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API Evangelist enhancements — Veeva Vault REST Authentication API

3 actions 3 updates update extends ../openapi/veeva-authentication-api-openapi.yml

Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Veeva's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Veeva publishes.

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What the actions change

x-api-evangelist-current-versionx-api-evangelist-referencex-api-evangelist-notex-rate-limitsx-error-catalogx-conventionsx-lifecyclex-transport

Targets 3

$.info

$.paths['/auth'].post

OpenAPI Overlay

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements — Veeva Vault REST Authentication API
  version: 1.0.0
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-08-15'
  method: generated
  source: >-
    openapi/veeva-authentication-api-openapi.yml + https://general.veevavault.dev/vault-api/references/ (rate limits, response
    headers, TLS, client ID, reference ID) + https://general.veevavault.dev/rn/26r2
  note: >-
    This overlay carries API Evangelist enhancements only. It never mutates the underlying
    document; apply it to openapi/veeva-authentication-api-openapi.yml to get the annotated view.
extends: ../openapi/veeva-authentication-api-openapi.yml
actions:
  - target: $.info
    description: Record the current GA API version and the authoritative reference location.
    update:
      x-api-evangelist-current-version: 'v26.2'
      x-api-evangelist-reference: https://general.veevavault.dev/vault-api/api-reference/26.2/
      x-api-evangelist-note: >-
        Veeva publishes no OpenAPI. This document is an API Evangelist rendering of the
        published Vault API reference; it is not a provider artifact.
  - target: $
    description: Attach the runtime semantics Veeva documents outside the reference pages.
    update:
      x-rate-limits:
        artifact: rate-limits/veeva-rate-limits.yml
        headers: [X-VaultAPI-BurstLimit, X-VaultAPI-BurstLimitRemaining, X-VaultAPI-ResponseDelay]
        burst_window: 5 minutes
        auth_window: 1 minute
        on_exhaustion: delay (general) / fail (auth)
      x-error-catalog:
        artifact: errors/veeva-problem-types.yml
        format: vendor
        envelope: '{responseStatus, errors[{type, message}]}'
      x-conventions:
        artifact: conventions/veeva-conventions.yml
        idempotency: unsupported
        tracing: [X-VaultAPI-ClientID, X-VaultAPI-ReferenceId, X-VaultAPI-ExecutionId]
      x-lifecycle:
        artifact: lifecycle/veeva-lifecycle.yml
        versioning: 'path-versioned vYY.N; only the newest (Beta) version changes'
        status_page: https://trust.veeva.com/
      x-transport:
        min_tls: '1.2'
        note: 'From 26R1.2 Vault returns a numeric-only HTTP status line; do not string-match the reason phrase.'
  - target: $.paths['/auth'].post
    description: Annotate authenticateUser with the documented Vault response headers.
    update:
      x-response-headers: [X-VaultAPI-ExecutionId, X-VaultAPI-Status, X-VaultAPI-BurstLimit, X-VaultAPI-BurstLimitRemaining]
      x-idempotent: false