Definition and scope
How Permissioned Domains Work addresses a distinct part of compliance, identity, and interoperability. Define credential requirements for access to supported financial services.
XRPL includes tools for controlled deposits, issuer compliance, public identity, and cross-network systems. Several features in this category are amendment-dependent or evolving, so every eventual article must verify current Mainnet status and distinguish protocol capability from a particular service's legal obligations. Protocol controls can support a policy but do not establish identity, trustworthiness, regulatory compliance, or legal permission by themselves.
How it works
A PermissionedDomain ledger entry defines accepted credential issuer-and-type pairs. Supported protocol features can use domain membership to restrict participation without publishing all off-ledger identity evidence.
- PermissionedDomain: verify this field, object, or component against the cited protocol documentation.
- AcceptedCredentials: verify this field, object, or component against the cited protocol documentation.
- CredentialType: verify this field, object, or component against the cited protocol documentation.
- Issuer: verify this field, object, or component against the cited protocol documentation.
Practical example and checks
An operator creates a domain requiring a credential type from one or more trusted issuers, tests eligible and ineligible accounts, and updates the domain when trust policy changes.
For production use, preserve the exact signed or queried data, record the network and validated ledger reference, and compare the result with the current primary documentation before changing off-ledger state.
Open the related live demo or evidence lab →Limits, risks, and common confusion
A permissioned domain enforces configured credential rules, not every regulatory obligation. Issuer quality, credential expiry, privacy, and appeals remain governance responsibilities.
Protocol controls can support a policy but do not establish identity, trustworthiness, regulatory compliance, or legal permission by themselves.
Current network status
Enabled on XRPL Mainnet. PermissionedDomains was enabled on XRPL Mainnet in feature responses from both official public servers at review time. Client and service support can still vary.
Status reviewed 2026-08-23. Amendment-dependent behavior must be rechecked against the network's live feature state before operational use.