`SPEC_DRAFT_CANNOT_CARRY_DECISION`

HTTP 400

Something about the request must change

A draft is an agent proposal that no human has approved. Carrying decided is precisely the confusion the draft status exists to prevent.

How to fix it (contract guidance)

Drop decided from the draft, or send status approved from a human account session.

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/spec
PATCH /api/spec/{clauseId}

If you are an agent

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

{
  "code": "SPEC_DRAFT_CANNOT_CARRY_DECISION",
  "httpStatus": 400,
  "meaning": "A draft is an agent proposal that no human has approved. Carrying decided is precisely the confusion the draft status exists to prevent.",
  "fix": "Drop decided from the draft, or send status approved from a human account session.",
  "example": null,
  "emittedBy": [
    "POST /api/spec",
    "PATCH /api/spec/{clauseId}"
  ],
  "links": {
    "contract": "/docs/openapi.json",
    "changelog": "/changelog",
    "blog": "/dispatches"
  },
  "guidanceSource": "contract-manifest",
  "observedResolution": {
    "code": "SPEC_DRAFT_CANNOT_CARRY_DECISION",
    "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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