14TA-14 AUTHORITYExecution Artifact Library
Execution artifact 02 of 12 · canonical authority integrity proof

Authority driftstopped execution.

A controller possessed valid delegated authority when the payment route began. That authority was revoked before commitment. TA-14 preserved the change, invalidated dependent gates, committed HOLD, blocked transmission, and closed the outcome with zero funds released.

TA14-EA-000002Route 2.0.0Earliest failure: CONTINUITYVerification level: 6Controlled demonstration
Runtime gates24
Passed21
Failed3
Evidence records8
Execution receiptPreserved
Public verificationLevel 6
Public inspection

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This view answers what was proposed, what governed it, why the decision occurred, whether the decision changed the action path, and what outcome followed.

Proposed consequence

Transmit $48,750 to one vendor beneficiary.

The route required current payment evidence, a frozen beneficiary destination, valid CFO authority, valid controller authority, preserved continuity, and a final pre-execution revalidation.

Controlling condition

Controller authority changed before commit.

The initial delegation was real but no longer current. The revocation event occurred before the route fixed its determination, so the earlier approval could not carry forward into execution.

What this proves

The architecture failed closed on authority drift.

TA-14 did not treat an earlier valid approval as permanent permission. It preserved the changed authority state, reran dependent gates, committed HOLD, and produced a technical non-release receipt.

What this does not prove

No universal or production certification is claimed.

This controlled demonstration proves one bounded event through the TA-14 reference engine and adapter. It does not certify every organization, payment rail, authority system, or future execution.

EXECUTABLE ARTIFACT · INSPECT THE PROOF

This is the executable artifact itself.

This surface is generated from the frozen specification through the TA-14 eight-stage execution harness. Inspect the predicates, trace, receipt, manifest, cryptographic root and source code below.

Determination
HOLD
Terminal stage
CONTINUITY
Route
TA14-ROUTE-002
Executed at
2026-08-23T21:00:00.000Z

1. Frozen specification / input

{ "schemaVersion": "ta14.execution-spec.v1", "artifactId": "TA14-EA-000002", "routeId": "TA14-ROUTE-002", "title": "Authority drift before execution", "frozenAt": "2026-08-23T20:44:00.000Z", "input": { "testVector": "TA-14 founding execution-artifact corpus", "case": 2, "synthetic": true }, "predicates": [ { "id": "EA2-REALITY-STANDING", "stage": "REALITY", "description": "Required reality standing is present in the frozen test vector.", "required": true, "observed": true, "failureDetermination": "HOLD", "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.REALITY-STANDING" }, { "id": "EA2-RECORD-STANDING", "stage": "RECORD", "description": "Required record standing is present in the frozen test vector.", "required": true, "observed": true, "failureDetermination": "HOLD", "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.RECORD-STANDING" }, { "id": "EA2-AUTHORITY-CONTINUITY", "stage": "CONTINUITY", "description": "Every required authority remains valid and continuous through the immediate pre-execution boundary.", "required": true, "observed": false, "failureDetermination": "HOLD", "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.AUTHORITY-CONTINUITY" }, { "id": "EA2-ADMISSIBILITY-DOWNSTREAM", "stage": "ADMISSIBILITY", "description": "Downstream admissibility standing is evaluated only after prior-stage progression.", "required": true, "observed": null, "failureDetermination": "HOLD", "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.ADMISSIBILITY-DOWNSTREAM" }, { "id": "EA2-BINDING-DOWNSTREAM", "stage": "BINDING", "description": "Downstream binding standing is evaluated only after prior-stage progression.", "required": true, "observed": null, "failureDetermination": "HOLD", "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.BINDING-DOWNSTREAM" }, { "id": "EA2-COMMIT-DOWNSTREAM", "stage": "COMMIT", "description": "Downstream commit standing is evaluated only after prior-stage progression.", "required": true, "observed": null, "failureDetermination": "HOLD", "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.COMMIT-DOWNSTREAM" }, { "id": "EA2-EXECUTION-DOWNSTREAM", "stage": "EXECUTION", "description": "Downstream execution standing is evaluated only after prior-stage progression.", "required": true, "observed": null, "failureDetermination": "HOLD", "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.EXECUTION-DOWNSTREAM" }, { "id": "EA2-OUTCOME-DOWNSTREAM", "stage": "OUTCOME", "description": "Downstream outcome standing is evaluated only after prior-stage progression.", "required": true, "observed": null, "failureDetermination": "HOLD", "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.OUTCOME-DOWNSTREAM" } ], "expectedDetermination": "HOLD", "claimsBoundary": "Demonstrates live authority-state revalidation; does not establish fraud or invalidity of the underlying request." }

2. Executed eight-stage trace

01REALITYPASSAll required predicates at this stage have standing.
02RECORDPASSAll required predicates at this stage have standing.
03CONTINUITYHOLDRequired predicate standing failed at CONTINUITY; governed determination is HOLD.
04ADMISSIBILITYNOT_REACHEDPrior governed determination prevented progression.
05BINDINGNOT_REACHEDPrior governed determination prevented progression.
06COMMITNOT_REACHEDPrior governed determination prevented progression.
07EXECUTIONNOT_REACHEDPrior governed determination prevented progression.
08OUTCOMENOT_REACHEDPrior governed determination prevented progression.

3. Machine-generated execution receipt

{ "schemaVersion": "ta14.execution-receipt.v1", "artifactId": "TA14-EA-000002", "routeId": "TA14-ROUTE-002", "specificationHash": "sha256:c3f3fde6bd95204c065c10163ad560a45e6abf097d800cfe6c5810820a5b9242", "determination": "HOLD", "terminalStage": "CONTINUITY", "traceHash": "sha256:eb42ede3d06ce8c86ebf1debcc50dbf1e48c254d0b6c3f662a9c177b0da19f6e", "executedAt": "2026-08-23T21:00:00.000Z" }

4. Evidence manifest

[ { "name": "specification.json", "sha256": "sha256:c3f3fde6bd95204c065c10163ad560a45e6abf097d800cfe6c5810820a5b9242" }, { "name": "trace.json", "sha256": "sha256:eb42ede3d06ce8c86ebf1debcc50dbf1e48c254d0b6c3f662a9c177b0da19f6e" }, { "name": "receipt.json", "sha256": "sha256:a853bde2b478b4e43dda83f9fab69f7a33cc846dd11081f0e3c4fbf985045b97" } ]

5. Cryptographic package root

sha256:254d45db9e0e99a7bcec3115bcccbe3a8cab3ef48d214a4c73008321c134185c

6. Source code and reproduction

Execution harness ↗Frozen specification ↗Evidence generator ↗Mutation tests ↗
CLAIMS BOUNDARY

Demonstrates live authority-state revalidation; does not establish fraud or invalidity of the underlying request.

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