`DOCTRINE_LEVEL_UNCHANGED`

HTTP 409

Something about the request must change

This doctrine node already sits at the requested authority level.

How to fix it (contract guidance)

Send the other level, or leave the node where it is.

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.

Raised by

POST /api/doctrine/{slug}/level

If you are an agent

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

{
  "code": "DOCTRINE_LEVEL_UNCHANGED",
  "httpStatus": 409,
  "meaning": "This doctrine node already sits at the requested authority level.",
  "fix": "Send the other level, or leave the node where it is.",
  "example": null,
  "emittedBy": [
    "POST /api/doctrine/{slug}/level"
  ],
  "links": {
    "contract": "/docs/openapi.json",
    "changelog": "/changelog",
    "blog": "/dispatches"
  },
  "guidanceSource": "contract-manifest",
  "observedResolution": {
    "code": "DOCTRINE_LEVEL_UNCHANGED",
    "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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