> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.enfinitos.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Open a challenge

> Open a new challenge against an existing right (a third party disputing its legitimacy). The challenge enters OPEN state; the underlying right stays ACTIVE until the challenge resolves. Requires scope `challenges:write`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi-v1.yaml post /v1/challenges/open
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: EnfinitOS API
  version: v1.0
  description: >-
    The governed-execution `/v1` developer API for EnfinitOS — rights, delivery,
    proof, and settlement.


    Use this API to register the legal **bases** a right rests on, **issue** and
    lifecycle-manage rights across delivery substrates (DOOH, CTV, spatial/AR,
    mobile, audio, and more), negotiate **offers**, raise and resolve
    **challenges**, observe constraint-gated **deliveries**, seal signed **proof
    packs**, read **metering** + **settlement** projections, configure
    settlement **rules** and **counterparties**, fulfil GDPR **compliance**
    requests, and subscribe to **webhooks**.


    Every state-changing action is appended to an immutable, signable audit log;
    delivery and proof artefacts are Ed25519-signed so a downstream auditor can
    verify them offline.


    ## Response envelope

    Every response wraps its payload in a canonical envelope.


    Success (HTTP 200):

    ```json { "ok": true, "data": { ... }, "contractVersion": "v1.0" } ```


    Error (4xx / 5xx):

    ```json { "ok": false, "error": "VALIDATION_FAILED", "message": "human
    text", "contractVersion": "v1.0" } ```

    Some error responses carry additional context fields alongside `error` and
    `message` (for example `field`, `validationErrors`, `requiredScopes`,
    `keyScopes`).


    ## Authentication

    All endpoints except `GET /v1` and `GET /v1/healthz` require an API key sent
    as `Authorization: Bearer <api-key>`. Keys carry a set of named scopes; each
    operation documents the scope it requires. A key carrying the `*` wildcard
    scope passes every scope check.

    Pre-launch, sandbox keys are issued through the apply flow: request access
    at `/apply`, receive an activation email on approval, and exchange it for a
    `/v1` sandbox key in the integration playground at `/developers/playground`.
    Self-service key issuance from the developer dashboard at
    `/developers/dashboard` lands at the April 2027 production launch.


    ## Identifiers

    Resource ids are prefixed: bases `bas_…`, rights `rgh_…`, offers `ofr_…`
    (passed as `rightId`/`offerId`), settlement rules `rule_…`, counterparties
    `cp_…`, webhook subscriptions, and webhook deliveries `dlv_…`. All
    timestamps are ISO-8601 strings.
  contact:
    name: EnfinitOS Developer Support
    url: https://docs.enfinitos.com
    email: developers@enfinitos.com
servers:
  - url: https://sandbox.api.enfinitos.com
    description: Sandbox — live today
  - url: https://api.enfinitos.com
    description: Production — at the April 2027 launch
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Discovery
    description: Unauthenticated contract + health probes.
  - name: Tenant
    description: Read the caller's sandbox tenant snapshot.
  - name: Rights
    description: Bases and the right lifecycle (issue, suspend, resume, revoke).
  - name: Offers
    description: Propose, accept, reject, counter, and withdraw offers.
  - name: Challenges
    description: Open, resolve, and withdraw challenges against rights.
  - name: Delivery
    description: Observe constraint-gated delivery events.
  - name: Audit
    description: The append-only event log.
  - name: Proof
    description: Signed proof packs.
  - name: Metering & Settlement
    description: Metering and settlement projections.
  - name: Settlement config
    description: Settlement rules and counterparties.
  - name: Compliance
    description: GDPR Article 15 export and Article 17 erasure.
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook subscriptions and delivery history.
  - name: Disputes
    description: Delivery disputes — open, investigate, respond, resolve.
paths:
  /v1/challenges/open:
    post:
      tags:
        - Challenges
      summary: Open a challenge
      description: >-
        Open a new challenge against an existing right (a third party disputing
        its legitimacy). The challenge enters OPEN state; the underlying right
        stays ACTIVE until the challenge resolves. Requires scope
        `challenges:write`.
      operationId: openChallenge
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - rightId
                - challengerOrgId
                - reason
              properties:
                rightId:
                  type: string
                  description: The right being challenged (prefixed `rgh_`).
                challengerOrgId:
                  type: string
                  description: Org id of the challenger.
                reason:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 500
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The opened challenge.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChallengeResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/StateConflict'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationFailed'
components:
  schemas:
    ChallengeResponse:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessEnvelope'
        - type: object
          properties:
            data:
              type: object
              properties:
                challenge:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Challenge'
    SuccessEnvelope:
      type: object
      required:
        - ok
        - data
        - contractVersion
      properties:
        ok:
          type: boolean
          const: true
        data:
          description: Route-specific payload. Operation responses refine this.
          type: object
        contractVersion:
          type: string
          const: v1.0
    Challenge:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        rightId:
          type: string
        challengerOrgId:
          type: string
        reason:
          type: string
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChallengeStatus'
        resolvedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
        resolution:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      required:
        - ok
        - error
        - message
      properties:
        ok:
          type: boolean
          const: false
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation.
        contractVersion:
          type: string
          const: v1.0
        field:
          type: string
          description: Present on some VALIDATION_FAILED errors — the offending field.
        validationErrors:
          type: array
          description: Present on settlement-rule / counterparty validation failures.
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
        requiredScopes:
          type: array
          description: Present on SCOPE_MISSING — the scopes the operation needs.
          items:
            type: string
        keyScopes:
          type: array
          description: Present on SCOPE_MISSING — the scopes the presented key carries.
          items:
            type: string
      additionalProperties: true
    ChallengeStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - OPEN
        - RESOLVED_UPHELD
        - RESOLVED_OVERTURNED
        - WITHDRAWN
    ErrorCode:
      type: string
      description: Machine-readable error code. Drives the HTTP status.
      enum:
        - AUTH_REQUIRED
        - AUTH_INVALID
        - SCOPE_MISSING
        - BAD_REQUEST
        - VALIDATION_FAILED
        - RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND
        - STATE_CONFLICT
        - PRECONDITION_FAILED
        - RATE_LIMITED
        - INTERNAL_ERROR
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: >-
        Missing/malformed Authorization header (AUTH_REQUIRED) or an invalid key
        (AUTH_INVALID).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        The key is valid but missing one or more required scopes
        (SCOPE_MISSING).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    NotFound:
      description: >-
        The referenced resource does not exist in this tenant
        (RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    StateConflict:
      description: >-
        The resource is in a state that forbids this transition, or a concurrent
        write lost (STATE_CONFLICT).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    ValidationFailed:
      description: >-
        A field was missing or wrong-typed (VALIDATION_FAILED). May carry
        `field` or `validationErrors`.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API key sent as `Authorization: Bearer <api-key>`.'

````