From a0f2b97c33f3201c20e76a5084451d31fb47378f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kirahsapong <102400653+kirahsapong@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:06:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updated ProtocolAuthorizationParentlessIncorrectProtocolPath
 error message to include reference to just `parent` (#724)

---
 src/core/protocol-authorization.ts   | 2 +-
 tests/handlers/records-write.spec.ts | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/protocol-authorization.ts b/src/core/protocol-authorization.ts
index 4b5a629f6..bcc529f74 100644
--- a/src/core/protocol-authorization.ts
+++ b/src/core/protocol-authorization.ts
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ export class ProtocolAuthorization {
       if (declaredProtocolPath !== declaredTypeName) {
         throw new DwnError(
           DwnErrorCode.ProtocolAuthorizationParentlessIncorrectProtocolPath,
-          `Declared protocol path '${declaredProtocolPath}' is not valid for records with no parentId'.`
+          `Declared protocol path '${declaredProtocolPath}' is not valid for records with no parent'.`
         );
       }
 
diff --git a/tests/handlers/records-write.spec.ts b/tests/handlers/records-write.spec.ts
index 860ad4f4d..c30b37af1 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/records-write.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/handlers/records-write.spec.ts
@@ -2479,6 +2479,7 @@ export function testRecordsWriteHandler(): void {
           const reply = await dwn.processMessage(alice.did, credentialApplication.message, { dataStream: credentialApplication.dataStream });
           expect(reply.status.code).to.equal(400);
           expect(reply.status.detail).to.contain(DwnErrorCode.ProtocolAuthorizationParentlessIncorrectProtocolPath);
+          expect(reply.status.detail).to.contain('is not valid for records with no parent');
         });
 
         it('#690 - should only allow data format of a protocol-space record to be updated to any value allowed by the protocol configuration', async () => {