON RESPONSE+

{
  "code": "invalid_credentials",
  "message": "The bearer credential or HTTP Message Signature is missing, expired, replayed, or invalid."
}

INTEGRATION DECISIONinvalid_credentials

CALLER ACTION: Discard the rejected credential, complete the documented authentication or reassertion flow, and rebuild any request signature with fresh timestamps and nonces.
RETRY SAFETY: Retry only with a newly valid credential and fresh replay-protection values. For one logical mutation, retain the same Idempotency-Key and byte-equivalent request. Never reuse that key for changed instructions.
STATE RECONCILIATION: Assume the outcome is unknown only when the connection failed after transmission; otherwise authentication failed before domain work. Refresh the subject, claim or credential version, issuer and reviewer authority, evidence commitment, decision, expiry, and revocation status.
ESCALATE WHEN: Escalate when subject binding, evidence minimization, issuer or reviewer authority, decision lineage, expiry, or revocation cannot be established.

403The subject lacks exact trust:write authority or the resource is ineligible.Authority or policy denied · JSON RESPONSE+

{
  "code": "insufficient_scope",
  "message": "The subject lacks exact trust:write authority or the resource is ineligible."
}

INTEGRATION DECISIONinsufficient_scope

CALLER ACTION: Verify the exact scope, tenant or workspace membership, owner boundary, step-up purpose, feature policy, and resource eligibility. Never broaden authority automatically.
RETRY SAFETY: Do not retry until the missing authority or policy condition has been deliberately resolved with least privilege.
STATE RECONCILIATION: Confirm the caller and resource resolve to the same authority boundary for subject-scoped trust claims, evidence, credentials, reviews, decisions, presentations, and revocations.
ESCALATE WHEN: Escalate when subject binding, evidence minimization, issuer or reviewer authority, decision lineage, expiry, or revocation cannot be established.

409The idempotency key is bound to different instructions or current lifecycle state conflicts.State reconciliation required · JSON RESPONSE+

{
  "code": "trust_conflict",
  "message": "The idempotency key is bound to different instructions or current lifecycle state conflicts."
}

INTEGRATION DECISIONtrust_conflict

CALLER ACTION: Stop the mutation sequence and fetch the latest authoritative resource, lifecycle state, version, ETag, reservation, or existing idempotency result.
RETRY SAFETY: Retry only after reconciling the conflict. For one logical mutation, retain the same Idempotency-Key and byte-equivalent request. Never reuse that key for changed instructions.
STATE RECONCILIATION: Refresh the subject, claim or credential version, issuer and reviewer authority, evidence commitment, decision, expiry, and revocation status.
ESCALATE WHEN: Escalate when subject binding, evidence minimization, issuer or reviewer authority, decision lineage, expiry, or revocation cannot be established.

422A policy, jurisdiction, claim field, lifecycle value, or reason is outside the published contract.Request must change · JSON RESPONSE+

{
  "code": "invalid_trust_request",
  "message": "A policy, jurisdiction, claim field, lifecycle value, or reason is outside the published contract."
}

INTEGRATION DECISIONinvalid_trust_request

CALLER ACTION: Rebuild the request from the live OpenAPI operation and correct the rejected method, media type, header, parameter, or body field.
RETRY SAFETY: Do not retry the same invalid request. For one logical mutation, retain the same Idempotency-Key and byte-equivalent request. Never reuse that key for changed instructions.
STATE RECONCILIATION: Compare the submitted values with the documented constraints before another call. Refresh the subject, claim or credential version, issuer and reviewer authority, evidence commitment, decision, expiry, and revocation status.
ESCALATE WHEN: Escalate when subject binding, evidence minimization, issuer or reviewer authority, decision lineage, expiry, or revocation cannot be established.

503The authoritative Identity trust service is unavailable.Dependency unavailable or outcome uncertain · JSON RESPONSE+

{
  "code": "identity_unavailable",
  "message": "The authoritative Identity trust service is unavailable."
}

INTEGRATION DECISIONidentity_unavailable

CALLER ACTION: Preserve the exact request and treat the outcome as uncertain until authoritative state proves whether it committed.
RETRY SAFETY: Reconcile before retrying. For one logical mutation, retain the same Idempotency-Key and byte-equivalent request. Never reuse that key for changed instructions. Use bounded backoff with jitter.
STATE RECONCILIATION: Refresh the subject, claim or credential version, issuer and reviewer authority, evidence commitment, decision, expiry, and revocation status.
ESCALATE WHEN: Escalate when subject binding, evidence minimization, issuer or reviewer authority, decision lineage, expiry, or revocation cannot be established.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

Security and lifecycle guarantees

Fetch the policy catalog first, disclose its checks and retention to the subject, and choose the least intrusive policy that satisfies the relying business case.
HTTP 201 means the workflow record exists; it does not mean verification passed. Branch on status, current_step, decision, investigation_status, and each check's status.
Evidence entries expose media metadata and SHA-256 commitments only. CAPTURED is not validated, accepted, or policy-satisfying, and the response grants no media retrieval right.
Reuse Idempotency-Key only for a retry of the identical logical start. The operation cannot issue a credential, make an administrative decision, or authorize another business domain.

DOCUMENTATION STATUS

This route is implemented in canonical gateway source and appears in the production OpenAPI snapshot observed 2026-09-11T06:35:11.572Z. Authentication, tenant, feature, venue, and market policy still apply.

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