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Error Code Registry

This is the normative registry for all error codes used across the cMCP Runtime. Every error code MUST be registered here before it is referenced in code, configuration, or other spec documents. Implementations MUST NOT emit error codes that do not appear in this registry.

Runtime Errors

error_code HTTP status log level description spec reference
ATTESTATION_REPORT_UNAVAILABLE 503 FATAL TEE provider did not return an attestation report within timeout failure-modes.md FM-1
ATTESTATION_PROVIDER_UNSUPPORTED 500 FATAL No supported TEE provider detected and CMCP_DEV_MODE is not set attestation.md §1.1
ATTESTATION_PROVIDER_NOT_IMPLEMENTED 501 FATAL A recognized provider was explicitly selected but is not yet implemented (e.g. opaque) attestation.md §1.1
POLICY_HASH_MISMATCH 500 FATAL Measured policy bundle hash does not match deployment manifest failure-modes.md FM-4
CATALOG_HASH_MISMATCH 500 FATAL Measured catalog hash does not match deployment manifest attestation.md §5
AGENT_MANIFEST_BINDING_FAILED 500 FATAL Signed Agent Manifest signature, authenticated subject, policy hash, or catalog hash did not match the runtime session inputs session-policy.md
TOOL_NOT_IN_CATALOG 403 WARN Agent requested a tool not present in the attested catalog cedar-policy.md
POLICY_DENY 403 INFO Cedar policy evaluation returned deny for this call cedar-policy.md
CATALOG_TOOL_NAME_COLLISION 500 FATAL Two catalog entries register the same tool_name tool-identity.md
CATALOG_DRIFT_DETECTED 409 ERROR Upstream server changed a tool definition since catalog was sealed attestation.md §5
MCP_PARSE_FAILURE 400 WARN Incoming MCP JSON-RPC message failed to parse failure-modes.md FM-5
RESPONSE_SIZE_EXCEEDED 413 WARN Tool response exceeds max_response_size_bytes response-inspection.md Stage 1
RESPONSE_INJECTION_DETECTED 403 ERROR Response inspection detected indirect injection pattern response-inspection.md Stage 4
RESPONSE_SCHEMA_VIOLATION_STRICT 409 WARN Tool response contains fields outside approved output_schema (strict mode) response-inspection.md Stage 2
SESSION_SENSITIVITY_POLICY_DENY 403 INFO Call denied due to session sensitivity state session-policy.md
SESSION_RESET_REQUIRED 428 INFO Agent attempted call that requires session reset first session-policy.md
TEE_FAULT 500 ERROR TEE process fault during call execution failure-modes.md FM-3
ATTESTATION_STALE 412 WARN Attestation report validity period has expired attestation.md §3
BREAK_GLASS_ACTIVE 200 WARN Call allowed via catalog exception (break-glass procedure active) tool-identity.md

Verification Library Errors

The following error codes are defined and documented in verification-library.md. They are listed here for cross-reference completeness; the verification library spec is authoritative for their semantics.

error_code
UNSUPPORTED_PROVIDER
SIGNATURE_INVALID
PUBLIC_KEY_NOT_BOUND
POLICY_HASH_MISMATCH
CATALOG_HASH_MISMATCH
AGENT_MANIFEST_MISMATCH
ATTESTATION_STALE
CHAIN_BROKEN
CLAIM_MALFORMED
EXTERNAL_EVIDENCE_VERIFICATION_FAILED

Note: POLICY_HASH_MISMATCH, CATALOG_HASH_MISMATCH, and ATTESTATION_STALE appear in both tables. The Runtime emits them during startup or request handling; the verification library emits them during offline or client-side verification. The semantics are consistent across both contexts.