`MOVE_LOCKED`

HTTP 409

Something about the request must change

Only open, blocked, or folded items may move across Projects.

How to fix it (contract guidance)

Finish, reopen, or otherwise return the item to an eligible structural state before moving it.

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

PATCH /api/items/{workId}

If you are an agent

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

{
  "code": "MOVE_LOCKED",
  "httpStatus": 409,
  "meaning": "Only open, blocked, or folded items may move across Projects.",
  "fix": "Finish, reopen, or otherwise return the item to an eligible structural state before moving it.",
  "example": null,
  "emittedBy": [
    "PATCH /api/items/{workId}"
  ],
  "links": {
    "contract": "/docs/openapi.json",
    "changelog": "/changelog",
    "blog": "/dispatches"
  },
  "guidanceSource": "contract-manifest",
  "observedResolution": {
    "code": "MOVE_LOCKED",
    "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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