> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.runpod.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
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> Always pass the path of the page you read, such as `/serverless/overview`, and submit one entry per page. Do not submit feedback for pages you only saw in search results.
> Start the feedback text with `ISSUE:` when a page is incorrect, outdated, incomplete, or confusing, or when a code example fails. State what was wrong or missing, what you expected to find, and the question you were trying to answer.
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# Verify an authentication attempt

> Exchange an emailed verification code for a new Runpod API key.



## OpenAPI

````yaml post /v2/signup/authentication-attempts/{id}/verify
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Runpod REST API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: Runpod public REST API — v2
servers:
  - url: https://api.runpod.io
    description: Runpod API v2 production server
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Organization
    description: Organization identity, membership, and access management.
  - name: Account
    description: Account-scoped settings and primitives (SSH public keys).
  - name: Signup
    description: Email sign-in and account creation for callers without an API key.
  - name: Pods
    description: GPU and CPU pod lifecycle, configuration, actions, and log streaming.
  - name: Serverless
    description: >-
      Serverless endpoint lifecycle, worker visibility, releases, and worker log
      streaming.
  - name: Templates
    description: Reusable pod and endpoint configuration templates.
  - name: Network Volumes
    description: Persistent network storage volumes for workloads.
  - name: Global Volumes
    description: >-
      Cross-data-center storage volumes that mount into workloads without
      pinning them to a data center.
  - name: Registries
    description: Container registry credentials used to pull private images.
  - name: Catalog
    description: Available GPU, CPU, data center, and public template catalog metadata.
  - name: Billing
    description: Billing history and usage cost records across resource types.
  - name: Cost Centers
    description: Named labels that attribute resource spend for billing breakdowns.
  - name: Audit Logs
    description: Record of who did what to which resource on the account.
paths:
  /v2/signup/authentication-attempts/{id}/verify:
    parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 64
        description: The `attemptId` returned when the attempt started.
    post:
      tags:
        - Signup
      summary: Verify an authentication attempt
      description: >-
        Exchanges the emailed code and the `codeVerifier` whose hash started the
        attempt for a new API key, visible and revocable in the console. A wrong
        code is a `422`, and five wrong codes lock the attempt.
      operationId: verifyAuthenticationAttempt
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/VerifyAuthenticationAttemptRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK. The attempt is consumed and the key is issued.
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              required: true
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - no-store
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthenticationAttemptResult'
        '400':
          description: The request is malformed or its body could not be read.
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: >-
            The account requires SSO or MFA, or belongs to an organization. Sign
            in through the console instead.
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: >-
            No usable attempt matches this id and `codeVerifier`. It does not
            exist, expired, already issued a key, or locked after five wrong
            codes.
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '413':
          description: The incoming request body exceeds 4096 bytes (4 KiB).
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntityError'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequestsError'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security: []
components:
  schemas:
    VerifyAuthenticationAttemptRequest:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - code
        - codeVerifier
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[0-9]{6}$
          description: Verification code from the email.
          examples:
            - '123456'
        codeVerifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CodeVerifier'
    AuthenticationAttemptResult:
      type: object
      required:
        - userId
        - credential
      properties:
        userId:
          type: string
          examples:
            - user_2abc9xyz
        credential:
          type: object
          required:
            - id
            - apiKey
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: Identifies the key in the console, where it can be revoked.
              examples:
                - key_7Rk2m0pq
            apiKey:
              type: string
              description: >-
                The raw API key. It is returned once, so store it before doing
                anything else.
              examples:
                - rpa_EXAMPLEONLYEXAMPLEONLYEXAMPLEONLY
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - title
        - status
        - detail
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: Short human-readable summary
          examples:
            - Not Found
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
          examples:
            - 404
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation
          examples:
            - pod not found
        errors:
          type: array
          description: Individual request-validation failures.
          items:
            type: string
          examples:
            - - '$: additional properties ''bogus'' not allowed'
    CodeVerifier:
      type: string
      pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9._~-]{43,128}$
      description: The random secret whose SHA-256 hash was sent as `codeChallenge`.
      examples:
        - dBjftJeZ4CVP-mB92K27uhbUJU1p1r_wW1gFWFOEjXk
    RateLimitHeader:
      type: string
      description: |
        Live per-window quota state. Optional — omitted for rate-limit-exempt
        callers.

        A structured-field list with one member per window (`minute`, `hour`,
        `day`), each carrying the remaining request count `r` and seconds until
        the window resets `t` (at least 1). Windows are fixed and aligned to the
        clock, not sliding. Returned on responses to authenticated requests,
        not only on 429s.
      examples:
        - '"minute";r=0;t=12, "hour";r=2800;t=1812, "day";r=49500;t=45012'
    RateLimitPolicyHeader:
      type: string
      description: >
        Static per-window quota policy. Optional — omitted for rate-limit-exempt

        callers.


        A structured-field list with one member per window (`minute`, `hour`,

        `day`), each carrying the quota `q` and the window length in seconds
        `w`.

        Returned on responses to authenticated requests, not only on 429s.


        Limits are per user, and every `/v2` route counts toward the same

        limits; creating pods has no separate limit. Read the current quotas
        from

        this header instead of hard-coding them, because they can change and
        some

        accounts have higher limits. A 429 only slows you down: wait for the

        `Retry-After` time and retry. Your account isn't suspended.
      examples:
        - '"minute";q=180;w=60, "hour";q=3600;w=3600, "day";q=43200;w=86400'
  responses:
    UnprocessableEntityError:
      headers:
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
      description: >-
        The request body or parameters were syntactically valid but failed
        validation.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            validationFailed:
              summary: Validation failed
              value:
                title: Unprocessable Entity
                status: 422
                detail: Request validation failed.
    TooManyRequestsError:
      description: >
        The caller exceeded its per-user rate limit. The response identifies the
        window that was exceeded and how long to wait. The `RateLimit` and
        `RateLimit-Policy` headers (per the IETF ratelimit-headers draft) also
        accompany successful responses, so clients can track quota before a 429.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds to wait before retrying, per the exceeded window.
          schema:
            type: integer
          example: 12
        RateLimit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
        RateLimit-Policy:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            rateLimited:
              summary: Rate limit exceeded
              value:
                title: Too Many Requests
                status: 429
                detail: rate limit exceeded for the minute window
  headers:
    RateLimit:
      description: Live quota state for the caller, per the IETF ratelimit-headers draft.
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitHeader'
    RateLimit-Policy:
      description: >-
        The quota policy behind `RateLimit`, per the IETF ratelimit-headers
        draft.
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitPolicyHeader'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Runpod API Key
      description: >
        Runpod API key authentication. Generate an API key in the Runpod console
        and send it in the `Authorization` header as `Bearer <api_key>`. Keys
        are scoped to the permissions granted when created; requests may return
        `403` when a valid key lacks access to the requested resource or action.


        Console sessions (Clerk JWTs) act for the signed-in user. To act for a
        team instead, also send `X-Team-Id: <team_id>`; it applies only when the
        user owns or belongs to that team, otherwise the request runs against
        the user's own account. API keys created inside a team already act for
        that team and do not need the header.

````