---
title: "Request Witness"
method: POST
path: "/succession/witness"
tags: ["registrar"]
---

# Request Witness

`POST /succession/witness`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://cathedral-ai.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://cathedral-ai.com/succession/witness`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `authorization`

Predecessor triggers multi-node witnessing for their pending succession package.

All active local nodes sign automatically. External nodes are listed so
the caller knows to contact them. Acceptance is blocked until threshold met.

## Headers

- `authorization` string, required

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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