ACP Conformance & Production Readiness

Before writing code

Fetch live docs:

1. Fetch https://developers.openai.com/commerce/guides/production/ for OpenAI's production readiness checklist
2. Web-search site:github.com agentic-commerce-protocol spec openapi for the latest OpenAPI specs to validate against
3. Web-search site:github.com agentic-commerce-protocol spec json-schema for JSON schemas
4. Fetch https://developers.openai.com/commerce/guides/get-started/ for onboarding requirements

Conformance Test Categories

1. Schema Validation

• Validate all request/response payloads against the ACP JSON schemas
• Ensure monetary amounts are integers in minor currency units (no floats)
• Verify all required fields are present
• Check field types match the spec (string, integer, enum values)

2. Checkout Flow Tests

• Create → verify 201 response with valid CheckoutSession
• Update → verify status transitions are valid
• Retrieve → verify GET returns current state
• Complete → verify payment processing and completed status
• Cancel → verify session termination
• Full flow → create → update → complete end-to-end

3. State Machine Compliance

• Verify only valid status transitions occur
• Test not_ready_for_payment → ready_for_payment when all data provided
• Test authentication_required → completed after 3DS
• Verify canceled is terminal (no transitions out)
• Test concurrent requests on same session

4. Idempotency Tests

• Same Idempotency-Key + same body = identical response with Idempotent-Replayed: true
• Same key + different body = 422 idempotency_conflict
• Concurrent duplicate = 409 idempotency_in_flight with Retry-After
• Keys retained minimum 24 hours
• 5xx responses are NOT cached

5. Header Validation

• Authorization: Bearer <token> required on all requests
• API-Version required and matches spec version
• Idempotency-Key required on all POST
• Missing required headers → appropriate error response

6. Error Response Format

• All errors use flat {type, code, message, param} structure
• param uses JSONPath (RFC 9535) syntax
• Correct HTTP status codes for each error type
• type is one of: invalid_request, processing_error, service_unavailable

7. Webhook Signature Verification

• All webhooks signed with HMAC-SHA256
• Signature in correct header
• Timing-safe comparison on receiving end
• Invalid signatures rejected

8. Security Checks

• TLS 1.2+ enforced
• No raw card data in logs
• SPTs properly scoped (amount, merchant, session, expiration)
• Bearer tokens validated on every request
• IP allowlisting configured (if applicable)

9. Extension Compliance

• Capability negotiation works correctly
• Unsupported extensions gracefully ignored
• Extension pruning works when parent capability absent
• Discount codes properly validated and errors returned

Production Readiness Checklist

• All 5 checkout operations implemented and tested
• Idempotency handling complete
• Webhook signing and delivery implemented
• Error responses match spec format
• 3D Secure flow handled
• Monitoring and logging in place
• Rate limiting configured
• PCI compliance verified (if handling delegate payment)
• Load testing completed
• Onboarding with OpenAI/agent platform complete

Fetch the OpenAI production readiness guide and latest OpenAPI specs for the most current conformance requirements before testing.