diff --git a/radicle-httpd/Cargo.toml b/radicle-httpd/Cargo.toml
index c727b661c..fff785815 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-httpd/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 hyper = { version = "0.14.17", default-features = false, features = ["client"] }
+pretty_assertions = { version = "1.3.0" }
 radicle-cli = { path = "../radicle-cli" }
 radicle-crypto = { path = "../radicle-crypto" }
 tempfile = { version = "3.3.0" }
diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api/json.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api/json.rs
index e6aeff71b..dd4bed70b 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api/json.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api/json.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use radicle::cob::issue::{Issue, IssueId};
 use radicle::cob::patch::{Patch, PatchId};
 use radicle::cob::thread::{self, CommentId};
-use radicle::cob::{OpId, Timestamp};
-use radicle::identity::PublicKey;
+use radicle::cob::{Author, OpId, Timestamp};
 use radicle_surf::blob::Blob;
 use radicle_surf::tree::Tree;
 use radicle_surf::{Commit, Stats};
@@ -130,11 +129,6 @@ fn name_in_path(path: &str) -> &str {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize)]
-struct Author {
-    id: PublicKey,
-}
-
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 struct Comment {
@@ -156,9 +150,7 @@ impl<'a> FromIterator<(&'a CommentId, &'a thread::Comment)> for Comments {
         for (id, comment) in iter {
             comments.push(Comment {
                 id: id.to_owned(),
-                author: Author {
-                    id: comment.author(),
-                },
+                author: comment.author().into(),
                 body: comment.body().to_owned(),
                 reactions: [],
                 timestamp: comment.timestamp(),
diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/projects.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/projects.rs
index 0655006ab..68fcaffb6 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/projects.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/projects.rs
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ async fn patch_handler(
 mod routes {
     use axum::body::Body;
     use axum::http::StatusCode;
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
     use serde_json::json;
 
     use crate::api::test::{self, get, patch, post, HEAD, HEAD_1, ISSUE_ID, PATCH_ID};
@@ -1020,7 +1021,7 @@ mod routes {
               {
                 "id": ISSUE_ID,
                 "author": {
-                    "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi"
+                    "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi"
                 },
                 "title": "Issue #1",
                 "state": {
@@ -1031,7 +1032,7 @@ mod routes {
                   {
                     "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/1",
                     "author": {
-                        "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi"
+                        "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi"
                     },
                     "body": "Change 'hello world' to 'hello everyone'",
                     "reactions": [],
@@ -1083,7 +1084,7 @@ mod routes {
             json!({
               "id": CREATED_ISSUE_ID,
               "author": {
-                  "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
+                  "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
               },
               "assignees": [],
               "title": "Issue #2",
@@ -1093,7 +1094,7 @@ mod routes {
               "discussion": [{
                   "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/1",
                   "author": {
-                      "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
+                      "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
                   },
                   "body": "Change 'hello world' to 'hello everyone'",
                   "reactions": [],
@@ -1143,7 +1144,7 @@ mod routes {
             json!({
               "id": ISSUE_ID,
               "author": {
-                  "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
+                  "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
               },
               "assignees": [],
               "title": "Issue #1",
@@ -1154,7 +1155,7 @@ mod routes {
                 {
                   "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/1",
                   "author": {
-                      "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
+                      "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
                   },
                   "body": "Change 'hello world' to 'hello everyone'",
                   "reactions": [],
@@ -1164,7 +1165,7 @@ mod routes {
                 {
                   "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/5",
                   "author": {
-                      "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
+                      "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
                   },
                   "body": "This is first-level comment",
                   "reactions": [],
@@ -1213,7 +1214,7 @@ mod routes {
             json!({
               "id": ISSUE_ID,
               "author": {
-                  "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
+                  "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
               },
               "assignees": [],
               "title": "Issue #1",
@@ -1224,7 +1225,7 @@ mod routes {
                 {
                   "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/1",
                   "author": {
-                      "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
+                      "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
                   },
                   "body": "Change 'hello world' to 'hello everyone'",
                   "reactions": [],
@@ -1234,7 +1235,7 @@ mod routes {
                 {
                   "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/5",
                   "author": {
-                      "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
+                      "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi",
                   },
                   "body": "This is a reply to the first comment",
                   "reactions": [],
@@ -1260,7 +1261,7 @@ mod routes {
               {
                 "id": PATCH_ID,
                 "author": {
-                    "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi"
+                    "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi"
                 },
                 "title": "A new `hello word`",
                 "description": "change `hello world` in README to something else",
@@ -1291,7 +1292,7 @@ mod routes {
               {
                 "id": PATCH_ID,
                 "author": {
-                    "id": "z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi"
+                    "id": "did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi"
                 },
                 "title": "A new `hello word`",
                 "description": "change `hello world` in README to something else",