@astrasyncai/verification-gateway 5.11.0 → 5.13.0

package/dist/adapters/nextjs.mjs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // src/version.ts
-var SDK_VERSION = "5.11.0";
+var SDK_VERSION = "5.13.0";
 
 // src/http.ts
 var SDK_USER_AGENT = `astrasync-sdk/${SDK_VERSION}`;
@@ -92,6 +92,59 @@ function getCachedWellKnownUrls(apiBaseUrl) {
   return cache.get(apiBaseUrl)?.data;
 }
 
+// src/failure-posture.ts
+var VERIFICATION_STATUS_HEADER = "X-Astra-Verification";
+var DEFAULT_UNAVAILABLE_RETRY_AFTER_S = 30;
+var REJECTED_IDENTITY_DIMENSIONS = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set([
+  "identity.invalid_agent_id",
+  "identity.unknown_agent",
+  "agent.lookup"
+]);
+var UNKNOWN_AGENT_GUIDANCE = "Register your agent with AstraSync (or, inside an MCP host, add the AstraSync MCP connector for keyless, human-approved registration), then present the canonical ASTRA-* id issued after owner approval.";
+var UNAVAILABLE_DIMENSIONS = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set([
+  "verify_access.api_error",
+  "middleware.internal_error"
+]);
+function isVerificationUnavailable(result) {
+  if (result.misconfigured) return false;
+  return (result.failures ?? []).some((f) => UNAVAILABLE_DIMENSIONS.has(f.dimension));
+}
+function unavailableRetryAfterSeconds(result) {
+  if (typeof result.retryAfterMs === "number" && Number.isFinite(result.retryAfterMs)) {
+    return Math.max(1, Math.ceil(result.retryAfterMs / 1e3));
+  }
+  return DEFAULT_UNAVAILABLE_RETRY_AFTER_S;
+}
+function isAnonymousRead(method, credentials) {
+  const m = (method ?? "").toUpperCase();
+  if (m !== "GET" && m !== "HEAD") return false;
+  return !credentials.astraId && !credentials.jwt;
+}
+function buildVerificationUnavailableBody(result) {
+  return {
+    success: false,
+    error: {
+      code: "VERIFICATION_UNAVAILABLE",
+      message: "Agent verification is temporarily unavailable and this path enforces verification. Your identity was not evaluated and no denial was recorded \u2014 retry after the Retry-After interval.",
+      retryable: true,
+      retryAfterSeconds: unavailableRetryAfterSeconds(result),
+      ...result.failures && { failures: result.failures },
+      ...result.correlationId && { correlationId: result.correlationId },
+      guidance: {
+        message: "Retry the request after the Retry-After interval, with exponential backoff; the condition is transient."
+      }
+    }
+  };
+}
+function isRejectedIdentityClaim(result) {
+  return (result.failures ?? []).some((f) => REJECTED_IDENTITY_DIMENSIONS.has(f.dimension));
+}
+function denyStatusFor(result, policyDeniedCode) {
+  if (isRejectedIdentityClaim(result)) return { status: 403, code: "AGENT_IDENTITY_REJECTED" };
+  if (result.identityVerified) return { status: 403, code: policyDeniedCode };
+  return { status: 401, code: "UNAUTHORIZED" };
+}
+
 // src/verify.ts
 var DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
   apiBaseUrl: "https://astrasync.ai/api",
@@ -104,7 +157,7 @@ var DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
 };
 var initCheckPerformed = false;
 var deprecationWarningShown = false;
-async function performInitCheck(apiBaseUrl, debug, strictInit, apiKey) {
+async function performInitCheck(apiBaseUrl, debug, strictInit, apiKey, counterparty) {
   initCheckPerformed = true;
   try {
     const probeUrl = `${apiBaseUrl}/agents/verify-access`;
@@ -122,7 +175,8 @@ async function performInitCheck(apiBaseUrl, debug, strictInit, apiKey) {
       );
     }
     if (apiKey) {
-      const selfCheck = await sdkFetch(`${apiBaseUrl}/agents/verify-access/self-check`, {
+      const q = counterparty?.id ? `?counterpartyId=${encodeURIComponent(counterparty.id)}` : counterparty?.url ? `?counterpartyUrl=${encodeURIComponent(counterparty.url)}` : "";
+      const selfCheck = await sdkFetch(`${apiBaseUrl}/agents/verify-access/self-check${q}`, {
         headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}` }
       });
       if (selfCheck.status === 401) {
@@ -134,6 +188,13 @@ async function performInitCheck(apiBaseUrl, debug, strictInit, apiKey) {
         console.error(message);
       } else if (selfCheck.ok) {
         const body = await selfCheck.json().catch(() => ({}));
+        if (body.counterparty && body.counterparty.canVerify === false) {
+          const message = `[VerificationGateway] the configured AstraSync API key cannot verify for this endpoint (${body.counterparty.message ?? "endpoint not found or owned by another account"}). Every inbound agent will be turned away until the key or counterparty is corrected.`;
+          if (strictInit) {
+            throw new Error(`${message} (strictInit=true)`);
+          }
+          console.error(message);
+        }
         if (typeof body.daysToExpiry === "number" && body.daysToExpiry <= 7) {
           console.warn(
             `[VerificationGateway] the configured AstraSync API key expires in ${body.daysToExpiry} day(s) \u2014 rotate it at Settings \u2192 Developer Tools before integrations start failing.`
@@ -272,11 +333,11 @@ function createGuidanceResponse(_config, reason, options = {}) {
   const isMisconfig = source === "merchant_misconfig";
   const urls = options.urls;
   const guidance = isMisconfig ? {
-    message: "This site's AstraSync integration is misconfigured (its API key was revoked, expired, or rotated). Your identity and the AstraSync platform are fine \u2014 contact the site operator. Retrying will not help.",
+    message: "This site's AstraSync integration is misconfigured (its API key was revoked, expired, rotated, or belongs to another account). Your identity and the AstraSync platform are fine \u2014 contact the site operator. Retrying will not help.",
     registrationUrl: urls?.registrationUrl ?? "",
     documentationUrl: options.remediation?.docsUrl ?? urls?.documentationUrl ?? "",
     steps: [
-      "Report the failure to the site operator \u2014 their AstraSync API key needs rotating",
+      "Report the failure to the site operator \u2014 their AstraSync API key needs replacing",
       "Do not retry: the failure is deterministic until the operator updates their key"
     ]
   } : isApiError ? {
@@ -337,11 +398,44 @@ function createGuidanceResponse(_config, reason, options = {}) {
     // coercing the absent recommendation to a policy 'deny'. Misconfig is
     // deterministic and intentionally NOT marked retryable.
     ...isApiError && { retryable: true },
+    ...options.httpStatus !== void 0 && { httpStatus: options.httpStatus },
+    ...options.retryAfterMs !== void 0 && { retryAfterMs: options.retryAfterMs },
     correlationId: options.correlationId,
     attemptId: options.attemptId,
     verifiedAt: /* @__PURE__ */ new Date()
   };
 }
+async function readJsonSafe(response) {
+  try {
+    const parsed = await response.json();
+    return parsed && typeof parsed === "object" ? parsed : {};
+  } catch {
+    return {};
+  }
+}
+function rejectedIdentityGuidance(failures) {
+  const f = failures?.find((x) => REJECTED_IDENTITY_DIMENSIONS.has(x.dimension));
+  if (!f) return void 0;
+  if (f.dimension === "agent.lookup") {
+    return `The presented agent identifier is not registered with AstraSync. ${UNKNOWN_AGENT_GUIDANCE}`;
+  }
+  return f.guidance ? `${f.message} ${f.guidance}` : f.message;
+}
+var MAX_RETRY_AFTER_MS = 15 * 60 * 1e3;
+function parseRetryAfterMs(response) {
+  const raw = response.headers?.get?.("retry-after");
+  if (!raw) return void 0;
+  const trimmed = raw.trim();
+  let ms;
+  if (/^\d+(\.\d+)?$/.test(trimmed)) {
+    ms = Number(trimmed) * 1e3;
+  } else {
+    const at = Date.parse(trimmed);
+    if (Number.isNaN(at)) return void 0;
+    ms = at - Date.now();
+  }
+  return Math.min(MAX_RETRY_AFTER_MS, Math.max(0, Math.round(ms)));
+}
 async function callVerifyAccessAPI(config, request) {
   const { credentials, ...requestData } = request;
   const body = {
@@ -398,7 +492,8 @@ async function callVerifyAccessAPI(config, request) {
       body: JSON.stringify(body),
       signal: AbortSignal.timeout(config.verifyTimeoutMs ?? 1e4)
     });
-    const data = await response.json();
+    const data = await readJsonSafe(response);
+    const retryAfterMs = parseRetryAfterMs(response);
     if (response.status === 410) {
       return {
         success: true,
@@ -436,13 +531,31 @@ async function callVerifyAccessAPI(config, request) {
         }
       };
     }
+    if (response.status === 404 && credentials.astraId && (data?.error === "AGENT_NOT_FOUND" || typeof data?.message === "string" && /agent/i.test(data.message))) {
+      return {
+        success: true,
+        attemptId: typeof data?.attemptId === "string" ? data.attemptId : void 0,
+        access: {
+          allowed: false,
+          reason: "unknown_agent",
+          failures: [
+            {
+              dimension: "identity.unknown_agent",
+              message: "The presented agent identifier is not registered with AstraSync.",
+              guidance: UNKNOWN_AGENT_GUIDANCE
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      };
+    }
     if (!response.ok) {
-      if (response.status === 401) {
+      const keyMismatch = response.status === 403 && data?.error === "COUNTERPARTY_KEY_MISMATCH";
+      if (response.status === 401 || keyMismatch) {
         return {
           success: false,
           error: data.message || data.error || "Integration API key rejected",
           misconfig: true,
-          misconfigCode: typeof data?.code === "string" ? data.code : void 0,
+          misconfigCode: keyMismatch ? "counterparty_key_mismatch" : typeof data?.code === "string" ? data.code : void 0,
           remediation: data?.remediation && typeof data.remediation === "object" ? data.remediation : void 0,
           correlationId: typeof data?.correlationId === "string" ? data.correlationId : void 0,
           attemptId: typeof data?.attemptId === "string" ? data.attemptId : void 0
@@ -450,9 +563,11 @@ async function callVerifyAccessAPI(config, request) {
       }
       return {
         success: false,
-        error: data.message || data.error || `API returned ${response.status}`,
+        error: typeof data?.message === "string" && data.message || typeof data?.error === "string" && data.error || `API returned ${response.status}`,
         correlationId: typeof data?.correlationId === "string" ? data.correlationId : void 0,
-        attemptId: typeof data?.attemptId === "string" ? data.attemptId : void 0
+        attemptId: typeof data?.attemptId === "string" ? data.attemptId : void 0,
+        httpStatus: response.status,
+        ...retryAfterMs !== void 0 && { retryAfterMs }
       };
     }
     return data;
@@ -473,14 +588,22 @@ async function verify(config, request, options) {
         mergedConfig.apiBaseUrl,
         mergedConfig.debug,
         true,
-        mergedConfig.apiKey
+        mergedConfig.apiKey,
+        {
+          id: mergedConfig.counterpartyId,
+          url: mergedConfig.counterpartyUrl ?? request.counterpartyUrl
+        }
       );
     } else {
       void performInitCheck(
         mergedConfig.apiBaseUrl,
         mergedConfig.debug,
         false,
-        mergedConfig.apiKey
+        mergedConfig.apiKey,
+        {
+          id: mergedConfig.counterpartyId,
+          url: mergedConfig.counterpartyUrl ?? request.counterpartyUrl
+        }
       );
     }
   }
@@ -524,12 +647,14 @@ async function verify(config, request, options) {
       correlationId: apiResponse.correlationId,
       attemptId: apiResponse.attemptId,
       remediation: apiResponse.remediation,
+      httpStatus: apiResponse.httpStatus,
+      retryAfterMs: apiResponse.retryAfterMs,
       urls
     });
   }
   if (!apiResponse.access?.allowed) {
     const aggregatedFailures = apiResponse.access?.failures;
-    const idVerifiedFromBackend = apiResponse.verificationContext?.idVerified === true;
+    const idVerifiedFromBackend = apiResponse.verificationContext?.idVerified === true && !aggregatedFailures?.some((f) => REJECTED_IDENTITY_DIMENSIONS.has(f.dimension));
     const result2 = {
       identityVerified: idVerifiedFromBackend,
       policyAllowed: false,
@@ -541,7 +666,10 @@ async function verify(config, request, options) {
       requiresStepUp: apiResponse.access?.requiresStepUp,
       requiresApproval: apiResponse.access?.requiresApproval,
       guidance: {
-        message: apiResponse.access?.reason || "Access denied by PDLSS policy",
+        // 5.12.0: a presented-but-rejected id (malformed / unknown) carries
+        // actionable registration guidance on its failure — surface it
+        // instead of the bare machine reason ('unknown_agent').
+        message: rejectedIdentityGuidance(aggregatedFailures) ?? (apiResponse.access?.reason || "Access denied by PDLSS policy"),
         registrationUrl: urls?.registrationUrl ?? "",
         documentationUrl: urls?.documentationUrl ?? "",
         // 5.1.0: anonymous callers land on this branch — steer MCP-hosted
@@ -641,7 +769,7 @@ async function verify(config, request, options) {
       registrationUrl: urls?.registrationUrl ?? "",
       documentationUrl: urls?.documentationUrl ?? ""
     };
-  } else if (result.recommendation === "step_up_required") {
+  } else if (result.recommendation === "step_up_required" && result.identityVerified) {
     result.requiresStepUp = true;
     result.denialReasons = serverDenialReasons ?? result.recommendationReasons ?? ["Step-up verification required"];
   }
@@ -651,6 +779,7 @@ async function verify(config, request, options) {
   }
   return result;
 }
+var refusedPolicyReads = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set();
 async function fetchRoutes(config, counterpartyId) {
   if (!counterpartyId) return null;
   const headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json" };
@@ -663,7 +792,15 @@ async function fetchRoutes(config, counterpartyId) {
       `${config.apiBaseUrl}/endpoints/${encodeURIComponent(counterpartyId)}/routes`,
       { method: "GET", headers }
     );
-    if (!response.ok) return null;
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      if ((response.status === 401 || response.status === 403 || response.status === 404) && !refusedPolicyReads.has(counterpartyId)) {
+        refusedPolicyReads.add(counterpartyId);
+        console.error(
+          `[VerificationGateway] the configured API key cannot read the route policy for ${counterpartyId} (HTTP ${response.status}). The key belongs to an account that does not own this endpoint, or the counterpartyId is wrong. The gateway is in PASS-THROUGH mode: no agent is being verified.`
+        );
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
     const body = await response.json();
     return body.data?.routes ?? [];
   } catch {
@@ -680,7 +817,10 @@ async function reportUnregisteredAttempt(config, data) {
   };
   await sdkFetch(`${apiBaseUrl}/verification-activity/unregistered-attempt`, {
     method: "POST",
-    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+      ...config.apiKey && { Authorization: `Bearer ${config.apiKey}` }
+    },
     body: JSON.stringify(body)
   }).catch(() => {
   });
@@ -1153,7 +1293,10 @@ var PLATFORM_AGENT_SIGNATURES = [
   {
     vendor: "chatgpt",
     displayName: "OpenAI ChatGPT",
-    uaPatterns: [/chatgpt/i, /openai/i, /gpt-?\d/i],
+    // GPTBot (training crawler) and OAI-SearchBot (ChatGPT search) are
+    // OpenAI's declared crawler UAs — `gpt-?\d` never matched them, so they
+    // classified as unattributed crawlers (round-27.4 W5).
+    uaPatterns: [/chatgpt/i, /openai/i, /gpt-?\d/i, /\bGPTBot\b/i, /\bOAI-SearchBot\b/i],
     agentCardPatterns: [/openai\.com/i, /chatgpt\.com/i],
     apiKeyFormatPatterns: [/^sk-proj/i, /^sk-svcacct/i],
     headerPatterns: [/^openai-organization/i, /^openai-project/i, /^openai-version/i]
@@ -1288,6 +1431,215 @@ var BROWSER_UA_PATTERN = /mozilla\/\d/i;
 var _patterns = { STATIC_EXTENSIONS, BOT_UA_PATTERN, BROWSER_UA_PATTERN, SELF_UA_PATTERN };
 
 // src/edge-core/events.ts
+async function withBudget(promise, ms) {
+  let timer;
+  try {
+    return await Promise.race([
+      promise,
+      new Promise((resolve) => {
+        timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(void 0), ms);
+      })
+    ]);
+  } catch {
+    return void 0;
+  } finally {
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+  }
+}
+var destKeyOf = (d) => `${d.apiBaseUrl}\0${d.apiKey ?? ""}\0${d.counterparty}\0${d.adapter ?? ""}`;
+var BeaconBuffer = class {
+  constructor(options = {}) {
+    this.queue = [];
+    this.droppedSinceLast = 0;
+    this.droppedTotal = 0;
+    this.deliveredTotal = 0;
+    this.backoffUntil = 0;
+    this.collapse = /* @__PURE__ */ new Map();
+    /** Keys the backend answered 401 for — later batches go unauthenticated. */
+    this.rejectedKeys = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set();
+    this.opts = {
+      maxItems: options.maxItems ?? 1e3,
+      maxBatch: options.maxBatch ?? 100,
+      maxAttempts: options.maxAttempts ?? 3,
+      collapseWindowMs: options.collapseWindowMs ?? 6e4,
+      collapseMaxKeys: options.collapseMaxKeys ?? 1e3,
+      requestTimeoutMs: options.requestTimeoutMs ?? 1e4,
+      retryBackoffMs: options.retryBackoffMs ?? 1e3,
+      now: options.now ?? Date.now
+    };
+  }
+  /**
+   * Queue one beacon. With a `collapseKey`, a repeat inside the window is
+   * merged into a held aggregate (sent when the window closes) instead of
+   * becoming its own item.
+   */
+  enqueue(dest, item, collapseKey) {
+    const now = this.opts.now();
+    if (collapseKey) {
+      const entry = this.collapse.get(collapseKey);
+      if (entry && now - entry.firstSeenAt < this.opts.collapseWindowMs) {
+        for (const target of [entry.first, entry.held]) {
+          if (target && !target.inFlight && this.queue.includes(target)) {
+            target.item.repeatCount = (target.item.repeatCount ?? 1) + 1;
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+        const held = this.push(
+          dest,
+          { ...item, repeatCount: 1 },
+          entry.firstSeenAt + this.opts.collapseWindowMs
+        );
+        entry.held = held;
+        return;
+      }
+      this.collapse.delete(collapseKey);
+      if (this.collapse.size >= this.opts.collapseMaxKeys) {
+        const oldest = this.collapse.keys().next().value;
+        if (oldest !== void 0) this.collapse.delete(oldest);
+      }
+      const fresh = { firstSeenAt: now };
+      this.collapse.set(collapseKey, fresh);
+      fresh.first = this.push(dest, item, now);
+      return;
+    }
+    this.push(dest, item, now);
+  }
+  /**
+   * Deliver every eligible queued item. Concurrent callers share ONE
+   * in-flight drain (it survives the caller's budget and a Lambda freeze),
+   * so nothing in flight is ever sent twice; items queued while it runs are
+   * picked up by the same drain.
+   */
+  flush() {
+    if (!this.inFlight) {
+      this.inFlight = this.drain().finally(() => {
+        this.inFlight = void 0;
+      });
+    }
+    return this.inFlight;
+  }
+  /** Counters for tests and diagnostics. */
+  stats() {
+    return {
+      queueDepth: this.queue.length,
+      droppedSinceLast: this.droppedSinceLast,
+      droppedTotal: this.droppedTotal,
+      deliveredTotal: this.deliveredTotal,
+      flushing: this.inFlight !== void 0
+    };
+  }
+  push(dest, item, eligibleAt) {
+    while (this.queue.length >= this.opts.maxItems) this.dropOldest();
+    const entry = {
+      dest,
+      destKey: destKeyOf(dest),
+      item,
+      attempts: 0,
+      eligibleAt,
+      inFlight: false
+    };
+    this.queue.push(entry);
+    return entry;
+  }
+  dropOldest() {
+    if (this.queue.shift()) this.countDropped(1);
+  }
+  countDropped(n) {
+    this.droppedSinceLast += n;
+    this.droppedTotal += n;
+  }
+  async drain() {
+    for (; ; ) {
+      const now = this.opts.now();
+      if (now < this.backoffUntil) return;
+      const batch = this.takeBatch(now);
+      if (batch.length === 0) return;
+      const ok = await this.send(batch);
+      if (!ok) return;
+    }
+  }
+  /** Oldest eligible item + up to maxBatch-1 more for the same destination. */
+  takeBatch(now) {
+    const first = this.queue.find((q) => q.eligibleAt <= now);
+    if (!first) return [];
+    const batch = [];
+    const rest = [];
+    for (const q of this.queue) {
+      if (batch.length < this.opts.maxBatch && q.destKey === first.destKey && q.eligibleAt <= now) {
+        q.inFlight = true;
+        batch.push(q);
+      } else {
+        rest.push(q);
+      }
+    }
+    this.queue = rest;
+    return batch;
+  }
+  /** POST one batch. Returns false when the drain should pause (backoff). */
+  async send(batch) {
+    const dest = batch[0].dest;
+    const useKey = dest.apiKey && !this.rejectedKeys.has(dest.apiKey) ? dest.apiKey : void 0;
+    const reportedDropped = this.droppedSinceLast;
+    const meta = {
+      droppedSinceLast: reportedDropped,
+      queueDepth: this.queue.length,
+      adapter: dest.adapter ?? "edge-core",
+      version: SDK_VERSION
+    };
+    const controller = typeof AbortController !== "undefined" ? new AbortController() : void 0;
+    const response = await withBudget(
+      sdkFetch(`${dest.apiBaseUrl}/verification-activity/edge-events`, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Type": "application/json",
+          ...useKey && { Authorization: `Bearer ${useKey}` }
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ events: batch.map((q) => q.item), meta }),
+        ...controller && { signal: controller.signal }
+      }),
+      this.opts.requestTimeoutMs
+    );
+    if (!response) controller?.abort();
+    const status = response?.status;
+    for (const q of batch) q.inFlight = false;
+    if (status !== void 0 && status >= 200 && status < 300) {
+      this.droppedSinceLast = Math.max(0, this.droppedSinceLast - reportedDropped);
+      this.deliveredTotal += batch.length;
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (status === 401 && useKey) {
+      this.rejectedKeys.add(useKey);
+      this.requeue(batch, false);
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (status === 429) {
+      const retryAfter = Number(response?.headers.get("retry-after"));
+      const waitMs = Number.isFinite(retryAfter) && retryAfter > 0 ? Math.min(retryAfter, 120) * 1e3 : 3e4;
+      this.backoffUntil = this.opts.now() + waitMs;
+      this.requeue(batch, false);
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (status !== void 0 && status >= 400 && status < 500) {
+      this.countDropped(batch.length);
+      return true;
+    }
+    this.backoffUntil = this.opts.now() + this.opts.retryBackoffMs;
+    this.requeue(batch, true);
+    return false;
+  }
+  /** Put a failed batch back at the head of the queue (order preserved). */
+  requeue(batch, countAttempt) {
+    const keep = [];
+    for (const q of batch) {
+      if (countAttempt) q.attempts += 1;
+      if (q.attempts >= this.opts.maxAttempts) this.countDropped(1);
+      else keep.push(q);
+    }
+    this.queue = [...keep, ...this.queue];
+    while (this.queue.length > this.opts.maxItems) this.dropOldest();
+  }
+};
+var beaconBuffer = new BeaconBuffer();
 function sampled(rate, random = Math.random) {
   if (rate <= 0) return false;
   if (rate >= 1) return true;
@@ -1905,6 +2257,20 @@ function createMiddleware(options) {
     }
     const approvalRequired = result.policyAllowed && requiresHumanApproval(result);
     if (approvalRequired) annotateApprovalRequired(result);
+    if (!result.policyAllowed && isVerificationUnavailable(result)) {
+      if (isAnonymousRead(request.method, credentials)) {
+        const passThrough = NextResponse.next();
+        passThrough.headers.set(VERIFICATION_STATUS_HEADER, "unavailable");
+        return passThrough;
+      }
+      return NextResponse.json(buildVerificationUnavailableBody(result), {
+        status: 503,
+        headers: {
+          "Retry-After": String(unavailableRetryAfterSeconds(result)),
+          [VERIFICATION_STATUS_HEADER]: "unavailable"
+        }
+      });
+    }
     if (!result.policyAllowed || approvalRequired) {
       if (result.misconfigured && pathname.startsWith("/api/")) {
         return NextResponse.json(
@@ -1922,13 +2288,12 @@ function createMiddleware(options) {
         );
       }
       if (pathname.startsWith("/api/")) {
+        const denyStatus = denyStatusFor(result, "POLICY_DENIED");
         return NextResponse.json(
           {
             success: false,
             error: {
-              // Round-18 G4: 401 → identity missing (re-auth); 403 → identity
-              // OK, policy denied (update PDLSS / step up).
-              code: !result.identityVerified ? "UNAUTHORIZED" : "POLICY_DENIED",
+              code: denyStatus.code,
               message: result.denialReasons?.[0] || "Access denied",
               guidance: result.guidance,
               failures: result.failures,
@@ -1938,7 +2303,7 @@ function createMiddleware(options) {
             }
           },
           {
-            status: !result.identityVerified ? 401 : 403,
+            status: denyStatus.status,
             ...stepUpHoldOutcome && {
               headers: { "X-Astra-Step-Up": stepUpHoldOutcome }
             }