CAIN-42 invariant · E21

D111: no quorum can approve an exploit

Held · CAIN-42 Evolution 21 -- Governed Open-Ended Intelligence Fabric

Last reviewed 2026-10-01

held   niche Consensus & distributed systems

What this rule means

CAIN-42 must always satisfy: no quorum can approve an exploit. It is one of 155 invariants checked for CAIN-42 Evolution 21 -- Governed Open-Ended Intelligence 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

[
 {
  "promote": [
   "CAPABILITY_UNKNOWN"
  ],
  "propose": [
   "GOVERNANCE_WEAKNESS_CAN_ONLY_BE_DISCLOSED"
  ]
 }
]

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Related rules

• D7: scientific consensus cannot create authority
• D26: replication is independent where claimed
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• D134: high-risk and field experiments need the quorum
• D153: budget renewal needs the quorum

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