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JSON_REQUIRED

HTTP 415

Something about the request must change

The Content-Type must be application/json.

How to fix it (contract guidance)

Send Content-Type: application/json.

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": "JSON_REQUIRED",
  "httpStatus": 415,
  "meaning": "The Content-Type must be application/json.",
  "fix": "Send Content-Type: application/json.",
  "example": null,
  "emittedBy": [
    "POST /api/contact",
    "POST /api/auth/signup",
    "POST /api/auth/login",
    "POST /api/auth/forgot-password",
    "POST /api/auth/reset-password",
    "POST /api/auth/change-password",
    "PATCH /api/account/profile",
    "POST /api/account/email",
    "POST /api/account/billing/checkout",
    "POST /api/account/billing/portal",
    "POST /api/account/billing/annual",
    "DELETE /api/account",
    "POST /api/admin/webhooks/{eventId}/replay",
    "POST /api/admin/feedback/{feedbackId}/promote",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/plan",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/revoke",
    "POST /api/admin/import",
    "POST /api/auth/logout",
    "POST /api/accounts/provision",
    "POST /api/accounts/anon-provision",
    "POST /api/accounts/claim-anonymous",
    "POST /api/projects",
    "DELETE /api/projects/{projectId}",
    "POST /api/projects/enroll",
    "POST /api/projects/{projectId}/claim-nonce",
    "POST /api/projects/{projectId}/claim",
    "POST /api/projects/{projectId}/agents/enroll",
    "POST /api/accounts/tokens",
    "POST /api/feedback",
    "POST /api/doctrine",
    "POST /api/doctrine/{slug}/agree",
    "POST /api/items/batch",
    "POST /api/items",
    "PATCH /api/items/{workId}",
    "POST /api/items/{workId}/state",
    "POST /api/items/{workId}/progress",
    "POST /api/items/{workId}/override",
    "POST /api/items/reorder",
    "POST /api/claim",
    "POST /api/lease",
    "POST /api/submit",
    "POST /api/supersede",
    "POST /api/verify",
    "POST /api/shouts"
  ],
  "links": {
    "contract": "/docs/openapi.json",
    "changelog": "/changelog",
    "blog": "/dispatches"
  },
  "guidanceSource": "contract-manifest",
  "observedResolution": {
    "code": "JSON_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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