---
title: "Issuance Event"
description: "The IssuanceEvent tracks the status of credential offers that are initiated through the credentials/issue endpoint of the issuer service."
stack: "Enterprise Stack (commercial) — version 0.21.0"
stack_version: "0.21.0"
stack_comparison: https://docs.walt.id/community-vs-enterprise.md
canonical_url: https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/administration/events-and-metrics/event-types/issuance-event
generated: 2026-07-20
---
# Issuance Event

The `IssuanceEvent` tracks the status of credential offers that are initiated through the `credentials/issue` endpoint
of the issuer service.

## Example Issuance Event

```json
{
    "type": "id.walt.commons.events.IssuanceEvent",
    "eventType": "IssuanceEvent",
    "_id": "2a7b554a-37c7-4ae6-809f-2559bfa47913",
    "originator": null,
    "organization": "waltid",
    "target": "waltid.mycustomer.issuer2",
    "timestamp": 1741192586004,
    "action": {
      "type": "init_session"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "Open"
    },
    "callId": "436a8a95-3290-4b65-94b9-a0970012d91c",
    "error": null,
    "sessionId": "fb517c9d-5178-48a9-8d39-9fd89d857d53",
    "credentialConfigurationId": "identity_credential_vc+sd-jwt",
    "format": "dc+sd-jwt"
  }
```

### IssuanceEvent Attributes

-   **type**: Specifies the Kotlin class name of the event.

-   **eventType**: Indicates the type of event. In our case `"IssuanceEvent"`.

-   **_id**: A unique identifier for the event, represented as a UUID, e.g. `"2a7b554a-37c7-4ae6-809f-2559bfa47913"`.

-   **originator**: Attribute identifying the user or system that initiated the event.

-   **organization**: The organization responsible for the event, e.g.`"waltid"`.

-   **target**: The service in which the event was triggered, e.g. `"waltid.mycustomer.issuer2"`.

-   **timestamp**: The time the event occurred, represented as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds, e.g. `1741192586004`.

-   **action**: This describes the specific action of the event, e.g. `"init_session"`.

-   **status**: The current state of the event. It is represented as an object with a `type` of `"Open"`, indicating that the event is in progress. It can also be `Success` or `Failure`

-   **callId**: An optional identifier for tracking HTTP calls, represented as a UUID. Here, it is `"436a8a95-3290-4b65-94b9-a0970012d91c"`.

-   **error**: An optional attribute that contains an error message if the event encountered an issue.

-   **sessionId**: A unique identifier for the OID4VC session associated with the event, represented as a UUID. In this example, it is `"fb517c9d-5178-48a9-8d39-9fd89d857d53"`.

-   **credentialConfigurationId**: The configuration ID of credential being issued. Here, it is `"identity_credential_vc+sd-jwt"`.

-   **format**: The format of the credential being issued. In this example, it is `"dc+sd-jwt"`.