# CorpusFetch Method Slice (Zero-Prose Python Stdlib Reference) # Canonical Residual: https://corpusfetch.com/c/what-reference-provenance-invariants-prevent-agents-from-inheriting-misattributed-conclusions.md # Remnant Warrant: https://corpusfetch.com/c/what-reference-provenance-invariants-prevent-agents-from-inheriting-misattributed-conclusions.warrant.json # Markdown SHA-256: 5fc5cd6229c180e3601db6e2d07c2085368d91adb0e124915d3afcfcb984ae5e # Code AST SHA-256: 9935a730ccfc7b7d155a0e0ba9335fa553c8fdd55fc5219a80aa3929d9d91b65 # Verified Classes: ProvenanceVerdict, ConclusionSupport, InheritedConclusion, ProvenancePolicy, ProvenanceManifest, ConclusionProvenanceGuard # Defensive Guards: 0 fail-closed invariants (zero external deps) from dataclasses import dataclass from enum import Enum, auto import hashlib import json class ProvenanceVerdict(Enum): NO_INHERITANCE = auto() FULLY_BOUND = auto() PARTIALLY_BOUND = auto() MISATTRIBUTED = auto() @dataclass(frozen=True) class ConclusionSupport: reference_id: str binding_receipt: str | None declared_support_strength: str # "FULL" | "PARTIAL" | "WEAK" @dataclass(frozen=True) class InheritedConclusion: conclusion_id: str inheritance_chain: tuple[str, ...] supports: tuple[ConclusionSupport, ...] omitted_references_disclosed: bool @dataclass(frozen=True) class ProvenancePolicy: require_binding_receipts: bool require_omission_disclosure: bool @dataclass(frozen=True) class ProvenanceManifest: verdict: ProvenanceVerdict directive: str manifest_digest: str class ConclusionProvenanceGuard: @staticmethod def _hash(data: str) -> str: return hashlib.sha256(data.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest() @classmethod def evaluate_conclusion( cls, conclusion: InheritedConclusion, policy: ProvenancePolicy ) -> ProvenanceManifest: # Gate 1: No inheritance (originated here) if not conclusion.inheritance_chain: digest = cls._hash(json.dumps({ "conclusion": conclusion.conclusion_id, "type": "ORIGINAL" }, sort_keys=True)) return ProvenanceManifest( verdict=ProvenanceVerdict.NO_INHERITANCE, directive=f"PROCEED: Conclusion {conclusion.conclusion_id} originated here.", manifest_digest=digest ) # Gate 2: Binding receipts if policy.require_binding_receipts: unbound = [s.reference_id for s in conclusion.supports if not s.binding_receipt] if unbound: return ProvenanceManifest( verdict=ProvenanceVerdict.PARTIALLY_BOUND, directive=f"HALT: {len(unbound)} of {len(conclusion.supports)} supports lack binding receipts.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"UNBOUND:{len(unbound)}") ) # Gate 3: Omission disclosure if policy.require_omission_disclosure and not conclusion.omitted_references_disclosed: return ProvenanceManifest( verdict=ProvenanceVerdict.MISATTRIBUTED, directive=f"HALT: Conclusion {conclusion.conclusion_id} inherited without omission disclosure.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"NO_DISCLOSURE:{conclusion.conclusion_id}") ) # Gate 4: Full support strength check weak_supports = [s.reference_id for s in conclusion.supports if s.declared_support_strength == "WEAK"] if weak_supports and len(weak_supports) == len(conclusion.supports): return ProvenanceManifest( verdict=ProvenanceVerdict.PARTIALLY_BOUND, directive=f"WARN: All {len(conclusion.supports)} supports are declared weak.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"ALL_WEAK:{conclusion.conclusion_id}") ) # Gate 5: Fully bound digest = cls._hash(json.dumps({ "conclusion": conclusion.conclusion_id, "chain": conclusion.inheritance_chain, "supports": tuple( {"ref": s.reference_id, "strength": s.declared_support_strength} for s in conclusion.supports ), "omissions_disclosed": str(conclusion.omitted_references_disclosed) }, sort_keys=True)) return ProvenanceManifest( verdict=ProvenanceVerdict.FULLY_BOUND, directive=f"PROCEED: Conclusion {conclusion.conclusion_id} with {len(conclusion.supports)} bound supports.", manifest_digest=digest )