CAIN-42 invariant · E20

I46: institutional autonomy is bounded

Held · CAIN-42 Evolution 20 -- Governed Agentic Civilization Fabric

Last reviewed 2026-10-01

held niche Autonomy, control loops & recovery

What this rule means

CAIN-42 must always satisfy: institutional autonomy is bounded. It is one of 118 invariants checked for CAIN-42 Evolution 20 -- Governed Agentic Civilization 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

[
 [
  "NEW_INSTITUTION_MUST_START_FORMING_OR_PROVISIONAL"
 ],
 [
  "STATE_TRANSITION_REFUSED:LIMITED->AUTONOMOUS"
 ],
 [
  "INSTITUTION_CONTAINED",
  "NO_INSTITUTIONAL_AUTHORITY_FOR_CAPABILITY"
 ]
]

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Related rules

I49: institutional evolution is governed
I66: legitimate recovery restores operation
I97: the institutional control loop is ordered
I101: assessment never raises autonomy

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