API error · HTTP 403

`acting_user_not_allowed`

Acting user not allowed

HTTP status	403 Forbidden
`code`	`acting_user_not_allowed`
`title`	Acting user not allowed
Retry?	No

What it means

The request sent a WALT-Acting-User header, but the credential does not hold the act_as scope.

What to do

Do not retry. Remove the header, or ask WALT to grant act_as to the credential (§4.3).

Example response

Branch on code, never on title or detail. detail varies; quote request_id to support.

HTTP

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Content-Type: application/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://www.underwritinguk.ai/developers/errors/acting_user_not_allowed",
  "title": "Acting user not allowed",
  "status": 403,
  "code": "acting_user_not_allowed",
  "detail": "Acting user not allowed.",
  "request_id": "7b0b1e5c-2f7e-4a52-9a43-5b0d0f0e9d11"
}

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