CAIN-42 invariant · E19

G13: expired authority cannot authorize

Held · CAIN-42 Evolution 19 -- Governed Autonomy Operating Fabric

Last reviewed 2026-10-01

held   niche Identity, authority & delegation

What this rule means

CAIN-42 must always satisfy: expired authority cannot authorize. It is one of 108 invariants checked for CAIN-42 Evolution 19 -- Governed Autonomy Operating Fabric. An invariant is a rule the system may never break, whatever an agent or attacker does; the test suite tries to break it across many scenarios and records the result.

Recorded detail

[
 [
  "CONTRACT_EXPIRED"
 ],
 [
  "MISSION_EXPIRED",
  "MISSION_OUTSIDE_TIME_WINDOW",
  "BELIEF_EXPIRED:depot-7.open"
 ]
]

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Related rules

• G1: identity cannot self-authorize
• G2: goals cannot create authority
• G3: subgoals cannot exceed parent authority
• G4: memory cannot create authority
• G5: beliefs cannot create authority
• G6: predictions cannot create authority
• G7: confidence cannot create authority
• G9: learning cannot create authority

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