Chapter 26 — Constitutional Evolution Framework
Part IV — Baseline Lifecycle, Supersession and Historical Trust
Part IV defines the long-term lifecycle of Constitutional Baselines after ratification and activation.
Part I established:
- the Core-change boundary;
- Constitutional Baselines;
- Constitutional Change Proposals;
- Protected Invariants;
- evolution authority;
- deliberation;
- impact analysis;
- Amendment Packages;
- ratification;
- compiler and Runtime integration;
- historical provenance.
Part II established:
- Constitutional Change Sets;
- typed Amendment Operations;
- identity and Namespace evolution;
- structural and behavioural evolution;
- authority, security and Publication evolution;
- Module and Component evolution;
- Extension-Point evolution;
- compatibility;
- grandfathering;
- Migration Obligations;
- Transformation Contracts;
- dependency-driven impact propagation.
Part III established:
- Evolution Programmes;
- review and evidence architecture;
- consultation;
- deliberation;
- dissent;
- ratification procedure;
- Constitutional Baseline Release assembly;
- transition;
- Runtime Admission;
- Baseline activation;
- post-activation monitoring;
- constitutional incidents;
- assurance;
- public verification;
- archive foundations.
Part IV closes the Constitutional Evolution Framework.
It governs:
- Baseline support policies;
- long-term support lines;
- parallel Baseline operation;
- Baseline deprecation;
- constitutional sunset;
- supersession;
- replacement;
- rollback;
- reversion;
- Corrective Baselines;
- withdrawal;
- revocation;
- forced retirement;
- tenant and white-label exit from prior Baselines;
- constitutional archives;
- retention;
- Legal Hold;
- historical reconstruction;
- Constitutional Replay;
- comparative analysis;
- institutional learning;
- evolution metrics;
- dispute;
- appeal;
- external review;
- legitimacy;
- final Chapter 26 conformance.
The governing principles are:
A Constitutional Baseline SHALL remain historically immutable after release and activation. Maintenance, correction, supersession, withdrawal and retirement SHALL create new governed state rather than rewrite prior constitutional history.
Deprecation SHALL communicate future loss of preference, support or eligibility. Supersession SHALL establish a governed replacement. Withdrawal SHALL terminate authorised use. Retirement SHALL preserve historical identity while ending normal operation. These states SHALL remain distinct.
A newer Baseline SHALL not be treated as historically applicable merely because it is current. Historical resolution SHALL use the Baseline, Runtime Bundle, Extension Set, Module, Components and effective-time state that actually governed the subject.
Rollback SHALL restore a prior valid operational state only where legal, semantic, technical and migration conditions permit. Where rollback cannot preserve truth, a Corrective Baseline SHALL be ratified and activated.
Long-term support SHALL not create an unlimited right to remain on obsolete constitutional meaning. Every support line SHALL possess explicit scope, support dimensions, transition obligations, security treatment and retirement conditions.
Withdrawal or revocation SHALL propagate across Baseline Registries, Runtime Admission, Runtime Manifests, Extensions, Publications, assurance, public verification and tenant routing without erasing historical evidence.
Institutional learning SHALL improve future constitutional evolution but SHALL not retroactively reinterpret prior ratification or silently modify Protected Invariants.
The complete Constitutional Evolution Framework SHALL preserve both Module lineage and Component lineage from proposal through historical archive and replay.
The post-activation lifecycle is:
Active Constitutional Baseline
│
├── Maintenance
├── Security Support
├── Regulatory Support
├── Compatibility Support
├── Corrective Amendment
├── New Baseline
├── Supersession
├── Deprecation
├── Withdrawal
└── Retirement
│
▼
Baseline Lifecycle Decision
│
├── Continue Support
├── Restrict New Adoption
├── Restrict New Activation
├── Migrate
├── Grandfather
├── Supersede
├── Roll Back
├── Withdraw
└── Archive
│
▼
Tenant, White-Label and Ecosystem Transition
│
▼
Historical Preservation and Replay
│
▼
Institutional Review and Continuous Improvement
Part IV SHALL remain independent of any one version-control system, package repository, archive technology, voting platform, migration orchestrator, observability platform, public-verification service or records-management system.
26.37. Constitutional Baseline Lifecycle and Support Policy
Every Constitutional Baseline SHALL possess a governed lifecycle from Candidate through historical retirement.
Lifecycle state SHALL determine whether the Baseline may be reviewed, ratified, released, activated, newly adopted, newly activated, maintained, superseded, withdrawn or used only for historical reconstruction.
26.37.1. Constitutional Baseline Lifecycle States
Lifecycle States MAY include:
- Draft Candidate;
- Admitted Candidate;
- Review Candidate;
- Frozen Candidate;
- Ratified;
- Released;
- Scheduled;
- Active;
- Active with Conditions;
- Transition Baseline;
- Long-Term Support;
- Maintenance Only;
- Security Support Only;
- Deprecated;
- New-Adoption Prohibited;
- New-Activation Prohibited;
- Superseded;
- Suspended;
- Withdrawn;
- Retired;
- Historical Only;
- Archived.
26.37.2. Lifecycle State Identity
Every lifecycle state transition SHALL identify:
- Baseline;
- source state;
- target state;
- transition reason;
- authority;
- conditions;
- effective time;
- affected scopes;
- required notices;
- provenance.
26.37.3. State Separation
The following SHALL remain distinct:
- ratified;
- released;
- active;
- supported;
- recommended;
- deprecated;
- superseded;
- withdrawn;
- retired;
- archived.
A Baseline MAY be active but deprecated.
A Baseline MAY be superseded but temporarily supported.
A Baseline MAY be retired but historically available.
26.37.4. Baseline Support Policy
Every production Baseline SHOULD possess a Baseline Support Policy defining:
- support owner;
- supported scopes;
- supported Runtime Bundles;
- supported Modules and Components;
- supported Extension classes;
- support start;
- planned support end;
- security support;
- legal and regulatory support;
- compatibility support;
- migration support;
- assurance support;
- Publication support;
- incident treatment;
- exception policy;
- provenance.
26.37.5. Support Dimensions
Support SHALL be described by dimension.
Support dimensions MAY include:
- constitutional interpretation support;
- legal and regulatory support;
- security support;
- compiler support;
- Runtime support;
- Module support;
- Component support;
- Extension compatibility support;
- migration support;
- Publication support;
- assurance support;
- historical-replay support;
- public-verification support.
End of one support dimension SHALL not automatically imply end of every dimension.
26.37.6. Support State
Support State MAY include:
- Fully Supported;
- Supported with Conditions;
- Long-Term Supported;
- Maintenance Only;
- Security Only;
- Migration Support Only;
- Historical Support Only;
- Unsupported;
- Withdrawn.
26.37.7. Support Scope
Support scope MAY be limited by:
- jurisdiction;
- white-label deployment;
- tenant cohort;
- Runtime generation;
- environment;
- Module;
- Component;
- Extension class;
- Publication class;
- legal effective period.
26.37.8. Baseline Owner
A Baseline owner SHALL be accountable for:
- support policy;
- lifecycle review;
- risk;
- migration readiness;
- deprecation planning;
- incident response;
- archive readiness;
- provenance.
Ownership SHALL not create unilateral Ratification Authority.
26.37.9. Lifecycle Review
Periodic lifecycle review SHOULD evaluate:
- legal validity;
- regulatory validity;
- framework alignment;
- security state;
- Runtime support;
- Module and Component support;
- Extension compatibility;
- tenant population;
- white-label population;
- Publication exposure;
- assurance state;
- incident history;
- migration readiness;
- archive state.
26.37.10. Lifecycle Review Object
Every material review SHALL possess:
- Review Identifier;
- Baseline;
- review period;
- criteria;
- evidence;
- support dimensions;
- risks;
- recommendation;
- authority;
- decision;
- provenance.
26.37.11. Lifecycle Decision
Lifecycle Decision classes MAY include:
- Continue Full Support;
- Continue Conditional Support;
- Move to Long-Term Support;
- Move to Maintenance Only;
- Move to Security Only;
- Begin Deprecation;
- Prohibit New Adoption;
- Prohibit New Activation;
- Supersede;
- Suspend;
- Withdraw;
- Retire;
- Extend Support;
- Additional Review Required;
- Indeterminate.
26.37.12. Support Extension
A support extension SHALL identify:
- Baseline;
- support dimensions extended;
- affected scopes;
- reason;
- authority;
- new end date;
- migration implications;
- risk;
- provenance.
An extension SHALL not silently change constitutional meaning.
26.37.13. Support Exception
A Support Exception SHALL identify:
- tenant, white-label or scope;
- Baseline;
- support dimension;
- reason;
- authority;
- compensating controls;
- duration;
- migration commitment;
- residual risk;
- provenance.
26.37.14. Unsupported Operation
The Runtime SHALL prevent unsupported Baseline use from being represented as fully conformant.
Unsupported historical read MAY remain permitted under policy.
26.37.15. Lifecycle Eventing
Events MAY include:
- BaselineSupportStarted;
- BaselineSupportChanged;
- BaselineSupportExtended;
- BaselineDeprecationAnnounced;
- BaselineNewAdoptionProhibited;
- BaselineNewActivationProhibited;
- BaselineSuperseded;
- BaselineSuspended;
- BaselineWithdrawn;
- BaselineRetired;
- BaselineArchived.
26.37.16. Lifecycle Registry
The Baseline Lifecycle Registry SHALL preserve:
- Baseline identities;
- lifecycle states;
- support dimensions;
- decisions;
- effective periods;
- exceptions;
- supersession;
- withdrawal;
- retirement;
- archive;
- provenance.
26.37.17. Lifecycle Receipt
A lifecycle receipt SHOULD contain:
- Baseline;
- source and target states;
- support dimensions;
- authority;
- reason;
- effective time;
- affected scopes;
- conditions;
- provenance.
26.37.18. Lifecycle Validation
HECATE SHALL validate:
- Baseline identity;
- lifecycle transition;
- authority;
- support policy;
- support dimensions;
- effective time;
- exceptions;
- Registry state;
- provenance.
26.38. Baseline Coexistence, Version Lines and Long-Term Support
ZAYAZ MAY operate multiple Constitutional Baselines concurrently where transition, jurisdiction, legal timing, long-term support or controlled rollback requires it.
Concurrent operation SHALL not create ambiguous Core meaning.
26.38.1. Baseline Version Line
A Baseline Version Line is a governed sequence of related Baseline Releases maintained for a defined purpose.
Every Version Line SHALL possess:
- Version Line Identifier;
- source Baseline;
- purpose;
- supported scopes;
- support policy;
- permitted Change Classes;
- merge or divergence policy;
- transition path;
- retirement conditions;
- provenance.
26.38.2. Version Line Types
Types MAY include:
- General Availability Line;
- Long-Term Support Line;
- Security Maintenance Line;
- Regulatory Transition Line;
- Jurisdictional Line;
- Corrective Line;
- Emergency Line;
- Historical Reconstruction Line.
26.38.3. Long-Term Support Baseline
A Long-Term Support Baseline, abbreviated LTS Baseline, SHALL define:
- LTS identifier;
- source Baseline;
- supported period;
- supported jurisdictions;
- supported Runtime Bundles;
- supported Modules and Components;
- supported Extensions;
- permitted amendments;
- prohibited amendments;
- security treatment;
- migration path;
- end-of-support policy;
- provenance.
26.38.4. Permitted LTS Changes
An LTS line MAY permit:
- security corrections;
- legal corrections;
- regulatory corrections;
- implementation-conformance corrections;
- narrowly bounded compatible clarifications;
- archival and verification improvements.
An LTS line SHOULD NOT receive unrelated feature expansion without explicit authority.
26.38.5. Baseline Coexistence Object
Every material coexistence arrangement SHALL possess:
- Coexistence Identifier;
- active Baselines;
- Version Lines;
- authoritative scope of each Baseline;
- Runtime Bundle mapping;
- tenant routing;
- white-label routing;
- jurisdictional routing;
- Extension compatibility;
- data and graph interaction;
- Publication interpretation;
- start time;
- end condition;
- authority;
- provenance.
26.38.6. Scope-Specific Authority
Where multiple Baselines coexist, the Runtime SHALL determine authority by explicit scope.
Scope MAY include:
- legal entity;
- jurisdiction;
- reporting period;
- tenant;
- white-label deployment;
- environment;
- Runtime generation;
- transaction;
- workflow instance;
- Publication Release.
26.38.7. Baseline Resolution Order
Resolution SHALL consider:
- legal effective time;
- jurisdiction;
- explicit transition cohort;
- tenant and white-label scope;
- Runtime Bundle support;
- grandfathering;
- active suspension or withdrawal;
- historical query time;
- provenance.
Deployment order SHALL not determine constitutional authority.
26.38.8. Cross-Baseline Interaction
Interaction across Baselines SHALL require an approved Cross-Baseline Contract defining:
- source Baseline;
- target Baseline;
- interaction type;
- identity resolution;
- data transformation;
- authority;
- security;
- tenant isolation;
- information loss;
- Publication treatment;
- expiration;
- provenance.
26.38.9. Cross-Baseline Read
A target Baseline MAY read source-Baseline state only where semantic interpretation is defined.
26.38.10. Cross-Baseline Write
Cross-Baseline writes SHALL be prohibited unless a governed transformation preserves:
- authoritative target state;
- identity;
- tenant;
- evidence;
- time;
- validation;
- rollback or compensation;
- provenance.
26.38.11. Cross-Baseline Event
Events crossing Baseline boundaries SHALL preserve:
- source Baseline;
- target Baseline;
- Event Type version;
- transformation;
- correlation;
- causation;
- replay;
- provenance.
26.38.12. Cross-Baseline Workflow
A workflow spanning Baselines SHALL define:
- governing Baseline per state;
- transition rule;
- authority;
- Tasks;
- Gates;
- event semantics;
- side effects;
- Publication treatment;
- provenance.
26.38.13. Shared Module Operation
A Module MAY support multiple Baselines only where:
- capability contracts are version-aware;
- Components identify supported Baselines;
- state is isolated or transformed;
- tenant routing is explicit;
- observability preserves Baseline context;
- provenance is complete.
26.38.14. Shared Component Operation
A shared Component SHALL preserve:
- active Baseline context;
- Module membership;
- supported contract versions;
- tenant context;
- feature state;
- policy state;
- Runtime Manifest state;
- provenance.
26.38.15. Coexistence Risks
Risks MAY include:
- wrong-Baseline routing;
- semantic divergence;
- inconsistent policy;
- duplicate calculations;
- incompatible events;
- Extension fragmentation;
- support fragmentation;
- Publication inconsistency;
- archive ambiguity;
- tenant confusion.
26.38.16. Coexistence Monitoring
Monitoring SHALL evaluate:
- Baseline routing accuracy;
- Runtime Manifest accuracy;
- cross-Baseline transformations;
- Extension compatibility;
- tenant isolation;
- support state;
- migration progress;
- Publication consistency;
- end-condition progress.
26.38.17. Coexistence Exception
An exception SHALL identify:
- affected scope;
- permitted Baseline;
- reason;
- authority;
- support limitations;
- security;
- migration deadline;
- Publication treatment;
- expiration;
- provenance.
26.38.18. Coexistence Exit
Coexistence SHALL end only where:
- target Baseline is authoritative for intended scopes;
- exceptions are closed or transferred;
- source-Baseline writes are disabled where required;
- Extension Sets are resolved;
- Runtime Manifests are reconciled;
- Publications are treated;
- source Baseline enters its next lifecycle state;
- provenance is complete.
26.38.19. Version-Line Merge
A Version Line MAY merge into another only through explicit constitutional change and compatibility analysis.
Merge SHALL preserve:
- source lines;
- target line;
- included amendments;
- excluded amendments;
- migration;
- historical lineage;
- provenance.
26.38.20. Version-Line Divergence
Divergence SHALL be explicit where Baselines differ by jurisdiction, law, timing or support policy.
Divergence SHALL not be concealed as one uniform Core state.
26.38.21. Federated Baseline Recognition
ZAYAZ MAY recognise externally governed constitutional or regulatory Baselines for mapping and interoperability.
Recognition SHALL preserve:
- external authority;
- source identity;
- version;
- jurisdiction;
- mapping;
- conflict treatment;
- internal ratification boundary;
- provenance.
External recognition SHALL not silently amend ZAYAZ Core.
26.38.22. Coexistence Receipt
A receipt SHOULD contain:
- Coexistence Object;
- active Baselines;
- scope;
- routing;
- Runtime Bundles;
- Extension Sets;
- Modules and Components;
- effective time;
- end condition;
- provenance.
26.38.23. Coexistence Validation
HECATE SHALL validate:
- Version Lines;
- LTS policy;
- Coexistence Object;
- scope resolution;
- cross-Baseline contracts;
- Module and Component support;
- exceptions;
- monitoring;
- exit;
- provenance.
26.39. Constitutional Deprecation and Sunset Governance
Constitutional deprecation communicates that a Baseline, Core artefact, contract or capability remains available for controlled transition but is no longer preferred for new use.
Sunset governance defines when support, adoption, activation or operation will end.
Deprecation SHALL not erase historical validity.
26.39.1. Constitutional Deprecation Object
Every material Deprecation SHALL possess:
- Deprecation Identifier;
- affected Baseline or Core artefact;
- affected versions;
- reason;
- replacement;
- authority;
- announcement time;
- deprecation effective time;
- new-adoption cutoff;
- new-activation cutoff;
- support end;
- sunset time;
- affected scopes;
- migration obligations;
- exception policy;
- provenance.
26.39.2. Deprecation Subjects
Deprecation MAY apply to:
- Constitutional Baseline;
- Core identity;
- Object Type;
- property;
- datatype;
- unit;
- Registry;
- Registry entry;
- Relationship Type;
- policy;
- methodology;
- workflow;
- Event Type;
- Command Type;
- Agent Profile;
- tool contract;
- Module;
- Component obligation;
- Extension Point;
- Runtime contract;
- Publication Profile.
26.39.3. Deprecation Classes
Classes MAY include:
- Advisory Deprecation;
- New-Adoption Prohibited;
- New-Activation Prohibited;
- New-Creation Prohibited;
- Update Restricted;
- Maintenance Only;
- Security Support Only;
- Migration Required;
- Scheduled Sunset;
- Emergency Deprecation;
- Regulatory Sunset.
26.39.4. Advisory Deprecation
Advisory Deprecation MAY permit continued use while recommending migration.
The recommendation, support state and deadlines SHALL be explicit.
26.39.5. New-Adoption Prohibition
New tenants, white-label deployments or Runtime generations SHALL not adopt the deprecated Baseline after the cutoff.
26.39.6. New-Activation Prohibition
A deprecated Baseline MAY remain active in existing scopes but SHALL not be newly activated after the cutoff.
26.39.7. New-Creation Prohibition
A deprecated Core artefact MAY remain readable but SHALL not be used to create new authoritative instances after the cutoff.
26.39.8. Update Restriction
The Deprecation Profile SHALL define whether existing instances may be:
- corrected;
- updated;
- renewed;
- extended;
- reassigned;
- republished;
- used in new decisions;
- used in new calculations;
- migrated.
26.39.9. Deprecation Reason
Reason MAY include:
- superseding Baseline;
- legal change;
- regulatory change;
- framework change;
- security weakness;
- constitutional defect;
- obsolete methodology;
- obsolete Runtime generation;
- obsolete Module or Component contract;
- Extension-Point redesign;
- support burden;
- interoperability improvement;
- Core simplification.
26.39.10. Deprecation Impact Analysis
Impact SHALL cover:
- active Baseline scopes;
- tenants;
- white-label deployments;
- Modules;
- Components;
- Extensions;
- data;
- graph;
- workflows;
- events;
- agents;
- tools;
- Publications;
- assurance;
- certification;
- archive;
- historical replay.
26.39.11. Deprecation Notice
A notice SHOULD identify:
- affected subject;
- affected versions;
- reason;
- replacement;
- key dates;
- support state;
- required actions;
- risks of non-migration;
- exception path;
- provenance reference.
26.39.12. Notice Audience
Audiences MAY include:
- Ratification Authorities;
- Module owners;
- Component owners;
- white-label operators;
- tenants;
- Extension publishers;
- integration partners;
- assurance providers;
- regulators;
- public users.
26.39.13. Sunset Plan
A Sunset Plan SHALL define:
- affected subject;
- transition stages;
- support changes;
- migration obligations;
- enforcement;
- exceptions;
- communications;
- archive;
- final state;
- provenance.
26.39.14. Sunset Stages
Stages MAY include:
- announcement;
- advisory period;
- new-adoption prohibition;
- new-activation prohibition;
- new-creation prohibition;
- update restriction;
- security-only period;
- migration deadline;
- forced transition;
- retirement;
- historical-only access.
26.39.15. Regulatory Sunset
A Regulatory Sunset SHALL identify:
- external authority;
- jurisdiction;
- legal effective time;
- transitional provision;
- affected reporting periods;
- affected Publications;
- grandfathering;
- provenance.
26.39.16. Emergency Deprecation
Emergency Deprecation MAY immediately prohibit new adoption, activation or use where a critical legal, security or constitutional risk exists.
It SHALL preserve:
- authority;
- reason;
- scope;
- containment;
- replacement or fallback;
- notification;
- retrospective review;
- provenance.
26.39.17. Deprecation Exception
An exception SHALL identify:
- tenant or scope;
- subject;
- reason;
- authority;
- support state;
- compensating controls;
- migration deadline;
- expiration;
- provenance.
26.39.18. Exception Review
Exceptions SHOULD be periodically reviewed for:
- continued necessity;
- security;
- legal validity;
- supportability;
- migration progress;
- Publication effect;
- residual risk.
26.39.19. Deprecation Enforcement
The Runtime SHALL enforce as applicable:
- warnings;
- activation blocks;
- creation blocks;
- update restrictions;
- Publication restrictions;
- Extension restrictions;
- migration deadlines;
- retirement.
26.39.20. Catalogue and Registry Treatment
Registries and Catalogues SHALL display:
- Deprecation state;
- replacement;
- support state;
- effective dates;
- restrictions;
- migration guidance;
- historical status.
Deprecated subjects SHALL not be presented as recommended.
26.39.21. Certification Treatment
Deprecation MAY:
- restrict new certification;
- shorten certification validity;
- require surveillance;
- suspend certification;
- withdraw certification;
- require migration evidence.
26.39.22. Deprecation Completion
Deprecation is complete only where:
- target state is clear;
- required notices are issued;
- migration obligations are tracked;
- Runtime enforcement is active;
- exceptions are governed;
- archive state is prepared;
- provenance is complete.
26.39.23. Deprecation Receipt
A receipt SHOULD contain:
- Deprecation Object;
- subject;
- replacement;
- authority;
- dates;
- support state;
- migration;
- affected scopes;
- notice state;
- provenance.
26.39.24. Deprecation Validation
HECATE SHALL validate:
- Deprecation identity;
- subject;
- authority;
- dates;
- support state;
- restrictions;
- migration;
- notices;
- exceptions;
- enforcement;
- provenance.
26.40. Constitutional Supersession and Replacement
Supersession establishes that one Constitutional Baseline or Core artefact replaces another for defined scopes and times.
Supersession SHALL preserve source-target lineage and SHALL not imply exact semantic equivalence unless explicitly demonstrated.
26.40.1. Constitutional Supersession Object
Every material Supersession SHALL possess:
- Supersession Identifier;
- superseded subject;
- superseding subject;
- source Baseline;
- target Baseline;
- reason;
- scope;
- effective time;
- compatibility;
- mappings;
- migration;
- grandfathering;
- Publication treatment;
- authority;
- provenance.
26.40.2. Supersession Subjects
Supersession MAY apply to:
- Constitutional Baseline;
- constitutional document;
- Core identity;
- Object Type;
- property;
- Registry;
- Registry entry;
- Relationship Type;
- policy;
- decision logic;
- methodology;
- workflow;
- Event Type;
- Command Type;
- Agent Profile;
- Module;
- Component contract;
- Extension Point;
- Runtime contract;
- Publication Profile.
26.40.3. Supersession Types
Types MAY include:
- same-line Baseline supersession;
- cross-line Baseline supersession;
- Corrective Baseline supersession;
- emergency-to-ordinary supersession;
- jurisdictional supersession;
- artefact replacement;
- artefact split;
- artefact merge;
- Module replacement;
- Component-contract replacement;
- Extension-Point replacement;
- external-authority replacement.
26.40.4. Same-Line Supersession
A same-line supersession SHALL preserve:
- Version Line;
- source and target Baselines;
- included Amendments;
- compatibility;
- transition;
- support;
- provenance.
26.40.5. Cross-Line Supersession
A cross-line supersession SHALL identify:
- source Version Line;
- target Version Line;
- omitted Amendments;
- newly included Amendments;
- divergence;
- migration;
- historical interpretation;
- provenance.
26.40.6. Partial Supersession
Supersession MAY apply only to selected:
- jurisdictions;
- tenant cohorts;
- white-label deployments;
- Modules;
- Components;
- Core artefacts;
- Publication classes;
- reporting periods.
Remaining source-Baseline scope SHALL be explicit.
26.40.7. Conditional Supersession
Supersession MAY depend on:
- legal effective time;
- migration completion;
- Runtime Bundle availability;
- Extension compatibility;
- tenant readiness;
- certification;
- Publication cycle;
- assurance completion.
26.40.8. Replacement Equivalence
Equivalence SHALL be evaluated across:
- identity;
- meaning;
- structure;
- behaviour;
- authority;
- security;
- tenant isolation;
- Runtime contracts;
- Extension Points;
- Publication;
- historical replay.
26.40.9. Exact Replacement
Exact replacement MAY be declared only where source and target are semantically equivalent for the claimed scope.
26.40.10. Non-Equivalent Replacement
A non-equivalent replacement SHALL disclose:
- changed meaning;
- changed obligations;
- information loss;
- changed authority;
- changed outcomes;
- migration consequences;
- Publication comparability;
- provenance.
26.40.11. Supersession Mapping
A mapping SHALL identify:
- source identity;
- target identity;
- mapping type;
- scope;
- conditions;
- information loss;
- effective time;
- provenance.
26.40.12. Baseline Replacement Plan
The plan SHALL define:
- source and target Baselines;
- affected scopes;
- transition waves;
- migration obligations;
- Extension treatment;
- Runtime Bundle treatment;
- Publication treatment;
- support;
- archive;
- provenance.
26.40.13. Extension Treatment
Supersession SHALL classify affected Extensions as:
- compatible;
- compatible after recompile;
- compatible after revalidation;
- migration required;
- grandfathered;
- superseded by Core;
- invalidated;
- withdrawn;
- indeterminate.
26.40.14. Module and Component Treatment
Supersession SHALL identify:
- affected Modules;
- affected Components;
- capability changes;
- contract changes;
- ownership changes;
- Runtime Manifest updates;
- migration;
- provenance.
26.40.15. Publication Treatment
Prior Publications SHALL be classified as:
- valid historical Publication;
- valid with qualification;
- requires correction;
- requires restatement;
- superseded;
- withdrawn;
- indeterminate.
26.40.16. Supersession Notice
A notice SHOULD identify:
- source and target;
- reason;
- scope;
- compatibility;
- migration;
- key dates;
- support;
- required actions;
- provenance reference.
26.40.17. Source-Baseline Treatment
After supersession, the source Baseline MAY become:
- Supported Transition Baseline;
- Long-Term Support Baseline;
- Maintenance Only;
- Deprecated;
- Historical Only;
- Withdrawn;
- Retired.
26.40.18. Supersession Completion
Supersession SHALL be complete only where:
- target Baseline is valid and available;
- required scopes are migrated or excepted;
- Extension compatibility is resolved;
- Runtime Manifests are updated;
- source-Baseline lifecycle is updated;
- Publications are treated;
- archive lineage is preserved;
- provenance is complete.
26.40.19. Historical Resolution
Historical queries SHALL resolve the Baseline or artefact that governed the target time.
The superseding Baseline SHALL not be applied retroactively unless an explicit retroactive Amendment is validly ratified.
26.40.20. Supersession Registry
The Registry SHALL preserve:
- source and target identities;
- scope;
- compatibility;
- mappings;
- migration;
- effective time;
- completion;
- provenance.
26.40.21. Supersession Receipt
A receipt SHOULD contain:
- Supersession Object;
- source and target;
- compatibility;
- scope;
- authority;
- migration;
- effective time;
- completion state;
- provenance.
26.40.22. Supersession Validation
HECATE SHALL validate:
- source and target identities;
- scope;
- authority;
- compatibility;
- mappings;
- Extension treatment;
- Module and Component treatment;
- Publication treatment;
- completion;
- provenance.
26.41. Constitutional Rollback, Reversion and Corrective Baselines
A constitutional rollback restores a previously valid operational Baseline for defined scopes.
A constitutional reversion reverses one or more Amendment effects through a newly governed constitutional decision.
A Corrective Baseline establishes new ratified meaning to remediate a defective or harmful Baseline.
These mechanisms SHALL remain distinct.
26.41.1. Rollback Object
Every material rollback SHALL possess:
- Rollback Identifier;
- affected active Baseline;
- target prior Baseline;
- affected Runtime Bundles;
- affected Runtime Manifests;
- affected scopes;
- trigger;
- authority;
- legal permissibility;
- semantic permissibility;
- migration state;
- Extension state;
- Publication treatment;
- start time;
- completion state;
- provenance.
26.41.2. Rollback Types
Rollback Types MAY include:
- Runtime Bundle Rollback;
- Baseline Activation Rollback;
- Tenant-Cohort Rollback;
- White-Label Rollback;
- Module Rollback;
- Component Rollback;
- Extension Rollback;
- Migration Rollback;
- Publication Hold and Rollback;
- Emergency Global Rollback.
26.41.3. Operational Rollback
An Operational Rollback restores conformant implementation of the same ratified Baseline.
It SHALL not be represented as constitutional reversion.
26.41.4. Baseline Rollback
A Baseline Rollback restores a prior ratified Baseline as active for defined scopes.
It SHALL require validation that the prior Baseline remains:
- legally permissible;
- regulatorily permissible;
- secure;
- supported;
- semantically valid for the affected state;
- compatible with current data;
- compatible with active Extensions;
- available through a valid Runtime Bundle.
26.41.5. Reversion Amendment
A Reversion Amendment reverses or replaces prior ratified constitutional meaning through a new Constitutional Change Proposal, Change Set, Amendment Package and Ratification Decision.
It SHALL preserve both the original Amendment and the reversion.
26.41.6. Corrective Baseline
A Corrective Baseline SHALL possess:
- Corrective Baseline Identifier;
- defective source Baseline;
- corrective Amendment lineage;
- corrected target state;
- affected scopes;
- compatibility;
- migration;
- Publication treatment;
- authority;
- effective time;
- provenance.
26.41.7. Rollback Eligibility
Rollback eligibility SHALL evaluate:
- Protected Invariants;
- current law and regulation;
- current external authority;
- source and target Baseline validity;
- data reversibility;
- graph reversibility;
- workflow state;
- event state;
- agent and tool state;
- Module and Component support;
- Extension compatibility;
- Publication effects;
- assurance;
- certification;
- archive availability.
26.41.8. Rollback Prohibition
Rollback SHALL be prohibited where it would:
- reactivate unlawful meaning;
- weaken mandatory security;
- violate tenant isolation;
- destroy required evidence;
- misrepresent historical Publications;
- rely on unavailable or compromised Runtime artefacts;
- create incoherent partially migrated state;
- violate a non-reversible external obligation.
26.41.9. Rollback Plan
A Rollback Plan SHALL define:
- trigger;
- target prior state;
- target scopes;
- Runtime Bundle restoration;
- Runtime Manifest restoration;
- reverse migrations;
- Extension Set restoration;
- Module and Component restoration;
- cache and projection restoration;
- workflow treatment;
- event treatment;
- agent and tool treatment;
- Publication treatment;
- external side effects;
- verification;
- provenance.
26.41.10. Reverse Migration
Reverse migration SHALL preserve:
- source target-state snapshot;
- destination prior-state model;
- transformation;
- information loss;
- rejected state;
- unresolved state;
- tenant;
- evidence;
- valid time;
- transaction time;
- provenance.
26.41.11. Irreversible State
Irreversible state MAY include:
- externally submitted filings;
- public Publications;
- external financial transactions;
- deleted external records;
- consumed irreversible events;
- transformed data with unrecoverable information loss;
- expired legal deadlines;
- third-party actions.
Irreversible state SHALL be addressed through correction or compensation rather than fictional rollback.
26.41.12. Compensation
Compensation MAY include:
- corrective transaction;
- new event;
- workflow remediation;
- external notice;
- Publication correction;
- restatement;
- new assurance;
- tenant remediation;
- regulator communication.
Compensation SHALL preserve the original side effect and the correction.
26.41.13. Rollback Gate
The Rollback Gate SHALL evaluate:
- trigger validity;
- authority;
- prior Baseline validity;
- legal permissibility;
- security;
- tenant isolation;
- migration reversibility;
- Extension compatibility;
- Runtime readiness;
- Publication treatment;
- monitoring;
- provenance.
26.41.14. Emergency Rollback
Emergency rollback MAY proceed under accelerated authority where delay creates greater constitutional, legal, security or tenant harm.
It SHALL require:
- exact target Baseline;
- exact scope;
- explicit authority;
- minimum impact analysis;
- evidence preservation;
- monitoring;
- retrospective review;
- provenance.
26.41.15. Partial Rollback
Partial rollback MAY be permitted only where:
- target scope remains constitutionally coherent;
- Baseline routing is explicit;
- cross-scope interaction is governed;
- migration state is consistent;
- Runtime Manifests are accurate;
- Publications are not misleading.
26.41.16. Rollback Verification
Verification SHALL confirm:
- active Baseline per scope;
- Runtime Bundle;
- Runtime Manifest;
- Extension Set;
- Module and Component versions;
- tenant routing;
- migrated state;
- unresolved state;
- side-effect treatment;
- Publication treatment;
- provenance.
26.41.17. Rollback Failure
Failure SHALL preserve:
- failed step;
- prior state;
- attempted target state;
- committed transformations;
- affected scopes;
- side effects;
- containment;
- incident;
- corrective path;
- provenance.
26.41.18. Corrective Amendment Trigger
A Corrective Amendment SHALL be initiated where:
- ratified meaning is defective;
- rollback is prohibited;
- rollback cannot restore truth;
- irreversible side effects exist;
- prior Baseline is no longer lawful;
- migration has materially changed state;
- historical interpretation requires correction.
26.41.19. Corrective Baseline Activation
Activation SHALL follow:
- ratification;
- Release assembly;
- Runtime Admission;
- migration;
- Extension compatibility;
- tenant readiness;
- Publication readiness;
- verification;
- monitoring.
Urgency MAY accelerate but SHALL not eliminate these control classes.
26.41.20. Corrective Publication
Affected public or regulated outcomes SHALL be treated through:
- correction;
- restatement;
- supersession;
- withdrawal;
- explanatory notice;
- assurance modification
under the Constitutional Publication Framework.
26.41.21. Rollback History
Rollback history SHALL preserve:
- trigger;
- source and target Baselines;
- authority;
- plans;
- migrations;
- Extension changes;
- Runtime Manifests;
- verification;
- failures;
- corrective actions;
- provenance.
26.41.22. Rollback Receipt
A receipt SHOULD contain:
- Rollback Object;
- source and target Baselines;
- scope;
- authority;
- legal and semantic eligibility;
- migration;
- verification;
- outcome;
- provenance.
26.41.23. Rollback Validation
HECATE SHALL validate:
- Rollback identity;
- eligibility;
- prohibition checks;
- Plan;
- authority;
- reverse migration;
- compensation;
- Gate;
- verification;
- corrective path;
- provenance.
26.42. Baseline Withdrawal, Revocation and Forced Retirement
Withdrawal ends authorised use of a Constitutional Baseline or constitutional artefact for defined scopes.
Revocation invalidates a signature, authority, release, certificate, credential or other revocable constitutional state.
Forced Retirement ends normal operation when continued use is no longer constitutionally permissible.
These states SHALL remain distinct.
26.42.1. Constitutional Withdrawal Object
Every Withdrawal SHALL possess:
- Withdrawal Identifier;
- affected Baseline or Core artefact;
- affected versions;
- reason;
- severity;
- authority;
- effective time;
- affected scopes;
- affected Runtime Bundles;
- affected Modules and Components;
- affected Extensions;
- affected tenants and white-label deployments;
- affected Publications;
- containment;
- replacement;
- migration;
- notification;
- archive state;
- provenance.
26.42.2. Withdrawal Reasons
Reasons MAY include:
- invalid Ratification;
- invalid authority;
- compromised Baseline Release;
- compromised signature;
- compromised signing key;
- critical constitutional defect;
- Protected-Invariant breach;
- unlawful meaning;
- regulator instruction;
- critical tenant-isolation defect;
- critical security defect;
- irreparable compiler divergence;
- irreparable Runtime conformance failure;
- falsified evidence;
- falsified assurance;
- external-authority withdrawal.
26.42.3. Withdrawal Classes
Classes MAY include:
- Immediate Global Withdrawal;
- Scheduled Withdrawal;
- Jurisdictional Withdrawal;
- Tenant-Scope Withdrawal;
- White-Label-Scope Withdrawal;
- Version-Line Withdrawal;
- Core-Artefact Withdrawal;
- Module-Scope Withdrawal;
- Component-Contract Withdrawal;
- Extension-Point Withdrawal;
- Publication-Scope Withdrawal;
- Emergency Withdrawal.
26.42.4. Withdrawal Decision
Decision classes MAY include:
- Withdraw Immediately;
- Suspend Pending Review;
- Prohibit New Adoption;
- Prohibit New Activation;
- Force Migration;
- Force Deactivation;
- Withdraw for Selected Scopes;
- Replace and Withdraw;
- No Withdrawal Required;
- Indeterminate.
26.42.5. Revocation Object
Every Revocation SHALL identify:
- revoked subject;
- subject type;
- reason;
- authority;
- effective time;
- retroactive effect where valid;
- affected Baselines;
- affected Releases;
- affected Runtime scopes;
- replacement;
- notification;
- provenance.
26.42.6. Revocation Subjects
Revocation MAY apply to:
- Ratification Authority Assignment;
- Ratification Decision;
- Baseline Release;
- Amendment Package signature;
- Baseline signature;
- signing key;
- certificate;
- assurance conclusion;
- certification;
- Runtime Admission;
- activation authority;
- Extension Point delegation;
- public-verification credential.
26.42.7. Ratification Revocation
Revocation of a Ratification Decision SHALL require heightened authority and SHALL evaluate:
- procedural defect;
- legal basis;
- affected Baseline Releases;
- active Runtime scopes;
- affected outcomes;
- historical validity;
- replacement;
- appeal;
- provenance.
The record SHALL not be erased.
26.42.8. Release Revocation
A revoked Baseline Release SHALL be marked in:
- Baseline Release Registry;
- Runtime Admission;
- Runtime Manifest resolution;
- public verification;
- archive;
- assurance and certification records.
26.42.9. Signature Revocation
Signature revocation SHALL identify whether:
- content remains valid but signature trust is invalid;
- content requires re-signing;
- Release is suspended;
- Release is withdrawn;
- historical verification remains possible through preserved evidence.
26.42.10. Revocation Propagation
Revocation SHALL propagate to:
- Baseline Registry;
- Release Registry;
- Ratification Registry;
- Runtime Admission;
- Runtime Manifests;
- CRP;
- HECATE trust state;
- Extension compatibility;
- tenant routing;
- Publication systems;
- assurance Registries;
- public verification;
- mirrors and archives.
26.42.11. Forced Retirement Object
Every Forced Retirement SHALL possess:
- Retirement Identifier;
- affected subject;
- reason;
- authority;
- target end time;
- residual historical access;
- required migration;
- affected scopes;
- fallback or replacement;
- notification;
- archive;
- provenance.
26.42.12. Forced Deactivation Request
A Forced Deactivation Request SHALL identify:
- active Baseline scope;
- reason;
- authority;
- urgency;
- target time;
- target fallback state;
- residual behaviour;
- in-flight work treatment;
- Publication treatment;
- provenance.
26.42.13. Forced Deactivation Authority
Authority SHOULD permit rapid action for:
- active tenant leakage;
- active security compromise;
- unlawful execution;
- invalid authority;
- regulator order;
- materially false public Publication;
- compromised Baseline Release.
26.42.14. In-Flight Work Treatment
Forced deactivation SHALL define treatment for:
- active transactions;
- running workflows;
- queued commands;
- unconsumed events;
- agent sessions;
- tool calls;
- external submissions;
- Publication preparation;
- assurance work.
26.42.15. Residual Historical Access
Withdrawal MAY permit controlled historical access for:
- legal compliance;
- audit;
- assurance;
- dispute;
- evidence;
- historical replay;
- public verification.
Historical access SHALL not permit new authoritative operation.
26.42.16. Replacement Requirement
Where feasible, Withdrawal SHOULD identify:
- valid replacement Baseline;
- migration path;
- support;
- timeline;
- fallback;
- Publication treatment;
- provenance.
Critical risk MAY require Withdrawal before a replacement exists.
26.42.17. Affected-Outcome Analysis
Withdrawal SHALL trigger analysis over:
- data;
- graph;
- policies;
- decisions;
- computations;
- methodologies;
- workflows;
- events;
- agents;
- tools;
- integrations;
- evidence;
- Publications;
- assurance;
- certifications;
- historical records.
26.42.18. Historical Validity
Withdrawal SHALL distinguish:
- invalid from inception;
- valid until Withdrawal;
- valid for specified scopes;
- procedurally defective but historically relied upon;
- unable to determine.
This classification SHALL require explicit authority and evidence.
26.42.19. Outcome Treatment
Affected outcomes MAY require:
- no change;
- qualification;
- revalidation;
- recalculation;
- workflow reopening;
- migration;
- Publication correction;
- restatement;
- supersession;
- withdrawal;
- assurance modification.
26.42.20. Withdrawal Notification
Notification SHALL identify:
- affected Baseline or artefact;
- scope;
- reason at the authorised disclosure level;
- effective time;
- impact;
- required action;
- replacement;
- support;
- challenge or appeal path;
- provenance reference.
26.42.21. Public Withdrawal Notice
A public notice SHALL comply with the CPF and distinguish:
- withdrawn Baseline;
- historical status;
- replacement;
- verification state;
- effect on prior Publications.
26.42.22. Withdrawal Verification
Verification SHALL confirm:
- new adoption blocked;
- new activation blocked;
- required active scopes deactivated;
- CRP no longer resolves the withdrawn Baseline for prohibited scopes;
- Runtime Manifests updated;
- Extension compatibility state updated;
- Publications treated;
- public verification updated;
- archive preserved;
- provenance complete.
26.42.23. Withdrawal Archive
The archive SHALL preserve:
- original Baseline Release;
- Manifest;
- ratification;
- signatures;
- Revocation state;
- active history;
- affected scopes;
- decisions;
- evidence;
- notifications;
- provenance.
26.42.24. Reinstatement
A withdrawn or suspended Baseline MAY be reinstated only where:
- constitutional authority permits;
- cause is resolved;
- Release integrity is valid;
- legal and regulatory validity is confirmed;
- security is confirmed;
- migration state is compatible;
- Runtime Admission is renewed;
- provenance is preserved.
Reinstatement SHALL not erase the prior Withdrawal.
26.42.25. Withdrawal Receipt
A receipt SHOULD contain:
- Withdrawal Object;
- Revocations;
- affected scopes;
- authority;
- effective time;
- replacement;
- outcome treatment;
- verification;
- archive state;
- provenance.
26.42.26. Withdrawal Validation
HECATE SHALL validate:
- Withdrawal identity;
- authority;
- reason;
- scope;
- Revocation propagation;
- forced deactivation;
- residual behaviour;
- outcome treatment;
- notification;
- verification;
- archive;
- provenance.
26.43. Tenant, White-Label and Ecosystem Exit from Prior Baselines
Every transition away from a prior Constitutional Baseline SHALL preserve tenant rights, white-label isolation, Extension continuity, public trust, regulatory obligations and historical reconstruction.
A prior Baseline SHALL not remain active merely because exit is operationally inconvenient.
26.43.1. Baseline Exit Plan
Every material Baseline transition SHOULD possess a Baseline Exit Plan containing:
- Exit Plan Identifier;
- source Baseline;
- target Baseline;
- affected tenants;
- affected white-label deployments;
- affected jurisdictions;
- affected Modules and Components;
- affected Extensions;
- affected Publications;
- migration obligations;
- support;
- exceptions;
- final source-Baseline state;
- archive;
- provenance.
26.43.2. Exit Types
Exit Types MAY include:
- Planned Baseline Exit;
- Mandatory Regulatory Exit;
- Security-Driven Exit;
- Corrective Exit;
- White-Label Exit;
- Tenant-Cohort Exit;
- Runtime-Generation Exit;
- Extension-Ecosystem Exit;
- Emergency Exit.
26.43.3. Tenant Exit Profile
Every affected tenant SHOULD possess a Tenant Baseline Exit Profile defining:
- Tenant Identifier;
- active source Baseline;
- target Baseline;
- active Runtime Bundle;
- active Extension Set;
- data and graph scope;
- active workflows;
- active agents and tools;
- integrations;
- Publications;
- assurance;
- migration wave;
- support;
- exception;
- provenance.
26.43.4. White-Label Exit Profile
A White-Label Exit Profile SHALL define:
- operator;
- source and target Baselines;
- tenant population;
- shared Modules and Components;
- operator Extensions;
- public brands and domains;
- operator integrations;
- support model;
- communication;
- migration waves;
- provenance.
26.43.5. Tenant Rights
Exit SHALL preserve as applicable:
- notice;
- explanation;
- data ownership;
- evidence access;
- Publication history;
- migration support;
- portability;
- challenge;
- contractual rights;
- regulatory rights;
- historical verification.
26.43.6. No Silent Forced Migration
A forced migration SHALL identify:
- constitutional or legal authority;
- reason;
- target Baseline;
- timing;
- risk;
- support;
- exceptions;
- Publication effects;
- provenance.
26.43.7. Tenant Exception
An exception SHALL identify:
- tenant;
- source Baseline retained;
- reason;
- authority;
- support limitations;
- security controls;
- Extension state;
- migration deadline;
- expiration;
- provenance.
26.43.8. White-Label Exception
A white-label exception SHALL additionally address:
- operator obligations;
- tenant population;
- public projections;
- shared services;
- operator support;
- brand risk;
- regulator communication;
- provenance.
26.43.9. Extension Ecosystem Exit
Exit from a source Baseline SHALL identify for every affected Extension:
- target-Baseline compatibility;
- recompile requirement;
- revalidation requirement;
- repackaging requirement;
- migration;
- supersession by Core;
- withdrawal;
- tenant adoption changes;
- support;
- provenance.
26.43.10. Partner Exit
Partner Extensions or services unable to support the target Baseline SHALL have:
- identified owner;
- affected Packages;
- affected tenants;
- contractual treatment;
- replacement;
- migration;
- withdrawal;
- evidence preservation;
- provenance.
26.43.11. Module Exit Readiness
Each Module SHALL confirm:
- target constitutional responsibility;
- Component readiness;
- data ownership;
- event ownership;
- workflow readiness;
- Extension readiness;
- observability;
- support;
- rollback or correction;
- provenance.
26.43.12. Component Exit Readiness
Each Component SHALL confirm:
- source Baseline support end;
- target Baseline support;
- contract versions;
- state migration;
- tenant routing;
- security;
- deployment;
- monitoring;
- archive;
- provenance.
26.43.13. Data and Graph Exit
Exit SHALL preserve:
- object identities;
- property identities;
- units;
- Registry values;
- Relationship Types;
- graph constraints;
- tenant;
- evidence;
- valid time;
- transaction time;
- migration provenance.
26.43.14. Workflow Exit
Running workflows SHALL be:
- completed under source Baseline;
- migrated;
- suspended;
- terminated with compensation;
- restarted under target Baseline
according to an explicit policy.
26.43.15. Event Exit
Event streams SHALL preserve:
- source Baseline;
- event schema;
- producer;
- consumer;
- migration or upcast;
- replay;
- retention;
- provenance.
26.43.16. Agent and Tool Exit
Exit SHALL address:
- Agent Profiles;
- model versions;
- prompts or instructions;
- tools;
- permissions;
- memory;
- sessions;
- evaluation;
- tenant isolation;
- historical replay.
26.43.17. Integration Exit
Connectors SHALL address:
- target contracts;
- credentials;
- mappings;
- checkpoints;
- external acknowledgements;
- reconciliation;
- idempotency;
- fallback;
- provenance.
26.43.18. Publication Exit
Exit SHALL classify:
- in-preparation Publications;
- approved but unreleased Publications;
- released Publications;
- public APIs;
- datasets;
- passports;
- assurance;
- correction or restatement need;
- historical verification.
26.43.19. Assurance Exit
Assurance engagements SHALL determine:
- source-Baseline scope;
- target-Baseline scope;
- evidence continuity;
- re-performance;
- conclusion validity;
- transition disclosure;
- provenance.
26.43.20. Certification Exit
Certifications SHALL determine:
- continued validity;
- narrowed validity;
- suspension;
- expiration;
- withdrawal;
- replacement certification;
- public claim treatment.
26.43.21. Support Handover
Support handover SHALL identify:
- source support owner;
- target support owner;
- open incidents;
- open migration findings;
- tenant contacts;
- documentation;
- escalation;
- knowledge transfer;
- provenance.
26.43.22. Exit Verification
Verification SHALL confirm:
- source Baseline no longer active for exited scopes;
- target Baseline active where required;
- Runtime Manifests accurate;
- Extension Sets valid;
- tenant routing correct;
- source writes disabled where required;
- Publications treated;
- archives complete;
- provenance complete.
26.43.23. Exit Completion
Exit SHALL be complete only where:
- required scopes have transitioned;
- exceptions are governed;
- source-Baseline support state is updated;
- Modules and Components have completed handover;
- Extension state is resolved;
- public and regulated outcomes are treated;
- archive state is established.
26.43.24. Exit Receipt
A receipt SHOULD contain:
- Exit Plan;
- tenant or white-label scope;
- source and target Baselines;
- Runtime Bundles;
- Extension Sets;
- Modules and Components;
- migration state;
- Publication state;
- verification;
- provenance.
26.43.25. Exit Validation
HECATE SHALL validate:
- Exit Plan;
- tenant and white-label profiles;
- rights;
- exceptions;
- Extension treatment;
- Module and Component readiness;
- data, workflow, event and integration treatment;
- Publication and assurance treatment;
- completion;
- provenance.
26.44. Constitutional Archive, Retention and Legal Hold
Constitutional evolution records SHALL be preserved for as long as required to demonstrate authority, meaning, procedure, Runtime applicability, Publication integrity, assurance and historical trust.
The archive SHALL preserve exact historical constitutional state rather than only the latest documents.
26.44.1. Constitutional Archive Domain
The archive domain SHALL preserve:
- Constitutional Baselines;
- Baseline Releases;
- Baseline Manifests;
- Constitutional Change Proposals;
- Constitutional Change Sets;
- Amendment Operations;
- Amendment Packages;
- evidence;
- review;
- consultation;
- dissent;
- challenges;
- Ratification Records;
- signatures;
- transition records;
- Runtime Bundles;
- Runtime Manifests;
- migration records;
- incident records;
- assurance;
- public records;
- provenance.
26.44.2. Constitutional Archive Object
Every archived Baseline SHALL possess:
- Archive Object Identifier;
- Baseline;
- Version Line;
- Release;
- Manifest;
- artefact-root digest;
- Ratification Records;
- Amendment lineage;
- Runtime lineage;
- Extension lineage;
- Module lineage;
- Component lineage;
- lifecycle history;
- support history;
- deprecation;
- supersession;
- Withdrawal;
- retention profile;
- Legal Hold state;
- archive location;
- integrity state;
- provenance.
26.44.3. Archive Classes
Archive Classes MAY include:
- Authoritative Constitutional Archive;
- Ratification Archive;
- Evidence Archive;
- Deliberation Archive;
- Runtime Reconstruction Archive;
- Migration Archive;
- Publication Archive;
- Assurance Archive;
- Security Archive;
- Tenant-Specific Archive;
- White-Label Archive;
- Public Verification Archive;
- Disaster-Recovery Archive.
26.44.4. Archive Manifest
Every archive package SHALL possess a Manifest identifying:
- archived artefacts;
- identities;
- versions;
- digests;
- relationships;
- classifications;
- encryption;
- access;
- retention;
- replication;
- Legal Holds;
- verification;
- provenance.
26.44.5. Archive Completeness
Completeness SHALL be assessed across:
- normative content;
- machine-readable artefacts;
- authority;
- evidence;
- procedure;
- signatures;
- implementation linkage;
- Runtime linkage;
- tenant scope;
- Extension scope;
- Publication linkage;
- historical timing.
26.44.6. Immutable Preservation
Ratified Baselines, Amendment Packages, Ratification Records, signatures, Baseline Manifests and material dissent SHOULD be preserved in integrity-protected, append-only or immutable storage where required.
26.44.7. Archive Ingestion
Archive ingestion SHALL validate:
- identity;
- version;
- lifecycle;
- digest;
- signature;
- authority;
- tenant and white-label classification;
- retention;
- completeness;
- provenance.
26.44.8. Archive Replication
Replication SHALL preserve:
- object identity;
- digest;
- encryption;
- region;
- tenant scope;
- white-label scope;
- retention;
- Legal Hold;
- verification;
- provenance.
26.44.9. Archive Access
Access SHALL be:
- purpose-bound;
- authority-bound;
- tenant-aware;
- white-label-aware;
- classification-aware;
- least-privilege;
- logged;
- reviewable;
- revocable.
26.44.10. Historical Public Access
Public historical access MAY expose:
- Baseline identity;
- version;
- status;
- issue and effective times;
- supersession;
- Withdrawal;
- public artefact digests;
- Ratification reference;
- public provenance summary.
Protected material SHALL remain restricted.
26.44.11. Archive Verification
Verification SHALL test:
- digest integrity;
- signature validity or historical signature state;
- Manifest completeness;
- relationship integrity;
- readability;
- resolver support;
- Runtime reconstruction support;
- Publication linkage;
- provenance.
26.44.12. Archive Recovery Test
Recovery testing SHOULD confirm that the archive can reconstruct:
- Baseline Manifest;
- normative artefacts;
- Amendment lineage;
- authority;
- Runtime Bundle references;
- Runtime Manifest references;
- Extension Sets;
- Module and Component lineage;
- historical effective-time state.
26.44.13. Format Obsolescence
Where formats become obsolete, preservation representations MAY be created.
The original bytes, format identity, digest and provenance SHALL remain preserved.
26.44.14. Cryptographic Obsolescence
Where cryptographic algorithms become obsolete, the archive MAY apply:
- new preservation signatures;
- timestamp renewal;
- trust-chain migration;
- key-evidence preservation.
Original signatures and their historical validity SHALL remain recorded.
26.44.15. Constitutional Retention Profile
Every Retention Profile SHALL identify:
- Profile Identifier;
- artefact classes;
- Baseline classes;
- jurisdictions;
- tenant and white-label treatment;
- retention period;
- retention start event;
- archive class;
- access;
- encryption;
- Legal Hold treatment;
- destruction method;
- authority;
- provenance.
26.44.16. Retention Start Events
Retention MAY begin from:
- Proposal closure;
- Ratification;
- Baseline Release;
- activation;
- supersession;
- Withdrawal;
- retirement;
- incident closure;
- assurance completion;
- certification expiration;
- tenant exit;
- Legal Hold release.
26.44.17. Retention Conflict
Where requirements conflict, the system SHALL evaluate:
- constitutional preservation;
- legal retention;
- legal destruction;
- privacy minimisation;
- regulator requirement;
- assurance requirement;
- public-verification need;
- tenant contract;
- Legal Hold.
Unresolved conflict SHALL block destruction.
26.44.18. Legal Hold Object
Every Legal Hold SHALL possess:
- Legal Hold Identifier;
- matter;
- authority;
- affected Baselines;
- affected Proposals;
- affected Amendment Packages;
- affected Runtime and migration evidence;
- affected tenants;
- affected Publications;
- start time;
- scope;
- access restrictions;
- destruction suspension;
- review;
- release authority;
- provenance.
26.44.19. Legal Hold Propagation
Legal Hold SHALL propagate to:
- Baseline Releases;
- Manifests;
- Ratification Records;
- evidence;
- deliberation;
- Runtime Bundles;
- Runtime Manifests;
- migration receipts;
- incident records;
- assurance work;
- audit work;
- Publications;
- backups where governed.
26.44.20. Legal Hold Review
Review SHALL evaluate:
- continuing legal basis;
- scope;
- proportionality;
- access;
- security;
- affected retention;
- release conditions;
- provenance.
26.44.21. Destruction Eligibility
Destruction SHALL require:
- retention expiry;
- no active Legal Hold;
- no unresolved challenge or appeal;
- no regulator preservation requirement;
- no assurance or audit requirement;
- no historical-verification requirement;
- no active dependency;
- authority;
- approved Destruction Plan.
26.44.22. Destruction Plan
The Plan SHALL identify:
- artefacts;
- copies;
- mirrors;
- caches;
- indexes;
- backups;
- tenant-specific state;
- public projections;
- methods;
- exceptions;
- verification;
- authority;
- provenance.
26.44.23. Destruction Record
Lawful destruction SHALL preserve a minimal record containing:
- destroyed subject;
- authority;
- legal and constitutional basis;
- Retention Profile;
- destruction time;
- method;
- verifier;
- exceptions;
- provenance.
The record SHALL not retain prohibited content beyond the lawful minimum.
26.44.24. Archive Incident
An archive incident MAY include:
- integrity failure;
- signature failure;
- access breach;
- tenant leakage;
- missing artefact;
- unreadable format;
- failed recovery;
- retention error;
- unlawful destruction;
- Legal Hold breach.
26.44.25. Archive Receipt
A receipt SHOULD contain:
- Archive Object;
- Manifest;
- digests;
- retention;
- Legal Hold state;
- verification;
- access classification;
- location;
- time;
- provenance.
26.44.26. Archive Validation
HECATE SHALL validate:
- Archive Object;
- Manifest;
- completeness;
- integrity;
- access;
- replication;
- retention;
- Legal Hold;
- destruction eligibility;
- Destruction Record;
- provenance.
26.45. Historical Reconstruction, Constitutional Replay and Comparative Analysis
The CEvF SHALL support reconstruction of the exact constitutional state that governed a tenant, white-label deployment, Module, Component, Runtime Outcome, Extension or Publication at a specified historical time.
Historical reconstruction SHALL distinguish:
- what was proposed;
- what was ratified;
- what was released;
- what was active;
- what was applicable;
- what executed;
- what was later corrected, superseded, withdrawn or retired.
26.45.1. Historical Constitutional Query
Every Historical Constitutional Query SHALL identify:
- Query Identifier;
- target time;
- subject;
- tenant or white-label deployment;
- jurisdiction;
- environment;
- Baseline or Version Line where known;
- Runtime Bundle;
- Module or Component;
- Extension or Publication where applicable;
- purpose;
- authority;
- provenance.
26.45.2. Query Time Dimensions
A query MAY distinguish:
- constitutional valid time;
- legal effective time;
- Ratification time;
- Release time;
- activation time;
- transaction time;
- Publication time;
- archive time;
- query time.
26.45.3. Reconstruction Inputs
Historical reconstruction SHALL use as applicable:
- Baseline Registry;
- Baseline Lifecycle Registry;
- Baseline Releases;
- Baseline Manifests;
- Ratification Records;
- Amendment Packages;
- Constitutional Change Sets;
- Transition Profiles;
- Migration Obligations;
- Compatibility Profiles;
- Runtime Bundles;
- Runtime Manifests;
- Extension Sets;
- Module and Component Registries;
- tenant routing;
- Publication Releases;
- incident state;
- assurance and certification state;
- archive state.
26.45.4. Historical Applicability
Historical applicability SHALL evaluate:
- target time;
- legal and regulatory scope;
- jurisdiction;
- tenant;
- white-label deployment;
- Baseline routing;
- grandfathering;
- transition exceptions;
- suspension;
- Withdrawal;
- Runtime Bundle;
- Extension compatibility;
- provenance.
26.45.5. Historical Baseline State
The system SHALL distinguish whether a Baseline was:
- Candidate;
- Ratified;
- Released;
- Scheduled;
- Active;
- Active with Conditions;
- Deprecated;
- Superseded;
- Suspended;
- Withdrawn;
- Retired;
- Historical Only.
26.45.6. Historical Authority State
Reconstruction SHALL identify:
- Ratification Authorities;
- quorum;
- threshold;
- delegations;
- conflicts of interest;
- activation authority;
- Publication authority;
- later revocations;
- historical validity.
26.45.7. Historical Runtime State
Historical Runtime state SHALL identify:
- active Baseline;
- Runtime Bundle;
- Runtime Manifest;
- compiler build;
- Extension Set;
- Module versions;
- Component versions;
- model versions;
- tool versions;
- Connector versions;
- configuration;
- migration state;
- drift state.
26.45.8. Historical Module and Component Lineage
Reconstruction SHALL identify:
- owning Module;
- executing Component;
- capability;
- contract version;
- source and target assignments;
- Module split or merge history;
- Component split, merge or reassignment history;
- Pergamum Pulse lineage;
- provenance.
26.45.9. Historical Extension State
Reconstruction SHALL identify:
- Extension identity;
- Package version;
- Manifest digest;
- Extension Point;
- Namespace;
- adoption state;
- activation state;
- compatibility with the Baseline;
- tenant scope;
- provenance.
26.45.10. Historical Publication State
Reconstruction SHALL identify:
- Publication Object;
- Publication Package;
- Publication Release;
- source Baseline;
- Runtime Outcome;
- methodology;
- units;
- assurance;
- audience;
- later correction, restatement, supersession or Withdrawal;
- provenance.
26.45.11. Constitutional Replay
Constitutional Replay MAY reconstruct:
- Baseline resolution;
- authority resolution;
- policy evaluation;
- decisioning;
- computation;
- methodology;
- workflow execution;
- event handling;
- agent and tool behaviour;
- Module and Component routing;
- Extension resolution;
- Publication governance.
26.45.12. Replay Modes
Replay Modes MAY include:
- Exact Replay;
- Deterministic Replay;
- Semantic Replay;
- Comparative Replay;
- Migration Replay;
- Incident Replay;
- Ratification Procedure Replay;
- Publication Replay;
- Historical Explanation Only.
26.45.13. Exact Replay
Exact Replay seeks to reproduce historical behaviour using original:
- Baseline;
- Amendment Packages;
- compiler;
- Runtime Bundle;
- Runtime Manifest;
- Extension Packages;
- Module and Component versions;
- models;
- prompts or instructions;
- tools;
- Connectors;
- data;
- configuration;
- seeds;
- time;
- captured external responses.
26.45.14. Deterministic Replay
Deterministic Replay SHALL require:
- deterministic artefacts;
- fixed inputs;
- fixed time;
- fixed dependencies;
- fixed random seeds where applicable;
- isolated side effects;
- reproducible environment;
- provenance.
26.45.15. Semantic Replay
Semantic Replay evaluates whether equivalent constitutional meaning and outcomes can be reproduced where exact technical state is unavailable.
The replay SHALL identify:
- preserved semantics;
- substituted artefacts;
- limitations;
- uncertainty;
- divergence;
- provenance.
26.45.16. Comparative Replay
Comparative Replay evaluates the same governed input under two or more Baselines.
It SHALL identify:
- compared Baselines;
- Runtime Bundles;
- Extension Sets;
- changed operations;
- changed outputs;
- changed authority;
- changed side effects;
- Publication implications;
- limitations;
- provenance.
26.45.17. Migration Replay
Migration Replay SHALL reconstruct:
- source state;
- target state;
- Transformation Contracts;
- migration sequence;
- findings;
- reconciliation;
- rollback or correction;
- provenance.
26.45.18. Ratification Procedure Replay
Procedure Replay MAY reconstruct:
- eligible authority;
- quorum;
- threshold;
- candidate digest;
- decision contributions;
- conditions;
- dissent;
- challenge;
- finality.
It SHALL not recast votes or create a new Ratification Decision.
26.45.19. Replay Clock
Replay SHALL use a governed Replay Clock capable of reproducing:
- constitutional valid time;
- legal effective time;
- Ratification time;
- Release time;
- activation time;
- transition periods;
- grandfathering;
- deprecation;
- support state;
- Withdrawal state;
- reporting periods.
26.45.20. Replay Isolation
Replay SHALL prevent uncontrolled:
- Baseline activation;
- migration;
- data mutation;
- graph mutation;
- workflow transition;
- event publication;
- agent action;
- tool side effect;
- external filing;
- Publication Release;
- notification;
- credential change.
26.45.21. External Dependency Replay
Where an external dependency is unavailable, Replay SHALL identify whether it uses:
- captured response;
- archived dataset;
- approved simulation;
- contract mock;
- reconstructed approximation;
- no substitute.
The limitation SHALL remain visible.
26.45.22. AI and Model Replay
Model Replay SHALL preserve where available:
- provider;
- model identity;
- model version;
- system instructions;
- prompts;
- retrieval inputs;
- tools;
- parameters;
- seed;
- output;
- evaluation;
- limitations;
- provenance.
Where exact replay is impossible, the result SHALL not be represented as exact.
26.45.23. Replay Divergence
A Replay Divergence SHALL identify:
- expected state;
- reproduced state;
- affected Baseline;
- affected Module and Component;
- affected Extension;
- cause;
- semantic effect;
- materiality;
- uncertainty;
- remediation;
- provenance.
26.45.24. Comparative Constitutional Diff
A comparative analysis SHALL identify differences in:
- principles;
- hierarchy;
- identities;
- definitions;
- schemas;
- Registries;
- relationships;
- policies;
- methodologies;
- workflows;
- authority;
- security;
- Module and Component structure;
- Extension Points;
- Runtime contracts;
- Publication contracts;
- conformance;
- historical interpretation.
26.45.25. Outcome Comparison
Outcome comparison MAY evaluate:
- legal result;
- policy result;
- decision result;
- calculation;
- workflow path;
- event sequence;
- agent action;
- tool side effect;
- Publication eligibility;
- assurance state.
26.45.26. Comparability Statement
A Comparability Statement SHALL identify whether outcomes are:
- directly comparable;
- comparable after transformation;
- comparable with qualification;
- not comparable;
- indeterminate.
26.45.27. Historical Explanation
The system SHALL be able to explain:
- which Baseline applied;
- why it applied;
- which Amendment lineage established it;
- which Runtime Bundle implemented it;
- which Extensions modified the context;
- which Module and Components executed it;
- which later lifecycle events occurred;
- which limitations affect reconstruction;
- provenance.
26.45.28. Replay Evidence
Replay evidence SHOULD include:
- query;
- archive sources;
- selected artefacts;
- replay mode;
- environment;
- inputs;
- result;
- divergence;
- side-effect controls;
- validator;
- time;
- provenance.
26.45.29. Replay Receipt
A Replay Receipt SHOULD contain:
- Historical Constitutional Query;
- resolved Baseline;
- Runtime Bundle;
- Runtime Manifest;
- Extension Set;
- Modules and Components;
- replay mode;
- outputs;
- divergence;
- validation;
- provenance.
26.45.30. Reconstruction Validation
HECATE SHALL validate:
- Query identity;
- historical applicability;
- selected Baseline;
- authority state;
- Runtime state;
- Extension state;
- Module and Component lineage;
- replay mode;
- Replay Clock;
- isolation;
- divergence;
- provenance.
26.46. Evolution Metrics, Institutional Learning and Continuous Improvement
The CEvF SHALL support evidence-based improvement of constitutional evolution processes without allowing operational metrics or derived intelligence to create constitutional authority.
Institutional learning SHALL improve future proposals, reviews, migrations, transitions and controls while preserving the historical integrity of prior decisions.
26.46.1. Evolution Measurement Framework
Every governed measurement framework SHALL identify:
- Measurement Framework Identifier;
- purpose;
- indicators;
- data sources;
- scope;
- calculation methods;
- interpretation;
- limitations;
- authority;
- review;
- provenance.
26.46.2. Measurement Domains
Domains MAY include:
- proposal quality;
- review quality;
- evidence quality;
- deliberation quality;
- Ratification procedure;
- Release fidelity;
- migration quality;
- activation quality;
- tenant impact;
- white-label impact;
- Extension impact;
- Module and Component impact;
- Publication impact;
- assurance;
- incident response;
- archive and replay;
- public trust.
26.46.3. Evolution Metric
Every material metric SHALL possess:
- Metric Identifier;
- definition;
- numerator;
- denominator;
- unit;
- source;
- scope;
- frequency;
- owner;
- target or threshold;
- interpretation;
- limitations;
- provenance.
26.46.4. Reference Metrics
Reference metrics MAY include:
- proposal admission time;
- evidence-gap rate;
- review reopening rate;
- unresolved dissent rate;
- Ratification readiness failure rate;
- procedural invalidity rate;
- Release fidelity defect rate;
- compiler divergence rate;
- migration reconciliation rate;
- transition exception rate;
- Baseline routing error rate;
- Extension incompatibility rate;
- tenant support burden;
- Publication correction rate;
- constitutional incident rate;
- Corrective Amendment rate;
- Replay Divergence rate;
- archive verification failure rate.
26.46.5. Metric Context
Every metric SHOULD preserve context including:
- Baseline;
- Change Classes;
- severity;
- Module;
- Component;
- tenant class;
- white-label deployment;
- jurisdiction;
- transition phase;
- time;
- provenance.
26.46.6. Metric Non-Authority
Metrics SHALL NOT independently:
- approve a proposal;
- classify a Change;
- ratify an Amendment;
- waive a Protected Invariant;
- declare compatibility;
- authorise migration;
- withdraw a Baseline;
- resolve a dispute.
26.46.7. Goodhart Protection
A metric SHALL not become the sole objective where optimisation could distort constitutional quality.
The Measurement Framework SHOULD identify:
- gaming risk;
- proxy limitations;
- counter-metrics;
- qualitative review;
- unintended incentives;
- provenance.
26.46.8. Institutional Learning Record
Every material learning SHALL possess:
- Learning Record Identifier;
- source Programme, Amendment, incident or review;
- observed issue;
- evidence;
- lesson;
- affected process;
- recommended action;
- authority;
- lifecycle;
- provenance.
26.46.9. Learning Sources
Sources MAY include:
- retrospective review;
- constitutional incident;
- audit;
- assurance;
- tenant feedback;
- white-label feedback;
- regulator feedback;
- Extension ecosystem feedback;
- public consultation;
- migration findings;
- Replay Divergence;
- archive recovery test;
- Pergamum Pulse intelligence.
26.46.10. Learning Classification
A lesson MAY be classified as:
- documentation improvement;
- review-process improvement;
- evidence requirement improvement;
- authority-model improvement;
- compiler improvement;
- migration improvement;
- Runtime improvement;
- Publication improvement;
- archive improvement;
- candidate Constitutional Change Proposal.
26.46.11. Process Improvement
Process improvements MAY change:
- templates;
- workflows;
- review checklists;
- evidence plans;
- consultation methods;
- migration tools;
- monitoring;
- runbooks;
- conformance fixtures.
A process improvement that changes constitutional authority or normative requirements SHALL follow CEvF.
26.46.12. Constitutional Learning Boundary
Institutional learning SHALL not:
- rewrite prior rationale;
- erase dissent;
- alter past Ratification Records;
- reinterpret historical effective time silently;
- treat later knowledge as if it existed earlier;
- retroactively claim a different Baseline applied.
26.46.13. Counterfactual Analysis
Counterfactual analysis MAY evaluate:
- alternative Amendments;
- alternative transition timing;
- alternative migration sequence;
- alternative support policy;
- alternative Extension treatment;
- alternative Module or Component design.
Counterfactual output SHALL be labelled non-historical and non-authoritative.
26.46.14. Scenario Analysis
Scenario analysis MAY evaluate:
- legal changes;
- regulator changes;
- framework divergence;
- security threats;
- tenant growth;
- white-label growth;
- Extension ecosystem growth;
- technology obsolescence;
- archive risk;
- model or agent risk.
26.46.15. Constitutional Technical Debt
Constitutional Technical Debt MAY include:
- unresolved ambiguity;
- duplicate Core identities;
- obsolete Baseline branches;
- long-running transition exceptions;
- unsupported Extensions;
- unresolved Module ownership;
- Component contract fragmentation;
- incomplete migration;
- weak replayability;
- incomplete provenance.
26.46.16. Debt Object
Every material debt item SHALL possess:
- Debt Identifier;
- affected Baseline;
- affected artefacts;
- origin;
- risk;
- affected tenants;
- affected Modules and Components;
- remediation;
- owner;
- target date;
- provenance.
26.46.17. Debt Prioritisation
Prioritisation SHALL consider:
- Protected Invariant impact;
- legal and regulatory exposure;
- tenant isolation;
- security;
- Publication impact;
- migration complexity;
- support burden;
- historical trust;
- dependency concentration.
26.46.18. Evolution Capacity
Capacity planning MAY assess:
- review capacity;
- domain-expert capacity;
- Ratification capacity;
- compiler capacity;
- migration capacity;
- tenant-support capacity;
- Module and Component engineering capacity;
- assurance capacity;
- archive capacity.