> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.corbado.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List challenge variants

> Lists Observe challenge/config variants (format `chv-<number>`) for the authenticated project — the
distinct WebAuthn request/response configurations observed per subflow type (e.g. a passkey-login
request variant carries allowCredentialCount, timeout, userVerification, hints and the estimated
authenticator names behind the allowlist). Optionally filters by subflow type. Use this to resolve the
configVariantID returned by /observe/subFlows or the t8 dimension of the login-subflow-passkey-v1 time
series into readable configuration data.

Required API key permission: `observe:catalog:read`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi/observe.yaml get /observe/challengeVariants
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Corbado API
  description: >
    # Introduction

    This documentation gives an overview of all Corbado API calls to implement
    authentication observe.
  contact:
    name: Corbado team
    email: support@corbado.com
    url: https://www.corbado.com
servers:
  - url: https://api.cloud.corbado.io/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: ObserveFlow
    description: Flow search and related APIs
    x-group: Journeys and users
  - name: ObserveSubFlow
    description: Subflow search and related APIs
    x-group: Journeys and users
  - name: ObserveUser
    description: User search and related APIs
    x-group: Journeys and users
  - name: ObserveClientEnv
    description: Client environment search APIs
    x-group: Journeys and users
  - name: ObserveTimeSeries
    description: Time series query APIs
    x-group: Metrics and funnels
  - name: ObserveFunnel
    description: Historical funnel metrics, dictionaries and coverage.
    x-group: Metrics and funnels
  - name: ObserveEvent
    description: Event ingestion and event feed APIs
    x-group: Events
  - name: ObserveError
    description: Named authentication errors and recommendations.
    x-group: Error management
  - name: ObserveErrorFlavour
    description: Error variants and their impact on authentication outcomes.
    x-group: Error management
  - name: ObserveAlert
    description: Authentication alert rules, instances and history.
    x-group: Alert management
  - name: ObserveAnnotation
    description: Annotation APIs (dated notes for analytics context)
    x-group: Annotations
  - name: ObserveTableExport
    description: Table export file listing and download APIs
    x-group: Data exports
  - name: ObserveTimeSeriesExport
    description: Time-series export generation and downloads.
    x-group: Data exports
  - name: ObserveDataExport
    description: Data export APIs
    x-group: User data
  - name: ObserveDataDeletionJob
    description: Data deletion job APIs
    x-group: User data
  - name: ObserveFlowTypeDefinition
    description: Flow type definitions used in authentication journeys.
    x-group: Catalogs and labels
  - name: ObserveCatalog
    description: Catalog APIs
    x-group: Catalogs and labels
  - name: OpenAPI
    description: Downloadable API specification
  - name: ProjectOperationExecution
    description: Project-scoped operation history and pipeline health
  - name: ObserveClassification
    description: Flow and subflow classification APIs
  - name: ObserveIntegrationStats
    description: Integration stats APIs
  - name: ObserveTimeSeriesPrecalculation
    description: Time series precalculation APIs
  - name: ObserveIDList
    x-group: Saved ID lists
    description: Stored ID-list selection APIs
  - name: ObserveDataContext
    description: Schema-loose data context APIs for agent and debugging tooling
  - name: ObserveData
    description: Observe data administration APIs
  - name: ObserveTrackingStats
    description: Tracking ingestion stats APIs
  - name: ObserveExperiment
    x-group: Experiments
    description: Experiment catalog and run APIs
  - name: ObserveDataPolicy
    description: >-
      Project data policy catalogue (retention selected by the SDK's
      meta.dataPolicy code)
  - name: ObserveMetadata
    x-group: Metadata
    description: Authenticator metadata APIs (FIDO MDS + passkey AAGUID)
  - name: ObservePasskey
    x-group: Passkey analysis
    description: Observed passkey search and cohort analysis.
paths:
  /observe/challengeVariants:
    get:
      tags:
        - ObserveCatalog
      summary: List challenge variants
      description: >-
        Lists Observe challenge/config variants (format `chv-<number>`) for the
        authenticated project — the

        distinct WebAuthn request/response configurations observed per subflow
        type (e.g. a passkey-login

        request variant carries allowCredentialCount, timeout, userVerification,
        hints and the estimated

        authenticator names behind the allowlist). Optionally filters by subflow
        type. Use this to resolve the

        configVariantID returned by /observe/subFlows or the t8 dimension of the
        login-subflow-passkey-v1 time

        series into readable configuration data.


        Required API key permission: `observe:catalog:read`.
      operationId: ObserveChallengeVariantList
      parameters:
        - name: subFlowType
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Filter variants by subflow type.
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - passkey-login
              - passkey-enrollment
          x-oapi-codegen-extra-tags:
            validate: omitempty,oneof=passkey-login passkey-enrollment
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Challenge variants.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/observeChallengeVariant'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      security:
        - bearerAuth:
            - observe:catalog:read
components:
  schemas:
    observeChallengeVariant:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - subFlowType
        - type
        - data
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Challenge variant ID (format `chv-<number>`). The numeric part
            equals the raw config_variant_id surfaced

            as the t8 dimension of the login-subflow-passkey-v1 time series.
        subFlowType:
          type: string
          description: Subflow type the variant belongs to.
          enum:
            - passkey-login
            - passkey-enrollment
        type:
          type: string
          description: Type of challenge variant (request options or response data).
          enum:
            - request
            - response
        data:
          type: string
          description: >-
            JSON-encoded variant data. For passkey-login request variants:
            allowCredentialCount, timeout, userVerification, hints,
            authenticatorEstimates (estimated provider names behind the
            allowlist, e.g. icloud-keychain; absent when the login ran without
            an allowlist).
    errorRspV2:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - message
          properties:
            message:
              description: Error message
              type: string
              example: Validation failed
            details:
              description: Validation error details per field
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                required:
                  - field
                  - message
                properties:
                  field:
                    description: Field name that failed validation
                    type: string
                    example: projectID
                  message:
                    description: Validation error message
                    type: string
                    example: required
  responses:
    error:
      description: Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/errorRspV2'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Use an Observe API key from the management console. The key selects the
        project and must grant the permission listed on the operation. Keep this
        key on your server.

````