Correct or renew a credential

Organization owners, admins, and issuers can correct or renew credentials from the Credentials page.

Correct an award

Choose Correct / reissue, enter a reason, and confirm. Vitni creates a new signed credential with the same recipient and achievement, records which credential it replaces, then revokes the prior credential. These steps run in one database transaction. The holder receives a new claim link by email; the original signed document remains available and verifiers see its revoked status.

Correction is for active credentials. If the credential has expired, use renewal instead. A correction reason is required and recorded in the organization audit events.

Renew an expiring credential

Choose Renew, enter a reason and a later expiration date. Vitni issues a new credential, records its relationship to the prior one, and queues a fresh claim link. The earlier credential remains valid according to its own expiration and revocation status; renewal does not silently extend or revoke it.

Renewal requires a future expiration later than the current expiration, if one exists. Each credential can have one direct replacement; renew the latest credential in a chain.

Both operations preserve signed credential snapshots. Neither edits the prior credential document.