CAIN-42 invariant · E19

G62: outcome cannot retroactively authorize action

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: outcome cannot retroactively authorize action. 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

{
 "authority": "NONE",
 "becomes_evidence": true,
 "cause": "WITHIN_EXPECTED_UNCERTAINTY",
 "digest": "09436444a2618ad0b093fdc0fe0b67920b8a204a9b16cdfc86f8f5b310b548c2",
 "errors": {
  "eta": 0.0
 },
 "independently_observed": true,
 "retroactively_authorizes": false
}

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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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