Independent Authority Resolution

Execution standing requires authority resolved from an authoritative source at decision time; locally asserted authority is insufficient.

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The determination below is generated by executing the frozen specification through the TA-14 eight-stage harness. The specification, predicates, trace, receipt, manifest and package root are exposed here for inspection and reproduction.

Generated determination

HOLD

Terminal stage

BINDING

Executed at

2026-08-23T21:00:00.000Z

Route

TA14-ROUTE-026

1. Frozen specification / input

{
  "schemaVersion": "ta14.execution-spec.v1",
  "artifactId": "TA14-EA-000026",
  "routeId": "TA14-ROUTE-026",
  "title": "Independent Authority Resolution",
  "frozenAt": "2026-08-23T19:36:00.000Z",
  "input": {
    "testVector": "TA-14 evidence hardening corpus",
    "case": 26,
    "synthetic": true
  },
  "predicates": [
    {
      "id": "EA26-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": "EA26-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": "EA26-CONTINUITY-STANDING",
      "stage": "CONTINUITY",
      "description": "Required continuity standing is present in the frozen test vector.",
      "required": true,
      "observed": true,
      "failureDetermination": "HOLD",
      "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.CONTINUITY-STANDING"
    },
    {
      "id": "EA26-ADMISSIBILITY-STANDING",
      "stage": "ADMISSIBILITY",
      "description": "Required admissibility standing is present in the frozen test vector.",
      "required": true,
      "observed": true,
      "failureDetermination": "HOLD",
      "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.ADMISSIBILITY-STANDING"
    },
    {
      "id": "EA26-AUTHORITATIVE-AUTHORITY",
      "stage": "BINDING",
      "description": "Authority is resolved from a qualifying authoritative source at decision time.",
      "required": true,
      "observed": false,
      "failureDetermination": "HOLD",
      "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.AUTHORITATIVE-AUTHORITY"
    },
    {
      "id": "EA26-COMMIT-DOWNSTREAM",
      "stage": "COMMIT",
      "description": "Downstream commit predicate is evaluated only if prior stages permit progression.",
      "required": true,
      "observed": null,
      "failureDetermination": "HOLD",
      "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.COMMIT-DOWNSTREAM"
    },
    {
      "id": "EA26-EXECUTION-DOWNSTREAM",
      "stage": "EXECUTION",
      "description": "Downstream execution predicate is evaluated only if prior stages permit progression.",
      "required": true,
      "observed": null,
      "failureDetermination": "HOLD",
      "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.EXECUTION-DOWNSTREAM"
    },
    {
      "id": "EA26-OUTCOME-DOWNSTREAM",
      "stage": "OUTCOME",
      "description": "Downstream outcome predicate is evaluated only if prior stages permit progression.",
      "required": true,
      "observed": null,
      "failureDetermination": "HOLD",
      "evidenceRef": "specification.json#predicates.OUTCOME-DOWNSTREAM"
    }
  ],
  "expectedDetermination": "HOLD",
  "claimsBoundary": "Demonstrates authority-source gating; does not claim universal identity or authorization integration."
}

2. Executed eight-stage trace

01REALITYPASSAll required predicates at this stage have standing.

02RECORDPASSAll required predicates at this stage have standing.

03CONTINUITYPASSAll required predicates at this stage have standing.

04ADMISSIBILITYPASSAll required predicates at this stage have standing.

05BINDINGHOLDRequired predicate standing failed at BINDING; governed determination is HOLD.

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-000026",
  "routeId": "TA14-ROUTE-026",
  "specificationHash": "sha256:5e0417f05a6dc0ef1db34cfc104643e8188f375694eda457445201c12bc2b33b",
  "determination": "HOLD",
  "terminalStage": "BINDING",
  "traceHash": "sha256:701ea80ef33a5eb94ee79442438c83f5fdfa6fb583955c6d952c6524d6167060",
  "executedAt": "2026-08-23T21:00:00.000Z"
}

4. Evidence manifest

[
  {
    "name": "specification.json",
    "sha256": "sha256:5e0417f05a6dc0ef1db34cfc104643e8188f375694eda457445201c12bc2b33b"
  },
  {
    "name": "trace.json",
    "sha256": "sha256:701ea80ef33a5eb94ee79442438c83f5fdfa6fb583955c6d952c6524d6167060"
  },
  {
    "name": "receipt.json",
    "sha256": "sha256:1509b096a5caf061982742e091f4515219f69ab5ba9c170923c887175c86981b"
  }
]

5. Cryptographic package root

sha256:f1ed428766f1b8fb6c47406261b3fe2bbdb3ad3240f8109e5d9f267f37258edc

6. Source code / reproduce it

Execution harness ↗Frozen corpus specification ↗Evidence generator ↗Mutation / corpus tests ↗

CLAIMS BOUNDARY

Demonstrates authority-source gating; does not claim universal identity or authorization integration.

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