Check register / Version-Negotiation-And-Protocol-Errors

NEG-004

A requirement the spck.dev suite checks on UCP servers. The quoted text is the normative requirement; the citation links to the exact line of the pinned spec source it was taken from.

A fetched profile that is not valid JSON or violates schema maps to profile_malformed, HTTP 422.
Keyword
MUST
Area
Version-Negotiation-And-Protocol-Errors
Versions
2026-04-08
Testability
testable
Spec source
ucp:docs/specification/overview.md#L698 2026-04-08

How this is graded

A deviation on a MUST fails the run and shows the requirement next to the actual response. Checks the suite cannot validate soundly are reported inconclusive or not-tested — never a silent pass. The full verdict semantics are on the grading rubric.

Run it against your store

The hosted check covers the read-only surface; the CLI and GitHub Action run the full suite, including this check when your store declares the capability it belongs to.