JakeTOpenSource · JakeTOpenSource · Aug 13, 2026 · Aug 13, 2026
diff --git a/governance/harnesses/falsification.js b/governance/harnesses/falsification.js
@@ -36,10 +36,16 @@ mustFail('non-portable numeric payloads are rejected', (rows) => {
   rows[0].event.event_hash = L.eventHash(rows[0].event);
 }, 'canonical profile permits safe integers only');
 mustFail('causal cycles are rejected', (rows) => {
-  rows[0].event.parents = [rows[1].event.event_id];
-  rows[1].event.parents = [rows[0].event.event_id];
-  rows[0].event.event_hash = L.eventHash(rows[0].event);
-  rows[1].event.event_hash = L.eventHash(rows[1].event);
+  const heads = new Map();
+  for (const row of rows) {
+    const prior = heads.get(row.event.stream_id);
+    if (!prior || row.event.sequence > prior.event.sequence) heads.set(row.event.stream_id, row);
+  }
+  const [left, right] = [...heads.values()].slice(0, 2);
+  left.event.parents = [right.event.event_id];
+  right.event.parents = [left.event.event_id];
+  left.event.event_hash = L.eventHash(left.event);
+  right.event.event_hash = L.eventHash(right.event);
 }, 'causal cycle prevents deterministic replay');
 
 {

diff --git a/governance/ledger/checkpoints/checkpoint-000012.json b/governance/ledger/checkpoints/checkpoint-000012.json
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": "2.0.0",
+  "checkpoint_id": "checkpoint-000012",
+  "recorded_at": "2026-08-13T19:29:00Z",
+  "previous_checkpoint_root": "809270d463e2be7c8fb5c48bc04679a8f8ede1a6533a32522f0841b64f1dbc20",
+  "event_count": 16,
+  "event_file_hash_basis": "SHA-256 of UTF-8 event JSON with CRLF normalized to LF.",
+  "event_files": {
+    "governance/ledger/events/deployment/000001-wp0-production-observation.json": "34bde4ec2eb4d1bfb70b8d44df6439cb295bd1dc1293df0ae47490193ad3fa97",
+    "governance/ledger/events/deployment/000002-public-explanation-production-observed.json": "4917a927727e3b0cc03cd057100a698ccc18e51751f69dd33f5bed14344fa24f",
+    "governance/ledger/events/feedback/000001-public-researcher-comment.json": "ba6c14fee16552d485c8343e07fe29aa5bfee295bdd854367a44dc27904183ed",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000001-wp0-authority-freeze.json": "8179bbd5216dfaf91e7b5dd10a04722f4928fd8a9ae9ff2acd834f904ebdc337",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000002-public-metadata-release-acceptance.json": "b42cf6d6da3ae197e8726d8809887c941109a7e25b359a3b775d1be114f519f3",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000003-stp-v1-2-public-reproduction-authorized.json": "16c2f324bb63a671963f38eaab92a22fb8ec0b055cf4107e67d6e14db158d25f",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000004-six-signal-public-method-authorized.json": "a60602c90396b34081da5896079e3721197147226ecde63e0a3377ad6fec3cfb",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000005-six-signal-release-binding-corrected.json": "25a825fa2be627ce6a0eb36bff6242f4f39b388b0eaf5a4e2cef5548771d01a5",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000006-git-pages-source-hardening-authorized.json": "b3110e7aded56cc4c3a49902ef6fcb97a27c386ab442e8a7c0e66de6de242954",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000007-atlas-foundational-repair-source-review.json": "00ed4f2dcfb92e58bc7f37927bae36a0cfba263ddc64a4e5a3f6dc4382cd7906",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000008-atlas-data-sync-portability-corrected.json": "9ea2836edcb4e6bf9008977b96be5d72bc3e697a7958b66d6d10444417b955d1",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000009-atlas-navigation-history-corrected.json": "52ed487051c53256262c9293a19102b7dbb4621d141882a1bec2d90f7b076b83",
+    "governance/ledger/events/governance/000010-public-explanation-surfaces-prepared.json": "0f04bbd6b8cf08180365363d040f95c6d0cd1053ab8bfa1f4996d527df3de865",
+    "governance/ledger/events/publication/000001-stp-v1-2-public-release-observed.json": "c505f5ea075344f29e67540a9f3178a6e7e5bec7e1e079cf132ab2b0fbae5bc6",
+    "governance/ledger/events/research/000001-wp0-artifact-search.json": "f9997b300db7ac4181bcc2755c872c206fbab838c3012c26930cb469a4afee29",
+    "governance/ledger/events/semantics/000001-status-vocabulary-boundary.json": "407c36c1c412f1c3d6f8eecda2bcd1a9ddcf5069f2e5febb9d0dacee70415fe5"
+  },
+  "streams": {
+    "deployment": {
+      "sequence": 2,
+      "event_id": "evt_deployment_public_explanation_production_observed_0002",
+      "event_hash": "636df04813901f3168bc62366e496a152e14096c27683a668c441b5488cc80a3"
+    },
+    "feedback": {
+      "sequence": 1,
+      "event_id": "evt_feedback_public_researcher_comment_0001",
+      "event_hash": "d30d65d43a51491bb51d08538d8e6e5ba7621a0461cc65f7ff633b4393774435"
+    },
+    "governance": {
+      "sequence": 10,
+      "event_id": "evt_governance_public_explanation_surfaces_prepared_0010",
+      "event_hash": "a63fb75269ffc54da67e0bf31601c77d70dc7b60fd745c929c3a4e339f5a4841"
+    },
+    "publication": {
+      "sequence": 1,
+      "event_id": "evt_publication_stp_v1_2_release_0001",
+      "event_hash": "91cb238abfda22b2fdea65f56f0e4515e1b8df8c9a512569d9302c59a0901534"
+    },
+    "research": {
+      "sequence": 1,
+      "event_id": "evt_research_wp0_artifact_register_0001",
+      "event_hash": "b8661fda03f6da05e89507eb632c81a42bbdbe287c507ef66b9b8cb4074d105a"
+    },
+    "semantics": {
+      "sequence": 1,
+      "event_id": "evt_semantics_status_vocabulary_boundary_0001",
+      "event_hash": "cca5be5a16d815990fd23a1006d731e9704e9db16bbeacb76bedc0e45916ff96"
+    }
+  },
+  "capability_policies": {
+    "governance/ledger/policy/capabilities.v1.json": "8d144987a039561ccf80f6c8c703901150b32061843db2f48d9dcde2c78cd2d4",
+    "governance/ledger/policy/capabilities.v2.json": "3d6d25510d489e295a3321298c0ca6b46495393fc558f108afb5988a68d8a696"
+  },
+  "projection_root": "22852b5a3025d4ed7ee1d26cc4efcd51ae2e3e02ba2a20332c2a09827d6462ca",
+  "witnesses": [
+    {
+      "kind": "git_commit_or_release",
+      "status": "NOT_OBSERVED",
+      "locator": null,
+      "limit": "The checkpoint is internally sealed but has not yet been anchored by a protected signed ref or independent witness."
+    }
+  ],
+  "checkpoint_root": "a58ddf0b75e3d1c9ddd5a454e01503edc017263ac67d098c58b2a7eb211464cf"
+}
diff --git a/governance/ledger/events/deployment/000002-public-explanation-production-observed.json b/governance/ledger/events/deployment/000002-public-explanation-production-observed.json
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": "2.0.0",
+  "status_vocabulary": "stp-v1.1-status-axes",
+  "capability_policy_ref": "governance/ledger/policy/capabilities.v2.json",
+  "event_id": "evt_deployment_public_explanation_production_observed_0002",
+  "stream_id": "deployment",
+  "sequence": 2,
+  "event_type": "deployment.production_observed",
+  "occurred_at": "2026-08-13T19:21:46Z",
+  "recorded_at": "2026-08-13T19:21:46Z",
+  "actor": {
+    "id": "adapter:codex",
+    "role": "agent_observer",
+    "auth_basis": "evt_governance_public_explanation_surfaces_prepared_0010"
+  },
+  "classification": "PUBLIC",
+  "consequence_class": "C1",
+  "parents": [
+    "evt_governance_public_explanation_surfaces_prepared_0010"
+  ],
+  "prev_event_hash": "20c74580f8c1cdc436490d340105ff0e4918c0901c675bc46ab608d0206fda88",
+  "payload_hash": "eabeec0aedc41891ade743e46bc3d813ba03ce904f6f59fcf4d0061ae950e4a0",
+  "event_hash": "636df04813901f3168bc62366e496a152e14096c27683a668c441b5488cc80a3",
+  "read_set": [
+    "github:JakeTOpenSource/Resilience-Ledger#10",
+    "git:commit:f08dd60e4c4070d2cd5a1d8f0b88d780fb67fff6",
+    "git:commit:637fdda30ed6a4775dc1b225dcff3d037f022d19",
+    "github-actions:run:31734497117",
+    "github-actions:run:31734551541",
+    "cloudflare-pages:deployment:b0c23e2d-32ae-46b8-9df8-787b416f44b2",
+    "https://resilience-eval-ai.pages.dev/",
+    "https://resilience-eval-ai.pages.dev/White-Paper"
+  ],
+  "write_set": [
+    "governance/harnesses/falsification.js",
+    "governance/ledger/events/deployment/"
+  ],
+  "precondition_refs": [
+    "evt_governance_public_explanation_surfaces_prepared_0010",
+    "github:JakeTOpenSource/Resilience-Ledger#10",
+    "git:commit:637fdda30ed6a4775dc1b225dcff3d037f022d19"
+  ],
+  "evidence_refs": [
+    {
+      "ref_id": "public-explanation-preparation-event-0010",
+      "kind": "governance_event",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": "0f04bbd6b8cf08180365363d040f95c6d0cd1053ab8bfa1f4996d527df3de865",
+      "source_locator": "governance/ledger/events/governance/000010-public-explanation-surfaces-prepared.json"
+    },
+    {
+      "ref_id": "public-explanation-source-head-f08dd60",
+      "kind": "git_commit",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": null,
+      "source_locator": "https://github.com/JakeTOpenSource/Resilience-Ledger/commit/f08dd60e4c4070d2cd5a1d8f0b88d780fb67fff6"
+    },
+    {
+      "ref_id": "public-explanation-merge-637fdda",
+      "kind": "git_commit",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": null,
+      "source_locator": "https://github.com/JakeTOpenSource/Resilience-Ledger/commit/637fdda30ed6a4775dc1b225dcff3d037f022d19"
+    },
+    {
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+      "kind": "pull_request",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": null,
+      "source_locator": "https://github.com/JakeTOpenSource/Resilience-Ledger/pull/10"
+    },
+    {
+      "ref_id": "public-explanation-pr-gates-31734497117",
+      "kind": "ci_run",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": null,
+      "source_locator": "https://github.com/JakeTOpenSource/Resilience-Ledger/actions/runs/31734497117"
+    },
+    {
+      "ref_id": "public-explanation-main-gates-31734551541",
+      "kind": "ci_run",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": null,
+      "source_locator": "https://github.com/JakeTOpenSource/Resilience-Ledger/actions/runs/31734551541"
+    },
+    {
+      "ref_id": "public-explanation-cloudflare-production-b0c23e2d",
+      "kind": "provider_deployment",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": null,
+      "source_locator": "https://b0c23e2d.resilience-eval-ai.pages.dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "ref_id": "public-home-source-637fdda",
+      "kind": "git_blob_bytes",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": "fa44d8d834598bb5e459bee99bace552571b00f68cbd80d4e1b04322546bd49b",
+      "source_locator": "https://github.com/JakeTOpenSource/Resilience-Ledger/blob/637fdda30ed6a4775dc1b225dcff3d037f022d19/index.html"
+    },
+    {
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+      "kind": "git_blob_bytes",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": "ae92595e4ab3515229c824a4ecaa5c2dc366088d11005e29328b1044019dfd55",
+      "source_locator": "https://github.com/JakeTOpenSource/Resilience-Ledger/blob/637fdda30ed6a4775dc1b225dcff3d037f022d19/White-Paper.html"
+    },
+    {
+      "ref_id": "cross-stream-cycle-canary-maintenance-0001",
+      "kind": "verification_harness",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": "9707f6555a0fb3b585d0ffb67889112e6b4d50dd679886bf15b090ae32afe8f8",
+      "source_locator": "governance/harnesses/falsification.js"
+    },
+    {
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+      "kind": "http_response_bytes",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": "5a2780014a43d86c9914d8b39c81d4bc1bdf135084290b2a4377dbd301dce89e",
+      "source_locator": "https://resilience-eval-ai.pages.dev/"
+    },
+    {
+      "ref_id": "public-guide-live-response-2026-08-13",
+      "kind": "http_response_bytes",
+      "classification": "PUBLIC",
+      "sha256": "ea9da8cd5e26e0496dfe026bfe69b4b5523102c61c10ce6ce6abf1687ea05615",
+      "source_locator": "https://resilience-eval-ai.pages.dev/White-Paper"
+    }
+  ],
+  "authority_ref": "evt_governance_public_explanation_surfaces_prepared_0010",
+  "idempotency_key": "deployment:public-explanation-surfaces:production:b0c23e2d-32ae-46b8-9df8-787b416f44b2:637fdda30ed6a4775dc1b225dcff3d037f022d19",
+  "decision": "OBSERVE",
+  "status_axes": {
+    "evidence": "SUPPORTED",
+    "authority": "APPROVED",
+    "preparation": "READY",
+    "execution": "APPLIED",
+    "observation": "MATCHED",
+    "acceptance": "PRESERVED",
+    "outcome": "UNMEASURED"
+  },
+  "effect": {
+    "kind": "NONE",
+    "target": null,
+    "reversible": true,
+    "recovery_ref": null
+  },
+  "supersedes": [],
+  "correction_of": [],
+  "payload": {
+    "observation_id": "public-explanation-production-observation-0002",
+    "owner_action": {
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+      "pull_request_state": "MERGED",
+      "source_head": "f08dd60e4c4070d2cd5a1d8f0b88d780fb67fff6",
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+    },
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+      "pull_request_gates_status": "PASS",
+      "main_push_gates_run": 31734551541,
+      "main_push_gates_status": "PASS"
+    },
+    "deployment": {
+      "provider": "Cloudflare Pages",
+      "project": "resilience-eval-ai",
+      "deployment_id": "b0c23e2d-32ae-46b8-9df8-787b416f44b2",
+      "deployment_url": "https://b0c23e2d.resilience-eval-ai.pages.dev",
+      "environment": "production",
+      "trigger": "github:push",
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+      "provider_stage": "deploy",
+      "provider_status": "success",
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+      "completed_at": "2026-08-13T19:11:23.560189Z",
+      "source_commit_relationship": "EXACT"
+    },
+    "http_observations": [
+      {
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+        "canonical_url": "https://resilience-eval-ai.pages.dev/",
+        "status": 200,
+        "content_type": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
+        "cache_control": "public, max-age=0, must-revalidate",
+        "referrer_policy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
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+        "declared_transform_relationship": "MATCHED_SINGLE_CLOUDFLARE_PAGES_ANALYTICS_INSERTION"
+      },
+      {
+        "route": "/White-Paper",
+        "canonical_url": "https://resilience-eval-ai.pages.dev/White-Paper",
+        "status": 200,
+        "content_type": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
+        "cache_control": "public, max-age=0, must-revalidate",
+        "referrer_policy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
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+        "raw_byte_identity": "MISMATCHED",
+        "declared_transform_relationship": "MATCHED_SINGLE_CLOUDFLARE_PAGES_ANALYTICS_INSERTION"
+      }
+    ],
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+      "common_suffix_bytes": 14,
+      "source_bytes_removed": 0
+    },
+    "browser_observation": {
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+      "live_home_and_guide_semantics": "MATCHED_DECLARED_CONTENT",
+      "navigation_sequence": "HOME_TO_GAP_TO_TRACER_TO_BACK_GAP_TO_BACK_HOME",
+      "navigation_result": "PASS",
+      "console_errors_observed": 0
+    },
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+      "prior_deployment_source_relationship": "UNKNOWN",
+      "current_deployment_source_relationship": "EXACT",
+      "historical_receipt_modified": false
+    },
+    "harness_maintenance": {
+      "path": "governance/harnesses/falsification.js",
+      "reason": "The causal-cycle canary now selects the head of two distinct streams so adding a second event to one stream cannot mask the intended cycle with an unrelated previous-hash failure.",
+      "semantic_scope": "TEST_SELECTION_ONLY"
+    },
+    "receipt_loop_policy": "This is an exception-triggered reconciliation of a prior source-identity gap. It does not require a receipt after every pull request or after this receipt's own publication.",
+    "claim_ceiling": "This event establishes only that the named owner merge, CI runs, Cloudflare production deployment metadata, two HTTP response byte observations, the declared single-insertion response transform, and one bounded Chrome navigation replay were observed at the recorded time. It does not establish every deployed asset, global edge convergence, installed-PWA cache state, accessibility, privacy, security, offline completeness, semantic truth, external validation, durability, user outcome, live health, or any future production state."
+  }
+}