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ERR_ORIGINATOR_PROFILE_VERIFY_FAILED

Error Code: ERR_ORIGINATOR_PROFILE_VERIFY_FAILED​

This error occurs when verification of the Originator Profile fails.

Error Message​

  • "Core Profile verify failed"
  • "Profile Annotation verify failed"
  • "Web Media Profile verify failed"

Causes​

  • Verification of the Core Profile may have failed.
  • Verification of the Profile Annotation may have failed.
  • Verification of the Web Media Profile may have failed.

Verification failures may include the following causes:

  • The decoding may have failed. Additional details can be found in ERR_VC_DECODE_FAILED
  • The verification result for the Core Profile may not have been found.
  • The Core Profile referenced by the Profile Annotation's issuer may not have been found. Additional details can be found in ERR_CORE_PROFILE_NOT_FOUND.
  • The Core Profile referenced by the Web Media Profile's issuer may not have been found. Additional details can be found in ERR_CORE_PROFILE_NOT_FOUND.
  • The signature verification may have failed.
  • The Profile Annotation may be outside its valid time period. Additional details can be found in ERR_CERTIFICATE_EXPIRED.

Examples​

  • The Core Profile is placed with part of its footer missing.
    <script type="application/ops+json">
      [
        {
          "core": "eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImpKWXM1X0lMZ1VjODE4MEwtcE...RXpun0HYErCDkbzuEMkXO8edtMM_8Znlm6fzElEKWg79ShDrvRKGQNkr41cpl7ycLzFIbKk7epRTlStlq"
        }
      ]
    </script>
  • 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"
}

Resolution​

  • Review the Core Profile, Profile Annotation, and Web Media Profile that failed verification. Additional details can be found in the error code documentation corresponding to the cause of the failure or in the relevant specifications.