A requirement the spck.dev suite checks on UCP servers. The quoted text is the normative requirement; the citation links to the exact line of the pinned spec source it was taken from.
2026-01-11:
All REST request and response bodies MUST be valid JSON per RFC 8259
2026-01-23:
All REST request and response bodies MUST be valid JSON per RFC 8259
2026-04-08:
Protocol errors return appropriate HTTP status (401/403/409/429/503) with JSON body containing code and content
A deviation on a MUST fails the run and shows the requirement next to the actual response. Checks the suite cannot validate soundly are reported inconclusive or not-tested — never a silent pass. The full verdict semantics are on the grading rubric.
The hosted check covers the read-only surface; the CLI and GitHub Action run the full suite, including this check when your store declares the capability it belongs to.