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Summary

isExpired returned false for a present but unparseable expirationDate, so a malformed expiry silently passed verification. Status-list checking already fails closed for the same case.

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  • Treat unparseable (and empty) expirationDate values as expired
  • Expand unit coverage for the fail-closed path
  • Refresh the status-list comment and README note
  • Add a patch changeset for @agentcommercekit/vc

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Closes #148

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Verifiable Credentials with invalid, empty, non-ISO, or calendar-overflow expiration dates are now treated as expired, supporting fail-closed verification.
    • Expiration checks now correctly distinguish invalid calendar dates from valid timestamps with timezone offsets.
    • Dates that appear valid but are silently normalized by date parsing are treated as expired.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified in the API reference that unreadable or malformed expiration dates are treated as expired.

isExpired previously returned false for malformed dates, failing open
on a security check. Align with the fail-closed stance used for status
list expiry. Fixes agentcommercekit#148.
Replace the old graceful-pass expectation and add empty-string and
non-ISO cases so the fail-closed behavior cannot regress.
The comment still described the old fail-open isExpired behavior. Keep
the dedicated status-list check, and document why it stays separate.
Note in the API reference that a present but unparseable expirationDate
is treated as expired.
Record the fail-closed expirationDate change for the next release.
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isExpired now fails closed for unparseable and normalized-overflow expirationDate values. Tests, API documentation, related comments, and patch release metadata reflect the change.

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Credential expiration handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update expiration validation
packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.ts, packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.test.ts
isExpired returns true for invalid, empty, non-ISO, and normalized ISO overflow dates. Calendar validation preserves valid timestamps with offsets.
Document fail-closed behavior
packages/vc/README.md, packages/vc/src/verification/is-revoked.ts, .changeset/is-expired-fail-closed.md
The documentation and related comment describe unreadable dates as expired. A patch changeset records the behavior change.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: making unparseable expirationDate values fail closed.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #148 requires fail-closed handling for unreadable expirationDate values. isExpired returns true for empty and unparseable values. It returns true for ISO-shaped dates with invalid month …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The README documents the fail-closed behavior. The status-list comment explains the boolean result and the separate undetermined error. The unit tests cover the issue behavior. The patch changeset rec…
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In `@packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.ts`:
- Line 19: Update isExpired to validate the supported timestamp grammar and
original calendar fields before constructing or comparing expirationDate,
rejecting overflow dates such as February 30 rather than accepting JavaScript’s
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Comment thread packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.ts Outdated
Date silently normalizes values like 2099-02-30 into a valid future timestamp.
Treat those as expired so isExpired stays fail-closed.
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Addressed the overflow-calendar edge case from review: ISO-shaped dates like 2099-02-30T00:00:00.000Z that Date would normalize are now treated as expired, with a regression test. is-expired tests 8/8 green.

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In `@packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.ts`:
- Around line 25-27: Update hasOverflowCalendarDate to validate the extracted
year, month, and day against calendar bounds rather than comparing them with
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Comment thread packages/vc/src/verification/is-expired.ts Outdated
Offset timestamps like 2099-01-01T00:00:00+14:00 stay valid; only
out-of-range calendar fields such as Feb 30 fail closed.
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Follow-up for the calendar-bounds review note: overflow detection now checks year/month/day against calendar length instead of UTC fields, so valid offsets like 2099-01-01T00:00:00+14:00 stay non-expired. Regression coverage added; is-expired tests 9/9 green.

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