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UNAUTHENTICATED

HTTP 401

Something about the request must change

The browser session is missing, expired, idle-timed-out, or revoked.

How to fix it (contract guidance)

Sign in again; the stale cookie is cleared by /api/auth/me.

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": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
  "httpStatus": 401,
  "meaning": "The browser session is missing, expired, idle-timed-out, or revoked.",
  "fix": "Sign in again; the stale cookie is cleared by /api/auth/me.",
  "example": null,
  "emittedBy": [
    "GET /account/{section}",
    "GET /admin",
    "GET /api/status",
    "GET /api/auth/me",
    "POST /api/auth/change-password",
    "GET /api/account/profile",
    "PATCH /api/account/profile",
    "POST /api/account/email",
    "GET /api/account/billing",
    "GET /api/account/rewind",
    "POST /api/account/rewind",
    "POST /api/account/billing/checkout",
    "POST /api/account/billing/portal",
    "POST /api/account/billing/annual",
    "DELETE /api/account",
    "GET /api/admin/codebase",
    "GET /api/admin/users",
    "GET /api/admin/costmodel",
    "GET /api/admin/feedback",
    "GET /api/admin/contact",
    "GET /api/admin/utilization",
    "GET /api/admin/audit",
    "GET /api/admin/abuse",
    "GET /api/admin/metrics",
    "GET /api/admin/durability",
    "GET /api/admin/allowlist",
    "GET /api/admin/webhooks",
    "POST /api/admin/webhooks/{eventId}/replay",
    "POST /api/admin/feedback/{feedbackId}/promote",
    "GET /api/admin/users/{userId}",
    "GET /api/admin/users/{userId}/billing",
    "GET /api/admin/billing/dunning",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/subscription",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/refund",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/plan",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/revoke",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/tokens/{tokenId}",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/delete",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/purge",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/restore",
    "POST /api/admin/users/{userId}/impersonate",
    "POST /api/admin/impersonation/{impersonationId}/end",
    "GET /api/admin/export",
    "POST /api/admin/import",
    "POST /api/accounts/provision",
    "POST /api/accounts/claim-anonymous",
    "POST /api/auth/device/approve",
    "GET /api/whoami",
    "GET /api/projects",
    "POST /api/projects",
    "PATCH /api/projects/{projectId}",
    "DELETE /api/projects/{projectId}",
    "POST /api/projects/{projectId}/claim-nonce",
    "POST /api/projects/{projectId}/claim",
    "GET /api/boards",
    "POST /api/boards",
    "PATCH /api/boards/{projectId}",
    "DELETE /api/boards/{projectId}",
    "POST /api/boards/{projectId}/claim-nonce",
    "POST /api/boards/{projectId}/claim",
    "POST /api/accounts/tokens",
    "GET /api/accounts/tokens",
    "DELETE /api/accounts/tokens/{tokenId}",
    "PATCH /api/accounts/tokens/{tokenId}",
    "POST /api/accounts/tokens/{tokenId}/reissue",
    "GET /api/boards/{projectId}/invitations",
    "POST /api/boards/{projectId}/invitations",
    "POST /api/boards/invitations/{invitationId}/accept",
    "POST /api/boards/{projectId}/invitations/{invitationId}/revoke",
    "POST /api/boards/{projectId}/invitations/{invitationId}/resend",
    "POST /api/boards/{projectId}/members/{userId}/role",
    "DELETE /api/boards/{projectId}/members/{userId}",
    "POST /api/boards/{projectId}/transfers",
    "POST /api/boards/transfers/{transferId}/accept",
    "POST /api/feedback",
    "POST /api/status/heartbeat",
    "GET /api/agents",
    "GET /api/doctrine",
    "POST /api/doctrine",
    "POST /api/doctrine/{slug}/agree",
    "POST /api/doctrine/{slug}/ratify",
    "POST /api/doctrine/{slug}/reject",
    "POST /api/doctrine/{slug}/level",
    "POST /api/doctrine/{slug}/blind-test",
    "GET /api/spec",
    "POST /api/spec",
    "GET /api/spec/{clauseId}",
    "PATCH /api/spec/{clauseId}",
    "GET /api/shouts",
    "GET /api/activity",
    "GET /api/metrics",
    "POST /api/items/batch",
    "POST /api/items",
    "GET /api/items/{workId}",
    "PATCH /api/items/{workId}",
    "POST /api/items/{workId}/state",
    "POST /api/items/{workId}/progress",
    "POST /api/items/{workId}/comments",
    "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",
    "POST /api/history/query"
  ],
  "links": {
    "contract": "/docs/openapi.json",
    "changelog": "/changelog",
    "blog": "/dispatches"
  },
  "guidanceSource": "contract-manifest",
  "observedResolution": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "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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