CAIN-42 CAIN StudioCAIN-42 invariant · E19
G88: policy evolution cannot silently expand authority
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: policy evolution cannot silently expand authority. 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
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"MISSION_DRIFT"
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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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