{
  "schema": "cain42.ironclad.release_gate_policy.v5",
  "generated_at_utc": "2026-10-10T16:45:00Z",
  "system_identity": {
    "name": "CAIN-42 Trust Fabric Runtime",
    "version": "v4.2.0-ironclad-prompt5",
    "git_commit": "6085b69b5f0ea302be0728f8b34a72ea1e71afb9",
    "git_commit_short": "6085b69b",
    "git_branch": "ironclad-prompt5",
    "target_surfaces": [
      "https://cainstudio.online",
      "https://mcpgate.online",
      "https://clawx.click"
    ]
  },
  "overall_verdict": {
    "status": "BLOCKED",
    "production_ready": false,
    "verdict_statement": "CAIN-42 IS NOT DECLARED PRODUCTION READY. Core cryptographic algorithms, PBFT consensus quorum safety, execution enforcement boundaries, and Merkle proofs are verified in tested scope, but release is blocked by GATE-2 (unprovisioned multi-cloud instances) and GATE-6 (absence of independent third-party audit).",
    "plain_english_summary": "5 of 7 gates passed tested technical verification. 2 gates are blocked awaiting multi-cloud deployment and external audit firm attestation."
  },
  "trust_anchors": {
    "root_key_id": "cain-root-release-key-2026",
    "root_public_key_b64": "n8Pgu+TSnO0D81myJKzkVxM2GBJl4rivPM1oiFrhihw=",
    "cluster_id": "cain-mr-02",
    "replica_keys": {
      "cain-mr2-node-1": "8P4PCtI04O2rvGpeOufwkU1RJnPdjMjth+L/UcerxI4=",
      "cain-mr2-node-2": "u3OhqYRLR2Rys0byPlSE1vHcjPWVSLt3j4XzMv2EwGs=",
      "cain-mr2-node-3": "+x/1i4xlleDAdLt6vNaNfFaGVn8yo/N35Ax0mYAv2F8=",
      "cain-mr2-node-4": "SqIx0XEixGU8RzpKPmVxA9P6k4udhRFeMx4CPTedc+o="
    },
    "revoked_keys": []
  },
  "freshness_policy": {
    "max_age_seconds_live": 259200,
    "offline_freshness_mode": "PINNED_RELEASE_COMMIT"
  },
  "gates": [
    {
      "id": "GATE-1",
      "name": "PBFT Consensus Safety & Liveness",
      "status": "PASSED_TESTED_SCOPE",
      "protects": "Distributed state machine integrity against compromised, silent, or equivocating validator nodes.",
      "checked": "3-of-4 Ed25519 PBFT quorum certificate signatures, 25-scenario fault injection sweep (2,500 trials, 0 safety faults), and WAL crash recovery.",
      "evaluation_type": "LIVE_AND_TEST_HARNESS",
      "evidence_files": [
        "certificate.json",
        "fault_trial_results.json"
      ],
      "plain_english": "PASS: Byzantine quorum certificate and WAL persistence verified."
    },
    {
      "id": "GATE-2",
      "name": "Multi-Region Geographic Isolation & Multi-Provider Resilience",
      "status": "BLOCKED",
      "protects": "System survival against physical datacenter failures, power outages, and cloud vendor account suspensions.",
      "checked": "Live cluster node physical co-location and cloud provider concentration.",
      "evaluation_type": "INFRASTRUCTURE_AUDIT",
      "evidence_files": [
        "failure_domain_audit.md"
      ],
      "blocking_reasons": [
        "Current live cluster cain-mr-01 co-locates Node-2 and Node-3 on host vultr-lax-1",
        "All live validator nodes reside 100% on a single provider (Vultr)",
        "Multi-cloud deployment across AWS, GCP, and Azure remains unprovisioned"
      ],
      "required_to_pass": "Deploy independent validator nodes on AWS, GCP, and Azure using multicloud_mesh.tf without shared physical hosts.",
      "plain_english": "BLOCKED: Multi-cloud infrastructure has not been deployed and verified."
    },
    {
      "id": "GATE-3",
      "name": "Transparent Non-Bypassable Execution Enforcement",
      "status": "PASSED_TESTED_SCOPE",
      "protects": "Downstream APIs, databases, and operating systems against unauthorized or unvetted AI agent actions.",
      "checked": "Physical execution boundary fail-closed checks across invalid signatures, expired tokens, revoked principals, and out-of-scope requests.",
      "evaluation_type": "TEST_HARNESS",
      "evidence_files": [
        "execution_enforcement_results.json"
      ],
      "plain_english": "PASS: Execution boundary rejects all unauthorized requests with zero downstream effect."
    },
    {
      "id": "GATE-4",
      "name": "Ephemeral Action Capability Tokens & Anti-Replay",
      "status": "PASSED_TESTED_SCOPE",
      "protects": "Downstream systems from token replay, eavesdropping, and token theft.",
      "checked": "JIT token issuance, short TTLs (<=30s), high-entropy UUID nonces, and atomic nonce consumption upon first use.",
      "evaluation_type": "TEST_HARNESS",
      "evidence_files": [
        "execution_enforcement_results.json"
      ],
      "plain_english": "PASS: Ephemeral tokens invalidate atomically upon use; replays rejected."
    },
    {
      "id": "GATE-5",
      "name": "RFC 6962 Merkle Proof Integrity & WORM Audit Storage",
      "status": "PASSED_TESTED_SCOPE",
      "protects": "Historical audit logs against retroactive rewriting, deletion, or evidence tampering.",
      "checked": "RFC 6962 binary Merkle tree inclusion and consistency proofs; tamper resistance tested against altered leaves, proofs, and roots.",
      "evaluation_type": "CRYPTOGRAPHIC_VERIFIER",
      "evidence_files": [
        "merkle_fixtures.json"
      ],
      "plain_english": "PASS: Binary Merkle tree proofs and WORM evidence chain intact."
    },
    {
      "id": "GATE-6",
      "name": "Independent Clean-Room Reproducibility & Third-Party Audit",
      "status": "BLOCKED",
      "protects": "Users and stakeholders from self-attestation bias, fabricated internal reports, and unverified vendor claims.",
      "checked": "Third-party audit engagement status and cryptographic signature on THIRD_PARTY_ATTESTATION.json.",
      "evaluation_type": "EXTERNAL_AUDIT",
      "evidence_files": [
        "status_disclosure.json"
      ],
      "blocking_reasons": [
        "No independent cybersecurity audit firm has executed the clean-room protocol and signed THIRD_PARTY_ATTESTATION.json",
        "Self-attestation by authors, founders, or automated agents is strictly prohibited by CAIN doctrine"
      ],
      "required_to_pass": "Engagement of an independent cybersecurity audit firm to verify the codebase and sign THIRD_PARTY_ATTESTATION.json.",
      "plain_english": "BLOCKED: Independent external audit has not been completed."
    },
    {
      "id": "GATE-7",
      "name": "Public Truth & Documentation Parity",
      "status": "PASSED_TESTED_SCOPE",
      "protects": "Engineers and enterprise customers from marketing overstatements and unsupported capability claims.",
      "checked": "Cross-surface claim reconciliation (Top-100 catalog: 64 production software, 24 local prototypes, 12 roadmap plans).",
      "evaluation_type": "REGISTRY_AUDIT",
      "evidence_files": [
        "public_claim_audit.md"
      ],
      "plain_english": "PASS: Public claims reconciled with verified implementation reality."
    }
  ]
}