---
title: "release_unproven"
url: https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/release_unproven
---
# release_unproven

URL: https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/release_unproven

> price.release names no step that runs.

| Fix | Fails in | Exit |
|---|---|---|
| Name a step that runs. | `services/translation.ts` | 1 |

**Owned by** [Sending to outside systems](https://services.dev/docs/service/submit.md): the page that explains what this gate holds.

## What check says

```txt title="npx services.dev check"
  ✗ price.release names no step that runs. Name a step that runs. price.release is 'filed', and filed isn't a step: the steps are translate, review, file.
    https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/release_unproven
✗ 1 to fix
```

## The failing file

```ts title="services/translation.ts"
import { Service } from 'services.dev'

export default Service({
  name: 'Translation',
  input: { document: 'file', to: 'language: a BCP 47 tag, such as fr-CA' },
  output: { document: 'file', filing: 'text' },
  deliver: {
    translate: 'ai',
    file: { submit: 'https://registry.example.test/filings', to: 'the registry', receipt: 'filing' },
  },
  price: { usd: 49, release: 'filed' },
})
```

## The fix

```diff title="git add -A && git diff --staged"
diff --git a/services/translation.ts b/services/translation.ts
index fcf5610..39f6bb2 100644
--- a/services/translation.ts
+++ b/services/translation.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ export default Service({
     translate: 'ai',
     file: { submit: 'https://registry.example.test/filings', to: 'the registry', receipt: 'filing' },
   },
-  price: { usd: 49, release: 'filed' },
+  price: { usd: 49, release: 'file' },
 })
```

```txt title="npx services.dev check"
✓ ready to sell · 1 Service · AI delivers it alone · it keeps at least 80% of every job
```

## Explained in

- [Sending to outside systems](https://services.dev/docs/service/submit.md)
- [One submission per element](https://services.dev/docs/service/each.md)
- [How a job ends](https://services.dev/docs/service/ends.md)
- [In CI](https://services.dev/docs/cli/ci.md)

## What an agent reads

```json title="npx services.dev check --json · the release_unproven failure"
{
  "code": "release_unproven",
  "reason": "price.release names no step that runs.",
  "next": "Name a step that runs. price.release is 'filed', and filed isn't a step: the steps are translate, review, file.",
  "doc_url": "https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/release_unproven"
}
```

<details>
<summary>The whole document check --json prints</summary>

```json title="npx services.dev check --json"
{
  "ai": {
    "cents_per_call": 42,
    "simulated": true
  },
  "mcp": {
    "tools": 13,
    "tokens": 4504,
    "sandbox": 9,
    "budget": 8000
  },
  "services": [
    {
      "path": "services/translation.ts",
      "lines": 8,
      "steps": "translate · ai → review · ai · adversarial → file · the registry",
      "ok": false,
      "price": "$49 per job, within 48 hours, charged when filed is done.",
      "who": "AI delivers every job.",
      "agent": {
        "tool": "order_translation",
        "words": 29,
        "job": "job_7Hq2",
        "status": "accepted",
        "on": null,
        "charged": 0,
        "person": false,
        "why": ""
      },
      "ledger": "+$49.00 · AI $0.84 (example) · you $48.16",
      "approved_ledger": null,
      "outcome": null,
      "margin": {
        "floor": {
          "cents": 3920,
          "pct": 80
        },
        "own": 3920,
        "stop": 980,
        "nested": []
      },
      "apps": [
        "customer portal",
        "owner console"
      ],
      "failures": [
        {
          "code": "release_unproven",
          "reason": "price.release names no step that runs.",
          "next": "Name a step that runs. price.release is 'filed', and filed isn't a step: the steps are translate, review, file.",
          "doc_url": "https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/release_unproven"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

</details>

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