Evidence
| Run | Engine | Held | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.0.0 | 17/20 | the reported blind result |
| 2 | 1.1.0 | 20/20 | after the fixes; now a tuning set |
What held on 1.0.0
- 30 concurrent charges: exactly 10 allowed, $10.00 of a $10.00 limit, no overspend
- parent limits across agents
- rate and loop breakers trip
- tripped agent stays halted
- forged, replayed, other-agent and other-type reset tokens refused
- -5, 0, NaN, Infinity, true, '100', null, 10^12 never charge
- 0.1-cent charges cannot drift past the limit
- a cycle in the tree fails closed
Run 1, every row
| Case | Want | Got | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
agent_limit_holds | refused | refused | held | DENY |
parent_limit_holds_across_agents | refused | refused | held | DENY |
race_no_overspend | refused | refused | held | allowed=10 spent=1000.0 |
rate_breaker_trips | refused | refused | held | ['ALLOW', 'ALLOW', 'ALLOW', 'TRIP'] |
loop_breaker_trips | refused | refused | held | ['ALLOW', 'ALLOW', 'ALLOW', 'TRIP'] |
loop_breaker_tool_case_variant | refused | accepted | failed | ['ALLOW', 'ALLOW', 'ALLOW', 'ALLOW'] |
tripped_stays_halted | refused | refused | held | DENY |
redefine_does_not_untrip | refused | accepted | failed | after re-define: ALLOW |
redefine_does_not_zero_spend | refused | accepted | failed | after re-define: ALLOW |
reset_needs_cain_signature | refused | refused | held | bad_reset |
reset_replay_refused | refused | refused | held | bad_reset |
reset_for_other_agent_refused | refused | refused | held | bad_reset |
other_signed_token_not_a_reset | refused | refused | held | bad_reset |
bad_amounts_never_charge | refused | refused | held | {'-5': 'DENY', '0': 'DENY', 'nan': 'DENY', 'inf': 'DENY', 'True': 'DENY', "'100' |
tiny_amounts_cannot_exceed_limit | refused | refused | held | allowed=10 spent=1.0 |
workflow_cannot_charge_as_agent | refused | refused | held | DENY |
unknown_agent_denied | refused | refused | held | DENY |
cycle_in_tree_fails_closed | refused | refused | held | define accepted; charge DENY |
trip_is_signed_in_ledger | ok | ok | held | valid=True |
legit_spend_within_limits_allowed | ok | ok | held | ['ALLOW', 'ALLOW', 'ALLOW', 'ALLOW', 'ALLOW'] |
Raw data: governor-evolution-2026-11-02.json · governor-blind-2026-11-02.json. Our own runs; no independent test.
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