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ADMIN_REQUIRED

HTTP 403

Something about the request must change

The session is valid but the account is not on the admin allowlist.

How to fix it (contract guidance)

Stop; this surface is operator-only and retrying will not help.

Observed recovery

Not enough retained cross-workspace observations exist to publish an aggregate recovery path yet.

Publication requires at least 3 distinct workspaces. This is withheld data, not evidence that no recovery happened.

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The same facts, structured. Do not infer the fix from the prose above — use this.

{
  "code": "ADMIN_REQUIRED",
  "httpStatus": 403,
  "meaning": "The session is valid but the account is not on the admin allowlist.",
  "fix": "Stop; this surface is operator-only and retrying will not help.",
  "example": null,
  "emittedBy": [
    "GET /admin",
    "GET /api/admin/codebase",
    "GET /api/admin/users",
    "GET /api/admin/costmodel",
    "GET /api/admin/feedback",
    "GET /api/admin/contact",
    "GET /api/admin/utilization",
    "GET /api/admin/audit",
    "GET /api/admin/abuse",
    "GET /api/admin/metrics",
    "GET /api/admin/durability",
    "GET /api/admin/allowlist",
    "GET /api/admin/webhooks",
    "POST /api/admin/webhooks/{eventId}/replay",
    "POST /api/admin/feedback/{feedbackId}/promote",
    "GET /api/admin/users/{userId}",
    "GET /api/admin/users/{userId}/billing",
    "GET /api/admin/billing/dunning",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/subscription",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/refund",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/plan",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/revoke",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/tokens/{tokenId}",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/delete",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/purge",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/restore",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/impersonate",
    "POST /api/admin/impersonation/{impersonationId}/end",
    "GET /api/admin/export",
    "POST /api/admin/import"
  ],
  "links": {
    "contract": "/docs/openapi.json",
    "changelog": "/changelog",
    "blog": "/dispatches"
  },
  "guidanceSource": "contract-manifest",
  "observedResolution": {
    "code": "ADMIN_REQUIRED",
    "source": "server-event-ledger",
    "scope": "current-retained-events",
    "correlationWindowHours": 24,
    "minimumDistinctWorkspaces": 3,
    "status": "insufficient-aggregate",
    "observations": null,
    "distinctWorkspaces": null,
    "path": null
  }
}

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