diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "signify-ts-extern-kms-example",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Example project for Extern (Incept & Rotate)",
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+  "create": "tsx src/extern_createAccount.ts",
+  "rotate": "tsx src/extern_rotation.ts"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@aws-sdk/client-kms": "^3.998.0",
+    "signify-ts": "^0.3.0-rc2"
+  },
+  "overrides": {
+    "libsodium-wrappers-sumo": "0.7.15"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^25.0.3",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
+    "typescript": "^5.9.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/src/AwsKmsModule.ts b/examples/src/AwsKmsModule.ts
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+import { Algos, Matter, MtrDex, Diger, Siger, Signer } from "signify-ts";
+import { KMSClient, GetPublicKeyCommand, SignCommand, SignCommandInput } from "@aws-sdk/client-kms";
+
+/* =================================================
+ * AWS KMS External Module Implementation
+ * -------------------------------------------------
+ * This strictly implements the IdentifierManager interface. 
+ * You can swap the inner logic with `@google-cloud/kms` to test on GCP.
+ * ================================================= */
+export class AwsKmsModule {
+    algo: Algos = Algos.extern;
+    signers: Signer[] = []; // KMS handles signing, so local signers remain empty
+    private kms: KMSClient;
+    private keyId: string;
+
+    constructor(pidx: number, args: any, region: string, keyId: string) {
+        this.kms = new KMSClient({ region });
+        this.keyId = keyId;
+    }
+
+    // This data is passed to KERIA and stored in the DB (fixes the 500 error)
+    params(): any {
+        return { extern_type: "aws_kms" };
+    }
+
+    // Fetches the public key from AWS KMS and formats it to qb64
+    async getPubQb64(): Promise<string> {
+        const cmd = new GetPublicKeyCommand({ KeyId: this.keyId });
+        const res = await this.kms.send(cmd);
+        if (!res.PublicKey) throw new Error("PublicKey not found in KMS");
+
+        // Extract raw 32 bytes from AWS Ed25519 DER format
+        const raw32 = Buffer.from(res.PublicKey).slice(-32);
+        return new Matter({ raw: raw32, code: MtrDex.Ed25519 }).qb64;
+    }
+
+    async incept(transferable: boolean): Promise<[string[], string[]]> {
+        const pubQb64 = await this.getPubQb64();
+        const nextDigQb64 = new Diger({ code: MtrDex.Blake3_256 }, new Matter({ qb64: pubQb64 }).qb64b).qb64;
+        
+        return [[pubQb64], [nextDigQb64]]; 
+    }
+
+    async rotate(ncodes: string[], transferable: boolean): Promise<[string[], string[]]> {
+        return this.incept(transferable);
+    }
+
+    // Delegates the payload signing to AWS KMS
+    async sign(ser: Uint8Array, indexed: boolean = true): Promise<string[]> {
+        const input: SignCommandInput = {
+            KeyId: this.keyId,
+            Message: ser,
+            MessageType: "RAW",
+            SigningAlgorithm: "ED25519_SHA_512", // Required for Ed25519 in AWS SDK v3
+        };
+        const command = new SignCommand(input);
+        const response = await this.kms.send(command);
+        if (!response.Signature) throw new Error("Signature generation failed");
+        
+        const sigBytes = Buffer.from(response.Signature);
+        return [new Siger({ raw: sigBytes, index: 0 }).qb64]; 
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/examples/src/extern_createAccount.ts b/examples/src/extern_createAccount.ts
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+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+import { Tier, Algos, ready, SignifyClient, ExternalModule } from 'signify-ts';
+import { AwsKmsModule } from './AwsKmsModule.js';
+
+dotenv.config();
+
+/* =================================================
+ * Minimal Helpers for Standalone Execution
+ * ================================================= */
+async function sleep(ms: number) {
+    return new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+}
+
+async function waitOperation(client: SignifyClient, op: any): Promise<any> {
+    let cur = op;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+        if (cur?.done) {
+            try {
+                await client.operations().delete(op.name);
+            } catch {}
+            return cur.response;
+        }
+        await sleep(1000);
+        cur = await client.operations().get(op.name);
+    }
+    throw new Error(`Operation timed out: ${op.name}`);
+}
+
+async function connectClient(
+    url: string,
+    bootUrl: string,
+    bran: string,
+    modules: any[]
+) {
+    await ready();
+    const client = new SignifyClient(url, bran, Tier.low, bootUrl, modules);
+
+    try {
+        await client.connect();
+    } catch {
+        await client.boot();
+        await sleep(500);
+        await client.connect();
+    }
+    return client;
+}
+
+/* =================================================
+ * Main Execution Script (Testing PR #415 FIX)
+ * ================================================= */
+async function main() {
+    console.log('\n🚀 EXTERN AID STANDALONE DEMO (CREATE ACCOUNT)');
+
+    const KERIA_URL = process.env.KERIA_URL || '';
+    const KERIA_PORT = process.env.KERIA_PORT || '3901';
+    const BOOT_PORT = process.env.BOOT_PORT || '3903';
+    const BRAN = process.env.TEST_BRAN || '';
+    const ALIAS = process.env.TEST_ALIAS || '';
+    const AWS_REGION = process.env.AWS_REGION || '';
+    const AWS_KEY_ID = process.env.AWS_KMS_KEY_ID || '';
+
+    await ready();
+
+    const modules: ExternalModule[] = [
+        {
+            type: 'aws_kms',
+            name: 'AwsKmsModule',
+            module: class {
+                constructor(pidx: number, args: any) {
+                    return new AwsKmsModule(
+                        pidx,
+                        args,
+                        AWS_REGION,
+                        AWS_KEY_ID
+                    ) as any;
+                }
+            } as any,
+        },
+    ];
+
+    console.log('\n[SETUP] Connecting to KERIA...');
+    const client = await connectClient(
+        `${KERIA_URL}:${KERIA_PORT}`,
+        `${KERIA_URL}:${BOOT_PORT}`,
+        BRAN,
+        modules
+    );
+    console.log('✅ Client connected.');
+
+    const identifiers = client.identifiers();
+    let prefix: string | undefined;
+
+    console.log(`\n[STEP 1] Ensure extern AID with alias: ${ALIAS}`);
+    try {
+        const hab = await identifiers.get(ALIAS);
+        prefix = hab.prefix || hab.state?.i;
+        console.log(`ℹ️ AID already exists: ${prefix}`);
+    } catch {
+        console.log('➡️ Creating new extern AID...');
+        const createRes = await identifiers.create(ALIAS, {
+            algo: Algos.extern,
+            extern_type: 'aws_kms',
+            transferable: true,
+            wits: [],
+            toad: 0,
+        });
+
+        const op = await createRes.op();
+        const result = await waitOperation(client, op);
+        prefix = result?.i || result?.pre;
+        console.log(`✅ AWS KMS AID created successfully: ${prefix}`);
+    }
+
+    console.log(
+        `\n[STEP 2] Verifying metadata persistence (The 500 Error Fix)`
+    );
+    const aidInfo = await identifiers.get(ALIAS);
+
+    console.log('-----------------------------------------');
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(aidInfo, null, 2));
+    console.log('-----------------------------------------');
+
+    if (aidInfo.extern && aidInfo.extern.extern_type === 'aws_kms') {
+        console.log(
+            "✅ SUCCESS: The 'extern' metadata is correctly persisted and retrieved without throwing a 500 error!"
+        );
+    } else {
+        console.error(
+            "❌ FAILED: The 'extern' metadata is missing from the DB response."
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+if (import.meta.url === `file://${process.argv[1]}`) {
+    main().catch((e) => {
+        console.error('\n💥 FATAL ERROR:', e);
+        process.exit(1);
+    });
+}
diff --git a/examples/src/extern_rotation.ts b/examples/src/extern_rotation.ts
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+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+import {
+    Tier,
+    Algos,
+    ready,
+    SignifyClient,
+    Saider,
+    Serder,
+    ExternalModule,
+    Diger,
+    Matter,
+    MtrDex,
+} from 'signify-ts';
+import { AwsKmsModule } from './AwsKmsModule.js';
+
+dotenv.config();
+
+/* =================================================
+ * Minimal Helpers for Standalone Execution
+ * ================================================= */
+async function sleep(ms: number) {
+    return new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+}
+
+async function connectClient(
+    url: string,
+    bootUrl: string,
+    bran: string,
+    modules: any[]
+) {
+    await ready();
+    const client = new SignifyClient(url, bran, Tier.low, bootUrl, modules);
+
+    try {
+        await client.connect();
+    } catch {
+        await client.boot();
+        await sleep(500);
+        await client.connect();
+    }
+    return client;
+}
+
+async function postRotEvent(
+    client: SignifyClient,
+    alias: string,
+    rotKed: any,
+    sigerQb64: string,
+    externMeta: any
+) {
+    const path = `/identifiers/${encodeURIComponent(alias)}/events`;
+
+    const body: any = {
+        rot: rotKed,
+        sigs: [sigerQb64],
+        smids: [],
+        rmids: [],
+    };
+
+    if (externMeta) body.extern = externMeta;
+
+    const res = await (client as any).fetch(path, 'POST', body);
+    if (res && typeof res.json === 'function') return await res.json();
+    return res;
+}
+
+/* =================================================
+ * Main Execution Script (Testing Rotation)
+ * ================================================= */
+async function main() {
+    console.log('\n=================================================');
+    console.log('🚀 EXTERN AID STANDALONE DEMO (ROTATION)');
+    console.log('=================================================');
+
+    const KERIA_URL = process.env.KERIA_URL || '';
+    const KERIA_PORT = process.env.KERIA_PORT || '3901';
+    const BOOT_PORT = process.env.BOOT_PORT || '3903';
+    const BRAN = process.env.TEST_BRAN || '';
+    const ALIAS = process.env.TEST_ALIAS || '';
+
+    const AWS_REGION = process.env.AWS_REGION || '';
+    const AWS_KEY_ID = process.env.AWS_KMS_KEY_ID || '';
+
+    await ready();
+
+    const modules: ExternalModule[] = [
+        {
+            type: 'aws_kms',
+            name: 'AwsKmsModule',
+            module: class {
+                constructor(pidx: number, args: any) {
+                    return new AwsKmsModule(
+                        pidx,
+                        args,
+                        AWS_REGION,
+                        AWS_KEY_ID
+                    ) as any;
+                }
+            } as any,
+        },
+    ];
+
+    console.log('\n[SETUP] Connecting to KERIA...');
+    const client = await connectClient(
+        `${KERIA_URL}:${KERIA_PORT}`,
+        `${KERIA_URL}:${BOOT_PORT}`,
+        BRAN,
+        modules
+    );
+    console.log('✅ Client connected.');
+
+    const identifiers = client.identifiers();
+
+    console.log(`\n[STEP 1] Fetching Identifier Info for ${ALIAS}...`);
+    let aidInfo: any;
+    try {
+        aidInfo = await identifiers.get(ALIAS);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+        throw new Error(
+            `❌ Failed to fetch identifier ${ALIAS}. Run createAccount script first.`
+        );
+    }
+
+    const prefix = aidInfo.prefix || aidInfo.state?.i;
+
+    console.log('\n[STEP 2] Fetching Current KeyState...');
+    const statesRes = await client.keyStates().get(prefix);
+    const beforeState = Array.isArray(statesRes) ? statesRes[0] : statesRes;
+    const beforeS = parseInt(beforeState.s, 16);
+    const beforeD = beforeState.d;
+
+    console.log(`   - Current Sequence (s): ${beforeS}`);
+    console.log(`   - Current Event Dig(d): ${beforeD}`);
+
+    console.log('\n[STEP 3] Constructing ROT Event...');
+    const awsSigner = new AwsKmsModule(0, {}, AWS_REGION, AWS_KEY_ID);
+    const pubQb64 = await awsSigner.getPubQb64();
+    const nextDigQb64 = new Diger(
+        { code: MtrDex.Blake3_256 },
+        new Matter({ qb64: pubQb64 }).qb64b
+    ).qb64;
+
+    const nextS_hex = (beforeS + 1).toString(16);
+
+    const rotKed0: any = {
+        v: 'KERI10JSON000000_',
+        t: 'rot',
+        d: '',
+        i: prefix,
+        s: nextS_hex,
+        p: beforeD,
+        kt: '1',
+        k: [pubQb64],
+        nt: '1',
+        n: [nextDigQb64],
+        bt: '0',
+        br: [],
+        ba: [],
+        a: [],
+    };
+
+    const [, rotKed1] = (Saider as any).saidify(rotKed0);
+    const serder = new Serder(rotKed1);
+
+    const rotKedFinal = (serder as any).ked ?? (serder as any).sad ?? rotKed1;
+    const rawSer: Uint8Array =
+        (serder as any).raw instanceof Uint8Array
+            ? (serder as any).raw
+            : new TextEncoder().encode((serder as any).raw);
+
+    console.log('\n[STEP 4] Signing ROT Event with AWS KMS...');
+    const sigs = await awsSigner.sign(rawSer, true);
+    console.log(`   - Generated KERI Siger: ${sigs[0]}`);
+
+    console.log('\n[STEP 5] Submitting ROT Event to KERIA...');
+    const externMeta = aidInfo.extern;
+
+    await postRotEvent(client, ALIAS, rotKedFinal, sigs[0], externMeta);
+    console.log('   - Submit Response OK.');
+
+    console.log('\n[STEP 6] Verifying State & Key Event Log (KEL)...');
+    await sleep(2000);
+
+    const finalStates = await client.keyStates().get(prefix);
+    const finalState = Array.isArray(finalStates)
+        ? finalStates[0]
+        : finalStates;
+    const finalS = parseInt(finalState.s, 16);
+
+    const fullKel = await client.keyEvents().get(prefix);
+    const lastEvent = fullKel[fullKel.length - 1];
+
+    console.log('---------------------------------------------------');
+    console.log(`📊 Current State: Sequence ${finalS}`);
+    console.log(`📜 Full KEL Length: ${fullKel.length} events`);
+    console.log(`🆕 Latest Event Type: ${lastEvent.ked.t}`);
+    console.log(`🆕 Latest Event SAID: ${lastEvent.ked.d}`);
+    console.log('---------------------------------------------------');
+
+    if (finalS === beforeS + 1 && lastEvent.ked.t === 'rot') {
+    } else {
+        console.error(
+            '\n❌ FAILED: Sequence number did not increment or ROT event missing.'
+        );
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+if (import.meta.url === `file://${process.argv[1]}`) {
+    main().catch((e) => {
+        console.error('\n💥 FATAL ERROR:', e);
+        process.exit(1);
+    });
+}
diff --git a/examples/tsconfig.json b/examples/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {}
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}
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