Get the next caller-visible item
const url = 'https://casework.example.test/v1/work-items/next';const options = { method: 'GET', headers: { 'Registry-Casework-Profile': 'example', 'Registry-Source-Profile': 'example', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>' }};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request GET \ --url https://casework.example.test/v1/work-items/next \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \ --header 'Registry-Casework-Profile: example' \ --header 'Registry-Source-Profile: example'Returns a WorkItemPage containing at most one caller-visible item. Empty complete and budget_exhausted pages remain successful responses; follow nextCursor when present. servedQueues is preserved on every page.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Header Parameters
Section titled “Header Parameters”Optional W3C trace context continued in the response.
Explicit Casework access profile. It never selects BReg authority.
Explicit source profile used for the caller-scoped BReg read or action.
Query Parameters
Section titled “Query Parameters”Optional queue identifier.
Opaque cursor bound to the authenticated actor, selected Casework and source profiles, optional queue, the next-item feed, and due ordering.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”Success
object
object
object
object
object
For running or verification-pending clocks, the earliest unapplied reminder and earliest unapplied reassignment, ordered by time, effect kind, and identifier. Omitted when no firing instant can be promised, including while paused. These are pinned authored instants, not scheduler retry times.
object
object
Human-facing source reference disclosed by the source to the current caller. Present only for source-backed items whose request policy explicitly names a reference field and whose current caller read discloses that field.
object
object
Sorted unique queue identifiers currently served by the authenticated Staff or Supervisor. Present even when items is empty.
Example
{ "items": [ { "assignment": { "staffingDiagnostic": "no_cover_available" }, "clockOccurrences": [ { "nextEffect": { "kind": "reminder" }, "state": "running", "upcomingEffects": [ { "kind": "reminder" } ] } ], "liveAttempt": { "state": "pending" }, "occurrenceKind": "review", "state": "open" } ], "status": "complete"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: request.invalid, source-profile.required
object
object
Example
{ "code": "request.invalid", "detail": "The Casework request is invalid.", "status": 400, "title": "Invalid request", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/request/invalid"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: authentication.refused
object
Example
{ "code": "authentication.refused", "detail": "The bearer credential is missing, invalid, or expired. Sign in again.", "status": 401, "title": "Authentication refused", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/authentication/refused"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”Bearer authentication challenge.
W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: profile.not-authorized, profile.not-human
object
object
Example
{ "code": "profile.not-authorized", "detail": "The selected Casework profile does not authorize this request.", "status": 403, "title": "Profile not authorized", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/profile/not-authorized"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: work-item.not-visible
object
Example
{ "code": "work-item.not-visible", "detail": "The registry did not show you this request, so Casework cannot show you the item.", "status": 404, "title": "Work item not visible", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/work-item/not-visible"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: request.method-not-allowed
object
Example
{ "code": "request.method-not-allowed", "detail": "This route does not accept that HTTP method.", "status": 405, "title": "Method not allowed", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/request/method-not-allowed"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: request.body-too-large
object
Example
{ "code": "request.body-too-large", "detail": "The request body exceeds the one MiB limit.", "status": 413, "title": "Request body too large", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/request/body-too-large"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: runtime.failure
object
Example
{ "code": "runtime.failure", "detail": "Casework could not complete the request.", "status": 500, "title": "Casework runtime failure", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/runtime/failure"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: source.bad-gateway
object
Example
{ "code": "source.bad-gateway", "detail": "The source returned a response that does not match its registered contract.", "status": 502, "title": "Invalid source response", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/source/bad-gateway"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: service.unavailable, work-item.source-unavailable
object
object
Example
{ "code": "service.unavailable", "detail": "Casework storage is unavailable. Try again after the service recovers.", "status": 503, "title": "Casework service unavailable", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/service/unavailable"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”Seconds before retrying the unavailable dependency.
W3C trace context for the request and response.