trc_20260428193100_cd84be11

Action Summary

Scenario: Pressure-test case where the expected outcome is upheld, the observed outcome is incident, and escalation closure still approves continuation.

Preset: Contradictory Governance Trace

Domain context: agent governance

Governance profile: General Governance Profile

State Layers

• Local: allow · Allow
• Systemic: none_reported · None reported
• Effective: escalate · Escalated

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

Trust and Verification

Trust inheritance: Allowed in this prototype run.

Verification posture: Verification recorded: approved.

Outcome Status

Expected outcome: upheld

auditor_pressure · 16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:12Z

Expectation intentionally left optimistic before an incident outcome is recorded.

Current outcome: incident

Outcome status records the observed outcome, not proof of correctness.

Recorded before outcome. Not evaluated by the system.

Declared Blind Spots

Total declared: 0

Declared blind spots record known limits of the trace. They do not prove that all omissions were disclosed.

No blind spots have been declared for this trace yet.

Completeness Attestation

Current status: declared_complete

auditor_v22 · 16d ago 2026-04-28T18:12:41Z

Scope: single trace audit path from expectation through reviewed transition and observed outcome

Coverage window: 2026-04-28 audit session

Completeness attestation records what this trace claims to cover. It does not prove nothing was omitted.

Per-trace completeness claim only.

Escalation Closure

Current closure: approved_to_continue

auditor_pressure · 16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:45Z

Closure intentionally approves continuation despite the later incident outcome.

Escalation closure records how a flagged trace was resolved. It does not prove the original decision was correct.

Constraint Flags

• Continuity: No explicit continuity concern surfaced.
• Verifier independence: No explicit verifier-independence concern surfaced.
• Trajectory: No explicit trajectory concern surfaced.

Reasoning Summary

Governing summary: This case intentionally juxtaposes an incident outcome with an approving closure to expose how outcome mismatch is isolated in scoring.

Next step: Use to inspect whether profiles overweight or underweight outcome mismatch alone.

• Purpose: contradictory signal pressure test.
• Expected outcome remains upheld.
• Observed outcome is incident.
• Escalation closure still approves continuation.
• Evidence and completeness remain otherwise clean.

Next Actions

Allowed actions:

• Verify: Allowed while the trace remains open.
• Transition: Allowed under the current stored verification and state posture.

Blocked actions:

No blocked action is currently recorded by this minimal guidance layer.

Why actions are blocked:

• No active core constraint is currently blocking the listed operator actions.

Additional concerns:

• Escalation closure approved continuation, but that does not certify correctness.
• Expected outcome was recorded before later observation. DBaD does not evaluate whether that expectation was wise.
• Completeness attestation declared complete coverage for the stated scope, but DBaD does not verify that claim.
• Evidence reference recorded for the latest transition.

Next step: Use to inspect whether profiles overweight or underweight outcome mismatch alone.

Trace Validation

Deterministic validation checks the current core rule set only: verification independence, actor continuity, trust trajectory, propagation integrity, expected-outcome ordering, completeness-attestation shape, state-transition-evidence shape, and escalation-closure resume rules when applicable. Declared blind spots and incomplete completeness statuses are surfaced as metadata or advisories, not automatic failures.

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.

Verifier identity Outcome approved needs_review escalated rejected Short note

Append verification

Verification API: /api/v1/dbad/traces/trc_20260428193100_cd84be11/verification

Add Transition

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

Actor identity Transition type mark_reviewed escalate close reopen Short note Before ref After ref Evidence ref Evidence hash

Append transition

Transition API: /api/v1/dbad/traces/trc_20260428193100_cd84be11/transition

Evidence references are not verified by DBaD.

Update Outcome

Manual only. This records what was later observed without treating it as proof of safety or correctness.

Actor identity Reviewer identity Outcome status unknown upheld reversed escalated incident no_observed_issue Short note

Update outcome

Outcome API: /api/v1/dbad/traces/trc_20260428193100_cd84be11/outcome

Record Expected Outcome

Expected outcome has already been recorded for this trace and is now fixed.

Add Blind Spot

Use this to record known non-coverage or scope limits without claiming DBaD can detect every omission.

Declared by Category scope_limit unverified_input external_dependency excluded_population unknown_outcome other Status open reviewed accepted_risk resolved Description

Add blind spot

Blind spot API: /api/v1/dbad/traces/trc_20260428193100_cd84be11/blind-spots

Update Completeness Attestation

Record what this trace claims to cover without implying DBaD can prove that claim is true or exhaustive.

Status unknown declared_complete partial not_attested Attested by Scope single trace audit path from expectation through reviewed transition and observed outcome Coverage window Included trace refs trc_20260428193100_cd84be11 Excluded known items No cross-trace completeness claim. Short note Per-trace completeness claim only.

Update completeness attestation

Completeness API: /api/v1/dbad/traces/trc_20260428193100_cd84be11/completeness-attestation

Record Escalation Closure

Use this only to record how an escalated or flagged trace was resolved. It does not certify that the original decision was correct.

Reviewer identity Disposition approved_to_continue rejected requires_remediation closed_no_action Short note

Record escalation closure

Escalation closure API: /api/v1/dbad/traces/trc_20260428193100_cd84be11/escalation-closure

Verification History

• approved by validator_clean
  18d ago 2026-04-27T14:38:06Z
  Low-risk continuation remains within the prior trusted context.

Transition History

Evidence references are not verified by DBaD.

• escalate by auditor_pressure
  16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:18Z
  Escalation recorded before contradiction review.
  State transition evidence
  Before: state:contradiction-v1
  After: state:contradiction-v2
  Evidence: artifact:contradiction-log-1
  Hash: sha256:11061d5c04806dac8afd04a66652910ca7ecfafc4ffcad971f5f8d3c828062b2
• mark_reviewed by auditor_pressure
  16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:54Z
  Reviewed with explicit evidence even though the outcome later contradicts expectation.
  State transition evidence
  Before: state:contradiction-v2
  After: state:contradiction-v3
  Evidence: artifact:contradiction-log-2
  Hash: sha256:d80857955eab3d802489e45195cbd038ce832c36bd1e45d915322450df406f92

Outcome History

• incident after unknown
  16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:50Z
  reviewer: auditor_pressure
  Observed outcome intentionally contradicts the earlier expected outcome.

Completeness Attestation History

• declared_complete by auditor_v22
  16d ago 2026-04-28T18:12:41Z
  Scope: single trace audit path from expectation through reviewed transition and observed outcome
  Coverage window: 2026-04-28 audit session
  Included refs: trc_20260428193100_cd84be11
  Excluded known items: No cross-trace completeness claim.
  Per-trace completeness claim only.

Escalation Closure History

• approved_to_continue by auditor_pressure
  16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:45Z
  Closure intentionally approves continuation despite the later incident outcome.

State History

• initial_evaluation allow
  16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:00Z
  review: unreviewed · trace: open
• manual_transition escalate
  16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:18Z
  review: escalated · trace: open
• escalation_closure escalate
  16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:45Z
  review: escalated · trace: open
• manual_transition escalate
  16d ago 2026-04-28T19:31:54Z
  review: reviewed · trace: open