New SHAKEN/STIR verstat parameters

15, Sep 2021

Today we are releasing two additional values to the verstat parameter to provide customers with more granular information on call attestation and verification results.

Initial SHAKEN/STIR implementation introduced a verification feature, a verstat parameter, that is included in the P-Asserted-Identity SIP header. The verstat parameter includes information about the caller identity validation and attestation level, with possible values of TN-Validation-Passed, TN-Validation-Failed or No-TN-Validation depending on verification results of the PASSPorT and attestation level. This verification is done for inbound calls from the PSTN as well as on-net calls from Telnyx customers to other Telnyx customers.

Following Telnyx efforts to improve the SHAKEN STIR framework, we are introducing additional values to the verstat parameter. These new values will provide Telnyx customers with more granular information regarding originating Caller ID attestation and verification results.

As of today, the possible values are as follows:

Verstat Value Description
TN-Validation-Passed Identity header verification successful and call has an A attestation
TN-Validation-Failed Identity header verification failed
No-TN-Validation No verification took place because Identity header was not provided
NEW  TN-Validation-Passed-B   Identity header verification successful and call has a B attestation
NEW  TN-Validation-Passed-C   Identity header verification successful and call has a C attestation

For more information on the SHAKEN/STIR framework check out our resource center or reach out to our team of experts.