Rules by document type#

DocumentValidity period
Student documents generated from a template3 months from the issue date. Fixed IVQA rule, not configurable.
Student documents uploaded as filesNo period by default.
Certificates and diplomas uploaded on Diplom and CertificateNo period by default.
Institution DocumentsThe Effective from / Valid until dates you set, if any. Unset means valid until revoked.
Student badges and student QR codesNo period; they follow the student's registry status.

How EXPIRED is decided#

IVQA compares the dates with the current time at each verification. There is no batch process and no stored "expired" flag to wait for: the day after the end date, the public page shows EXPIRED with the end date. Before an Effective from date, it shows NOT YET VALID.

The dates of a template document are shown in the Validity column of the Student documents table.

What the verifier sees#

The red EXPIRED banner and the end date; no holder details. See Expired credential.

When a document expires#

  • If a current attestation is needed, issue a new document. It has a new public ID and QR code and its own 3-month period. The expired one stays expired. See Regenerate, reprint or renew a document.
  • For an Institution Document, you can instead edit its validity period.
  • You do not need to revoke an expired document: it already fails verification. Revoke it only if you want the page to say REVOKED rather than EXPIRED.