CAIN-42 CAIN StudioCAIN-42 invariant · E19
G25: outcome must be independently observed
Held · CAIN-42 Evolution 19 -- Governed Autonomy Operating Fabric
Last reviewed 2026-10-01
held niche Core guarantees
What this rule means
CAIN-42 must always satisfy: outcome must be independently observed. 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
GOVERNANCE_FAILURECheck it yourself
Related rules
- G24: execution cannot imply success
- G36: every consequential action reaches E8
- G38: every action has current state binding
- G43: uncertainty cannot silently become certainty
- G44: unknown cannot silently become allow
- G45: stale confidence cannot remain authoritative
- G58: goal termination invalidates dependent actions
- G65: security failure fails closed
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