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INVALID_DOCTRINE_WHY

HTTP 400

Something about the request must change

why must be 1..240 characters.

How to fix it (contract guidance)

Compress the why into bounds.

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": "INVALID_DOCTRINE_WHY",
  "httpStatus": 400,
  "meaning": "why must be 1..240 characters.",
  "fix": "Compress the why into bounds.",
  "example": null,
  "emittedBy": [
    "POST /api/doctrine"
  ],
  "links": {
    "contract": "/docs/openapi.json",
    "changelog": "/changelog",
    "blog": "/dispatches"
  },
  "guidanceSource": "contract-manifest",
  "observedResolution": {
    "code": "INVALID_DOCTRINE_WHY",
    "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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