# Credential.verified

URL: /business/events/Credential.verified · Id: `event:Credential.verified`

> Emitted each time a Credential is verified.

[Credential.verify](/business/nouns/credential/verify) emits `Credential.verified` when it completes on a [Credential](/business/nouns/credential).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Credential.verify](/business/nouns/credential/verify) |
| Noun | [Credential](/business/nouns/credential) |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Credential.verify](/business/nouns/credential/verify) returns.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Credential.verified`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.credential` | [Credential](/business/nouns/credential) | Yes | The verified Credential. |
| `data.credential.issuer` | `string` | Yes | The regulator or registry that grants it. |
| `data.credential.jurisdiction` | `string` | Yes | Where it applies. |
| `data.credential.standing` | `string` | No | Whether it is in good standing, read fresh on every use. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Credential.verified",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "credential": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/credentials/credential_1",
      "$type": "Credential",
      "issuer": "Example issuer",
      "jurisdiction": "US-DE",
      "standing": "Example standing"
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```