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What are common ARC validation failures?

  • Incorrect or skipped instance numbers.
  • Bad or missing ARC Seals.
  • Modified ARC Authentication Results.
  • Signature mismatches.
  • Untrusted ARC signer domains.
  • Expired or incorrect cryptographic keys.
  • Broken sealing chains where AS does not match earlier signatures.

These failures break trust in the message’s forwarding path and often result in a Chain Validation status of cv=fail.

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