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AB-032
Payment Required Header
💰 Payments
Pillar: Executability
Moderate effort
Severity: high
Est. cost: $10-50
Gap: capability
Fix: manual
What it means
Your payment responses include a header that tells agents payment is needed.
Why it matters
This header is the universal signal for 'payment required'. Without it, agents don't know to look for payment details.
Evidence expected
This rule is verified by:
http Source: Runtime probe
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What's wrong
No payment header. Agents don't realize they need to pay.
✓
What's right
Payment header clearly signals that payment is required.
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