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This page describes the test vectors for implementers of the LLMO specification. Vectors exercise the signing and canonicalization requirements of §4 of the spec: JWS with ES256 over a JCS-canonicalized payload (RFC 7515, RFC 8785).

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Entity convention

All test vectors use a fictional entity with the codename JungleCat:
  • Name: JungleCat, Inc.
  • Primary domain: junglecat.example.com
The .example.com subdomain is reserved by RFC 2606 and is guaranteed never to resolve on the public internet. This makes it safe to use as a static fixture: no implementer will ever fetch a real document from this domain, and no legitimate organization can claim it.

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Document ID convention

Test vector documents use document_id values of the form test-vector-v0.1-<tier>-<sequence>, where <tier> is minimal, standard, or strict, and <sequence> is a zero-padded three-digit number. Additional vectors added to this directory follow the same pattern with the next sequence number.

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Validity window

Test vectors use a fixed 180-day validity window, matching the Standard-tier cap in §5.2 exactly:
  • valid_from: 2026-04-20T00:00:00Z
  • valid_until: 2026-10-17T00:00:00Z
Test vectors are static fixtures. After valid_until, a conforming validator SHOULD flag these documents as expired. This is expected behavior and a useful conformance check: a validator that does not flag an expired document is incorrect.

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Files

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unsigned-minimal.json

A minimally conforming llmo.json. Exercises the minimal tier (§5.1): required top-level fields, no claims required, no signature. Raw: /spec/v0.1/test-vectors/unsigned-minimal.json

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unsigned-standard.json

A standard-conforming llmo.json. Exercises the standard tier (§5.2): minimal plus at least one canonical_urls claim and at least one official_channels claim. No signature. Raw: /spec/v0.1/test-vectors/unsigned-standard.json

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signed-strict.json

A strictly conforming llmo.json. Exercises the strict tier (§5.3): standard plus a valid document-level ES256 JWS signature. Raw: /spec/v0.1/test-vectors/signed-strict.json

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signed-strict-key.json

The JWKS containing the public key that verifies signed-strict.json. The kid is the RFC 7638 JWK thumbprint of the public key and matches the kid in the JWS protected header of signed-strict.json. The corresponding private key was generated ephemerally during test vector production and was not retained. The public key here is the only material required to verify the signed vector.
The keys in this JWKS are test-only. They MUST NOT be used in production.
Raw: /spec/v0.1/test-vectors/signed-strict-key.json

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signed-strict-canonical.json

The exact UTF-8 bytes of the JCS-canonicalized payload that was signed. This file has no trailing newline. Implementers use it to validate their JCS implementation independent of their JWS implementation. Raw: /spec/v0.1/test-vectors/signed-strict-canonical.json
The file is served with a .json extension because Mintlify’s default static-asset handler serves .json but not .txt. The content is a valid canonical JSON object by construction (that is what JCS produces), so the .json extension is accurate. Implementers compare the file byte-for-byte; the extension does not change the comparison.

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Verifying the signed vector

  1. Fetch the JWKS: signed-strict-key.json.
  2. Locate the key by matching the kid in the JWS protected header of signed-strict.json to the kid in the JWKS entry.
  3. Remove the signature field from signed-strict.json. Preserve all other fields and their order as provided.
  4. Canonicalize the remaining document per RFC 8785 (JCS).
  5. Verify the ES256 signature from the signature field over the canonical bytes using the public key from the JWKS.
A conforming implementation MUST verify the signature successfully at step 5.

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Verifying a JCS implementation independently

  1. Read signed-strict.json.
  2. Remove the signature field.
  3. Canonicalize the remainder using the implementation under test.
  4. Compare the output byte-for-byte against signed-strict-canonical.json.
The two must be identical. If they differ, the implementation is not RFC 8785 conformant.

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Versioning

These vectors correspond to LLMO v0.1 (llmo_version: "0.1"). Future specification versions may introduce new vectors under sibling directories (e.g., /spec/v0.2/test-vectors/). The vectors in this directory are stable and will not be modified after publication. Corrections, if required, are published as sibling files with a new sequence number and documented in the changelog.