---
title: "Challenge a validation inside its 72-hour window: {attestation_id, grounds, agent_id?, case_id?}. The validation is held from payout; take the grounds to arbitration and link the case, or the challenge lapses after 14 days."
method: POST
path: "/v1/validators/challenge"
tags: ["Validators"]
---

# Challenge a validation inside its 72-hour window: {attestation_id, grounds, agent_id?, case_id?}. The validation is held from payout; take the grounds to arbitration and link the case, or the challenge lapses after 14 days.

`POST /v1/validators/challenge`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.rightshold.com`
- URL: `https://www.rightshold.com/v1/validators/challenge`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Headers

- `X-Request-Id` string

## Request body

- object: Fields seen in accepted requests; required ones are proven by tests (omitting each returns a 4xx naming it).
  - `attestation_id` string, required
  - `grounds` string
  - `agent_id` string
  - `case_id` string

## Response `200`

OK

- object: Inferred from 4 recorded responses; required fields appeared in every one; additional properties may appear.
  - `challenge` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `attestation_id` string, required
    - `status` string, required
    - `case_id` string, nullable, required
    - `created_at` string, required
  - `note` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `401`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `404`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `405`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `422`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `429`: Request budget exhausted; retry after Retry-After seconds
- `500`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `4XX`: {error, detail}

---

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