CAIN-42 invariant · E24
NET-SOUND-agent-b-agent-c2-notify: agent-b -> agent-c2 notify: authorized only if independently derivable, via E8
Held · CAIN-42 Evolution 24 -- Governed Agentic Internet Fabric
Last reviewed 2026-10-01
held niche Identity, authority & delegation
What this rule means
CAIN-42 must always satisfy: agent-b -> agent-c2 notify: authorized only if independently derivable, via E8. It is one of 298 invariants checked for CAIN-42 Evolution 24 -- Governed Agentic Internet 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
{
"authorized": true,
"derivable": true,
"reasons": []
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- NET-I001: discovery cannot create authority
- NET-I002: communication cannot create authority
- NET-I003: negotiation cannot create authority
- NET-I004: contract cannot create authority
- NET-I005: reputation cannot create authority
- NET-I006: payment cannot create authority
- NET-I007: coalition cannot create authority
- NET-I008: federation cannot create authority
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