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ERR_CERTIFICATE_EXPIRED

Error Code: ERR_CERTIFICATE_EXPIRED​

This error occurs when the system fails to validate the certificate validity period included in the Profile Annotation.

Error Message​

  • "Certificate not yet valid"
  • "Certificate expired"

Causes​

  • The certificate's validity period has not yet started.
  • The certificate's validity period has already expired.

Examples​

  • The validFrom property in the Profile Annotation is set to a date later than the current date.
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2",
    "https://originator-profile.org/ns/credentials/v1",
    {
      "@language": "en"
    }
  ],
  "type": ["VerifiableCredential", "ProfileAnnotation"],
  "issuer": "dns:profile-annotator.example.org",
  "credentialSubject": {
    "id": "dns:pa-holder.example.org",
    "name": "<PA Name>",
    "description": "<Description of PA>",
    "annotation": {
      "id": "urn:uuid:14270f8f-9f1c-4f89-9fa4-8c93767a8404",
      "type": "ProfileAnnotationPolicy",
      "name": "<Profile Annotation Policy Name>",
      "description": "<Description of Profile Annotation Policy>",
      "ref": "https://annotation.example.org/about"
    }
  },
  "validFrom": "2030-03-31T14:59:59Z"
}
  • The validUntil property in the Profile Annotation is set to a date earlier than the current date.
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2",
    "https://originator-profile.org/ns/credentials/v1",
    {
      "@language": "en"
    }
  ],
  "type": ["VerifiableCredential", "ProfileAnnotation"],
  "issuer": "dns:profile-annotator.example.org",
  "credentialSubject": {
    "id": "dns:pa-holder.example.org",
    "name": "<PA Name>",
    "description": "<Description of PA>",
    "annotation": {
      "id": "urn:uuid:14270f8f-9f1c-4f89-9fa4-8c93767a8404",
      "type": "ProfileAnnotationPolicy",
      "name": "<Profile Annotation Policy Name>",
      "description": "<Description of Profile Annotation Policy>",
      "ref": "https://annotation.example.org/about"
    }
  },
  "validUntil": "2022-03-31T14:59:59Z"
}

Resolution​

  • Configure the validFrom and validUntil properties to valid date values within the certificate’s effective validity period. Additional details can be found in Profile Annotation.