---
title: "Fetch Public Decision & Verify representation headers (no body)."
method: HEAD
path: "/api/decision-verify/{decisionId}"
tags: ["Catalog"]
---

# Fetch Public Decision & Verify representation headers (no body).

`HEAD /api/decision-verify/{decisionId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz`
- URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz/api/decision-verify/{decisionId}`
- Auth: none declared

HEAD parity for GET /api/decision-verify/{decisionId}: identical status, ETag, and security headers with no response body.

**Inputs.** Path, query and header fields are listed below. No request body is required.

**Outputs.** See each status below for its media type, schema and headers. A missing record or unavailable capability is not a successful empty result.

**Errors.** HEAD returns headers without a body. Use the HTTP status and Retry-After.

**Rate limits.** Public read budgets apply by client IP and route group. This operation can have a smaller route-specific budget. Read Retry-After on 429 or retryable 503 responses.

**Example setup.** Use an identifier returned by the matching list, search or create operation. Sample identifiers are not a promise that a record exists.

## Path parameters

- `decisionId` string, required

## Query parameters

- `format` 'json' | 'html' | 'jsonld' | 'mcp' | 'badge' | 'share' | 'citation' | 'markdown'

## Response `200`

Representation headers only.

## Other responses

- `304`: Not modified.
- `404`: No such decision route.
- `503`: Decision not resolvable on this base; bounded fail-closed blocker.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/huggingbay/apis/hugging-bay-public-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/huggingbay/apis/hugging-bay-public-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/huggingbay/apis/hugging-bay-public-api/revisions/63c474bf0fe4?raw)