wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php:1534Determines validity and normalizes the given status parameter.
$post_statusstring$post_typeWP_Post_Typestring|WP_Error protected function handle_status_param( $post_status, $post_type ) { switch ( $post_status ) { case 'draft': case 'pending': break; case 'private': if ( ! current_user_can( $post_type->cap->publish_posts ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_cannot_publish', __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create private posts in this post type.' ), array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() ) ); } break; case 'publish': case 'future': if ( ! current_user_can( $post_type->cap->publish_posts ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_cannot_publish', __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to publish posts in this post type.' ), array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() ) ); } break; default: if ( ! get_post_status_object( $post_status ) ) { $post_status = 'draft'; } break; } return $post_status; }Introduced in 4.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.