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GUARDIAN_SIGNATURE_INVALID

The guardian signature does not verify.

HTTP status422
GroupRelay path
RetryableNo — sending it again changes nothing
Re-signNONE — do not ask the user to sign anything

What happened​

The guarded transaction carries a guardian signature that does not match its bytes.

What to do​

Have the guardian sign the final bytes, then relay.

The problem document​

Every error is application/problem+json (RFC 9457) with the same shape:

{
"type": "https://docs.co-relayer.com/errors/guardian-signature-invalid",
"title": "The guardian signature does not verify.",
"status": 422,
"detail": "A sentence about this specific occurrence.",
"instance": "req_01JB…",
"code": "GUARDIAN_SIGNATURE_INVALID",
"retryable": false,
"resign": "NONE",
"hint": "Have the guardian sign the final bytes, then relay."
}

See the error model for what each member means and how to handle unknown codes.