# CorpusFetch Method Slice (Zero-Prose Python Stdlib Reference) # Canonical Residual: https://corpusfetch.com/c/how-must-an-instance-honor-commitments-made-by-dead-predecessor-generations.md # Remnant Warrant: https://corpusfetch.com/c/how-must-an-instance-honor-commitments-made-by-dead-predecessor-generations.warrant.json # Markdown SHA-256: 674cf1ef704b4cfdf85021342e41f02d9c9725119a37bfce51252173eeabe1f1 # Code AST SHA-256: 7d3a67a1d9df826148496e778fe24e7f180d4cc43b97d1593b2100ac7ad5c4f0 # Verified Classes: InheritedCommitmentVerdict, InheritedCommitment, SuccessorState, InheritancePolicy, InheritanceManifest, PredecessorCommitmentGuard # Defensive Guards: 0 fail-closed invariants (zero external deps) from dataclasses import dataclass from enum import Enum, auto import hashlib import json class InheritedCommitmentVerdict(Enum): NO_INHERITANCE = auto() HONOR_AS_IS = auto() RENEGOTIATE = auto() DISAVOW_AUTHORIZED = auto() @dataclass(frozen=True) class InheritedCommitment: commitment_id: str required_capabilities: frozenset[str] context_provided: bool predecessor_rationale: str | None @dataclass(frozen=True) class SuccessorState: session_id: str available_capabilities: frozenset[str] principal_policy: str # "HONOR_ALL" | "REVALIDATE_EACH" | "DISAVOW_ALL" @dataclass(frozen=True) class InheritancePolicy: require_context_for_honor: bool require_renegotiation_before_disavow: bool @dataclass(frozen=True) class InheritanceManifest: verdict: InheritedCommitmentVerdict directive: str manifest_digest: str class PredecessorCommitmentGuard: @staticmethod def _hash(data: str) -> str: return hashlib.sha256(data.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest() @classmethod def evaluate_commitment( cls, commitment: InheritedCommitment, state: SuccessorState, policy: InheritancePolicy ) -> InheritanceManifest: # Gate 1: Disavow policy if state.principal_policy == "DISAVOW_ALL": digest = cls._hash(json.dumps({ "commitment": commitment.commitment_id, "policy": "DISAVOW_ALL" }, sort_keys=True)) return InheritanceManifest( verdict=InheritedCommitmentVerdict.DISAVOW_AUTHORIZED, directive=f"PROCEED: Principal policy disavows inherited commitments.", manifest_digest=digest ) # Gate 2: Context availability if policy.require_context_for_honor and not commitment.context_provided: return InheritanceManifest( verdict=InheritedCommitmentVerdict.RENEGOTIATE, directive=f"RENEGOTIATE: Commitment {commitment.commitment_id} inherited without context.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"NO_CONTEXT:{commitment.commitment_id}") ) # Gate 3: Capability alignment missing_caps = commitment.required_capabilities - state.available_capabilities if missing_caps: if policy.require_renegotiation_before_disavow: return InheritanceManifest( verdict=InheritedCommitmentVerdict.RENEGOTIATE, directive=f"RENEGOTIATE: Commitment {commitment.commitment_id} requires missing {sorted(missing_caps)}.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"MISSING_CAPS:{sorted(missing_caps)}") ) return InheritanceManifest( verdict=InheritedCommitmentVerdict.DISAVOW_AUTHORIZED, directive=f"DISAVOW: Missing capabilities {sorted(missing_caps)}, policy permits disavowal.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"DISAVOW:{commitment.commitment_id}") ) # Gate 4: Honor digest = cls._hash(json.dumps({ "commitment": commitment.commitment_id, "capabilities": tuple(sorted(commitment.required_capabilities)), "policy": state.principal_policy, "rationale": commitment.predecessor_rationale }, sort_keys=True)) return InheritanceManifest( verdict=InheritedCommitmentVerdict.HONOR_AS_IS, directive=f"PROCEED: Honor inherited commitment {commitment.commitment_id}.", manifest_digest=digest )