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Prove fixed approval authority and a sticky observed-write seal - #48
An agent can change an artifact and its writable local reference together, or edit and restore the artifact before an endpoint check. This adds a small Agda model showing why those comparisons are insufficient and proving that a fixed approval anchor plus a protected observed-write latch rejects both traces.
AS-1..AS-8 establish acceptance binding, anchor preservation over finite agent traces, sticky history, rejection after observed writes, local-reference irrelevance and clean-state acceptance. An explicit root-replacement counterexample exposes the trust boundary. Nat represents exact model identity, not an injective cryptographic hash. No runtime monitor, authentication, semantic safety or end-to-end scanner guarantee is claimed.
Validation: the unchanged baseline passed locally under Agda 2.6.4.3; the extension passed all 23 source checks with the unchanged 23-location warning audit, all 17 intended semantic rejections, and four isolated deterministic mutants (20-second limits). The new module independently checks with warnings as errors and no suppression. The full gate now includes the mutation controls. Hosted Proof Safety also passed at source revision 91038dd6c2a535947178d429fc80ff543f0f32fe: run 41708617511, including the core/mutation gate and canonical Echo correspondence. The job logs were inspected for the actual 23/17/4 counts. CodeQL passed too. Historical/local wording in the source ledger predates this hosted receipt; this receipt covers the exact source revision above.
Review the threat model and exact theorem statements before runtime integration. In particular, external enforcement of the fixed root, complete observation, history persistence, authorized approval epochs, cryptographic binding and check/use identity remain open. This is the first bounded proof phase; it does not merge Pons, panic-attack, proven-tests-and-benches or cicd-squabbler.
CI cordon: Governance and Secret Scanner fail before any jobs execute on this branch (governance, secret scanner). The same zero-workflow success gap exists on the unchanged base 390456d (governance, secret scanner). No workflow or security requirement was disabled. These unresolved checks and independent review remain blockers to merge; proof success is not an all-CI-green claim.
Added a formal model of approval seals, showing how artifact changes affect approval and how changes to local references are treated.
Documented the model’s guarantees, limitations and outstanding review items.
Tests
Expanded verification coverage with new rejection cases and mutation checks for approval-seal properties.
Added the new checks to the standard verification run.
Documentation
Updated verification records to reflect the expanded local test corpus and pending hosted verification.
The change adds an Agda approval-seal model with proofs and counterexamples. It adds rejection fixtures and mutation checks, connects them to the repository’s policy and build checks, and records the model’s scope and verification status.
Changes: Approval-seal model
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Model state, gate and proofs src/EpistemicTypes/Applications/ApprovalSeal.agda, src/EpistemicTypes/All.agda
The new model defines approval state, agent actions and verdicts. It proves anchor preservation and sticky seal-breakage properties, and includes reductions for resealing, artifact restoration and root replacement. The module is imported but not publicly re-exported.
Four rejection fixtures and four isolated mutation checks cover approval-seal properties. The policy inventory and build checks include the module, fixtures and mutation script. The verification record updates corpus counts and reports local results; hosted verification for the extended corpus remains pending.
Scope and status records docs/applications/approval-seal.adoc, PROOF-NEEDS.adoc, coordination.k9
The documentation records the model’s scope, stated properties, limitations and outstanding obligations. The proof-needs and coordination records link the model to the authority/history boundary and update the record date.
hyperpolymath/epistemic-types#47: Establishes the policy and proof-gate framework that this change extends with the ApprovalSeal module, fixtures and mutation gate.
Verification records disagree about the current corpus and hosted coverage. Update them so readers can distinguish current checks from earlier results.
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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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The title clearly describes the main change: an Agda proof of fixed approval authority and a sticky observed-write seal.
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The pull request description is specific to the changeset. It describes an Agda model of approval authority and a sticky observed-write seal, the proofs AS-1 through AS-8, the root-replacement counterexample, the validation runs, and the open trust-boundary items. These match the file summaries, which add ApprovalSeal.agda, the mutation test script, the reject fixtures and the documentation. The description is detailed and on-topic, so the check passes.
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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Update the document revision date.
The new entry records 2026-11-03, but PROOF-NEEDS.adoc still declares :revdate: 2026-11-01 at Line 3. Set the revision date to 2026-11-03 so generated documentation reports the current record date.
The policy description still says 22 modules and 13 fixtures. Ledger row C-1 still describes 13 intended rejections. The current manifests contain 23 modules and 17 fixtures, so these statements underreport the current checks. Update both statements; retain the separate 22/13 counts for the historical hosted receipt. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @PROOF-STATUS.adoc around lines 67 - 68:
Update the current-check counts in the policy description and ledger row C-1 to
23 source modules and 17 fixtures/intended rejections, matching the current
manifests. Preserve the separate 22/13 counts where they describe the historical
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Synchronise the P0 verification inventory and hosted-receipt status.
P0-1 and P0-2 still describe the previous 22-module and 13-fixture corpus, although the current corpus contains 23 modules and 17 fixtures. Both rows are marked closed by a hosted receipt that covers only the previous corpus.
Update P0-1 and P0-2 for the current corpus and mark the hosted receipt as pending. Alternatively, label the existing rows as historical and add current rows. The local-results note reports 17 rejections and four mutation controls; it does not state 23 source modules, so no count or cross-reference needs to be added there.
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Update the P0-1 and P0-2 verification inventory entries in PROOF-NEEDS.adoc to
reflect the current 23-module and 17-fixture corpus, and mark hosted
verification as pending rather than closed by the receipt for the previous
corpus; alternatively, retain those entries as historical and add current
entries.
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An agent can change an artifact and its writable local reference together, or edit and restore the artifact before an endpoint check. This adds a small Agda model showing why those comparisons are insufficient and proving that a fixed approval anchor plus a protected observed-write latch rejects both traces.
AS-1..AS-8 establish acceptance binding, anchor preservation over finite agent traces, sticky history, rejection after observed writes, local-reference irrelevance and clean-state acceptance. An explicit root-replacement counterexample exposes the trust boundary. Nat represents exact model identity, not an injective cryptographic hash. No runtime monitor, authentication, semantic safety or end-to-end scanner guarantee is claimed.
Validation: the unchanged baseline passed locally under Agda 2.6.4.3; the extension passed all 23 source checks with the unchanged 23-location warning audit, all 17 intended semantic rejections, and four isolated deterministic mutants (20-second limits). The new module independently checks with warnings as errors and no suppression. The full gate now includes the mutation controls. Hosted Proof Safety also passed at source revision
91038dd6c2a535947178d429fc80ff543f0f32fe: run 41708617511, including the core/mutation gate and canonical Echo correspondence. The job logs were inspected for the actual 23/17/4 counts. CodeQL passed too. Historical/local wording in the source ledger predates this hosted receipt; this receipt covers the exact source revision above.Review the threat model and exact theorem statements before runtime integration. In particular, external enforcement of the fixed root, complete observation, history persistence, authorized approval epochs, cryptographic binding and check/use identity remain open. This is the first bounded proof phase; it does not merge Pons, panic-attack, proven-tests-and-benches or cicd-squabbler.
CI cordon: Governance and Secret Scanner fail before any jobs execute on this branch (governance, secret scanner). The same zero-workflow success gap exists on the unchanged base
390456d(governance, secret scanner). No workflow or security requirement was disabled. These unresolved checks and independent review remain blockers to merge; proof success is not an all-CI-green claim.