`REQUIRED_CHECK_UNSATISFIED`

HTTP 409

Something about the request must change

A policy-required provider check is missing, unsuccessful, or bound to another head.

How to fix it (contract guidance)

Make the required checks pass on the exact submitted head, then resubmit.

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/submit
POST /api/verify

If you are an agent

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

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  "code": "REQUIRED_CHECK_UNSATISFIED",
  "httpStatus": 409,
  "meaning": "A policy-required provider check is missing, unsuccessful, or bound to another head.",
  "fix": "Make the required checks pass on the exact submitted head, then resubmit.",
  "example": null,
  "emittedBy": [
    "POST /api/submit",
    "POST /api/verify"
  ],
  "links": {
    "contract": "/docs/openapi.json",
    "changelog": "/changelog",
    "blog": "/dispatches"
  },
  "guidanceSource": "contract-manifest",
  "observedResolution": {
    "code": "REQUIRED_CHECK_UNSATISFIED",
    "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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