{
  "id": "BRD-254",
  "slug": "brd-254",
  "title": "Appeal only a vet that has finished",
  "statement": "An appeal may be filed only against a vet in a final state — never against one still pending.",
  "rationale": "A pending vet has not decided anything, so an appeal against it is refused on entry and the attempt is wasted. The reason people file early is that a vet in progress is indistinguishable from one that is stuck, and the appeal form is available the whole time.",
  "layer": "BRAND",
  "layerSlug": "brand",
  "object": "the vet state",
  "severity": "BLOCKING",
  "detectability": [
    "DETERMINISTIC"
  ],
  "failureClass": "RETRY_FIELD",
  "authorities": [
    "TCR"
  ],
  "codes": [
    {
      "provider": "TCR",
      "code": "592",
      "remediable": true
    }
  ],
  "applicabilityText": "Applies to every 10DLC registration.",
  "universal": true,
  "remediation": "Wait for the vet to reach ACTIVE, COMPLETE, FAILED or EXPIRED before filing. If it looks stuck, the cause is usually an unanswered 2FA rather than a queue — chase that instead. Done when the appeal is filed against a vet that has actually concluded.",
  "example": "appeal filed against a vet in FAILED state — not against one still PENDING",
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-254/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-254.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}