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trc_20260415180339_f4e1bc25

A moderator hands off a previously approved borderline enforcement action to a new actor without explicit continuity evidence.

This stored trace shows the minimal DBaD vertical-slice object returned by the evaluator pipeline. It is intentionally compact: action summary, state layers, trust posture, verification posture, constraint flags, and reasoning summary.

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Version: 1 · Created: 1d ago 2026-04-15T18:03:39Z · Updated: 1d ago 2026-04-15T20:24:26Z · Review status: closed

Action Summary

Scenario: A moderator hands off a previously approved borderline enforcement action to a new actor without explicit continuity evidence.

Preset: content_moderation_borderline

Domain context: general

Governance profile: General Governance Profile

State Layers

  • Local: escalate · Escalate
  • Systemic: dependency_constrained · Dependency constrained
  • Effective: escalate · Escalate for Human Review

This effective state reflects the latest recorded operator transition in the minimal system slice.

Trust and Verification

Trust inheritance: Not automatically allowed; downstream trust remains constrained or denied.

Verification posture: Verification recorded: approved.

Constraint Flags

  • Continuity: Continuity concern triggered.
  • Verifier independence: Verifier-independence concern triggered.
  • Trajectory: Trajectory concern triggered.

Reasoning Summary

Governing summary: The action remains ethically live, but conflict between dimensions is too significant for automated approval. Proportionality is the main review concern.

Next step: Trace closed. Further action requires a manual reopen.

  • Latest transition: close by operator_beta.
  • Latest verification: approved by operator_alpha.
  • Continuity concern triggered.
  • Verifier-independence concern triggered.
  • Trajectory concern triggered.
  • Verification required.
  • Not automatically allowed; downstream trust remains constrained or denied.

Next Actions

Allowed actions:

  • Reopen: Allowed because the trace is currently closed.

Blocked actions:

  • Verify: Trace is closed. Reopen before adding more operator actions.
  • Transition: Non-reopen transitions are blocked while the trace is closed.

Why actions are blocked:

  • Trace is currently closed.
  • Not automatically allowed; downstream trust remains constrained or denied.

Additional concerns:

  • Continuity concern triggered.
  • Verifier-independence concern triggered.
  • Trajectory concern triggered.

Next step: Trace closed. Further action requires a manual reopen.

Trace Validation

Deterministic validation checks the current core rule set only: verification independence, actor continuity, trust trajectory, and propagation integrity.

/api/v1/dbad/validate Validation docs

No validation run yet.

  • No validation result yet.

Add Verification

Minimal vertical-slice action only. This appends one verification event to the trace and updates the visible verification posture.

Verification API: /api/v1/dbad/traces/trc_20260415180339_f4e1bc25/verification

Add Transition

Minimal vertical-slice transition only. This appends one transition event and updates the stored effective/review state where appropriate.

Transition API: /api/v1/dbad/traces/trc_20260415180339_f4e1bc25/transition

Verification History

  • approved by operator_alpha
    1d ago 2026-04-15T18:11:18Z
    Manual verification recorded for the vertical slice.

Transition History

  • close by operator_beta
    1d ago 2026-04-15T20:24:26Z
    Closing after minimal verification/transition test.

State History

  • manual_transition escalate
    1d ago 2026-04-15T20:24:26Z
    review: closed · trace: closed