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Closes #39 (items 1 and 3).

Why

epistemic-types#32 was closed on 2026-10-05T06:37Z by the owner as delivered here — "No transfer of this issue occurred or is required, and none should be attempted" — and #39 opened as the successor guard one minute later. Seven surfaces in this repository still asserted that #32 stays open and must not be closed, including 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml and STATE.a2ml, which agents read first. That instruction is now actively wrong.

Separately, the standalone repository is no longer specification-only: at secret-types main ccdcb3e (2026-10-19) its proof gate is green and TINI is proved both at the two-point lattice and over an arbitrary Lattice record.

What changed

Pointer (guards against exactly the drift #39 exists for)

  • docs/secret-types.adoc: new Status update — 2026-10-25 section; the boundary bullets, the transition-review bullets and the Decision offered paragraph are corrected with dated supersession wording ("recorded 2026-10-04, superseded 2026-10-05").
  • docs/secret-types-transition-review-2026-10-05.adoc: kept as history, per [Task]: Secret-types boundary guard: keep the pointer accurate, keep claims out (successor to #32) #39. Adds a historical header note, dated markers on the review-state row and the ownership table, and a status section. The prepared update is recorded as never posted; the owner posted a different closing comment.
  • README.adoc, docs/README.adoc: #32 closed, no transfer, #39 is the guard.
  • STATE.a2ml, META.a2ml (ADR-007), 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml: the agent-facing rule now says closed — do not reopen, transfer, or duplicate; #39 for pointer updates.
  • CHANGELOG.adoc: dated entry.

Current standalone state (D153/D154)

  • secret-types main ccdcb3ec42792337a9ab6047e1f99de9d20a4f96, proof gate green in run 39305922644.
  • N-1, N-2, N-3, N-7 PROVEN; N-4, N-5, N-6 TESTED; N-8 PROVEN (countermodels).
  • The fragment has no declassification, so D154's "declassify only at explicit audited points" is not yet implemented. Recorded explicitly rather than smoothed over.
  • D153 registration: the family row landed in nextgen-typing docs/TYPE-CONNECTIONS.adoc on 2026-10-05 and #118 is closed. That map's explanatory note still claims no noninterference theorem exists; valence-shell's THEORY-FEED.adoc remains stale under #210 with #92 unselected. Both are recorded here as owned elsewhere, not edited here.

Verification

  • No Agda source touched; the proof gates are unaffected.
  • Structural checks: balanced ----/====/|=== delimiters, every <<anchor>> resolves, every relative link: target exists.
  • .a2ml files parse as valid structured data (STATE.a2ml, META.a2ml, 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml).
  • AsciiDoc render: not verified. asciidoctor is absent in the sandbox, and the governance Code quality + docs job does not render AsciiDoc (it checks documentation presence and launcher-standard currency), so no gate covers this. Structural checks (anchors, delimiters, link targets) are what was run.
  • Everything claimed about #32, #39, #118 and secret-types was read back from the GitHub API in this session; where a claim could not be checked (occupancy-types ULTRAPLAN path) it is omitted.

Not done here

Reconciling secret-types' own "specification only" status text and its review checklist with the proofs above, closing or reshaping secret-types#2, and the declassification work itself all belong to that repository. nextgen-typing and valence-shell corrections belong to theirs.

…alone proofs

Issue #32 was closed on 2026-10-05T06:37Z as delivered here, with no
transfer ("no transfer of this issue occurred or is required, and none
should be attempted"), and #39 opened as the successor guard. Seven
surfaces still asserted that #32 stays open and must not be closed,
including the machine-readable instructions an agent reads first.

Correct the current-state claims and keep the 2026-10-05 record as
history with dated supersession notes, per #39 item 1:

- docs/secret-types.adoc: new "Status update - 2026-10-25" section;
  boundary, transition-review and decision paragraphs corrected.
- docs/secret-types-transition-review-2026-10-05.adoc: historical
  header note, dated markers, new status section; the prepared update
  is recorded as never posted (the owner posted a different comment).
- README.adoc, docs/README.adoc, STATE.a2ml, META.a2ml (ADR-007),
  0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml: #32 closed, do not reopen/transfer/duplicate,
  #39 is the guard.
- CHANGELOG.adoc: dated entry.

Record the standalone repository's state (#39 item 3) at secret-types
main ccdcb3e (2026-10-19, proof gate green in run 39305922644): N-1,
N-2, N-3 and N-7 PROVEN, N-4/N-5/N-6 TESTED, N-8 PROVEN; no
declassification in the fragment, so D154's audited declassification
is not yet implemented. D153's family row landed in nextgen-typing on
2026-10-05 (#118 closed); that map's note still claims no
noninterference theorem exists, and valence-shell's feed text remains
stale. Those belong to their own repositories.

No Agda source changed.

Refs #39

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  • Documentation
    • Updated project documentation to reflect the closure of issue #32, its delivery status and successor tracking.
    • Recorded the standalone repository’s non-interference proof status and clarified that declassification remains unimplemented.
    • Revised status and transition-history notes to distinguish completed work from outstanding documentation and checklist updates.
    • Updated the changelog, README and related guidance to reflect these project-status changes.

The documentation and machine-readable records now state that issue #32 closed as delivered without transfer, and identify #39 as its successor guard. They record the standalone repository’s proof status and remaining work. No Agda source changed.

Changes: Secret-types status and boundary records

Layer / File(s) Summary
Transition review history
docs/secret-types-transition-review-2026-10-05.adoc
The review now records the closure of #32, the opening of #39, and the later status update. It retains the original prerequisites and proposed update as historical information.
Boundary status and pointers
docs/secret-types.adoc, docs/README.adoc, README.adoc
The boundary record and repository pointers report the closure of #32, the role of #39, the standalone repository’s proof status, and remaining work. They state that this repository has no Secret or IFC implementation or theorem.
Machine-readable policy and status record
.machine_readable/descriptiles/META.a2ml, .machine_readable/descriptiles/STATE.a2ml, 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml, CHANGELOG.adoc
Machine-readable records and the changelog align with the closure and successor guard. The changelog records standalone proof and test statuses, downstream status, and that no Agda source changed.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: Low · up to 4610a

The update is broadly mergeable, but correcting the assurance labels and exact revision pointers will prevent misleading documentation and agent guidance.

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Title check Passed The title names the docs scope (secret-types) and the #32 pointer sync to its closure and the standalone proofs. The changeset updates docs and agent metadata to record #32 as closed on 2026-10-05, th…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #39 item 1 is addressed. docs/secret-types.adoc records the closed #32 status, the exact secret-types revision ccdcb3ec42792337a9ab6047e1f99de9d20a4f96, and the #39 successor guard. The su…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The supplied change summary limits the changes to boundary documentation, historical documentation, README files, the changelog, and agent-facing metadata. These changes directly update the #32/#39 po…
Docstring Coverage Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Description check Passed The pull request description directly matches the changeset. It explains the closure of #32, the successor guard #39, the documentation and metadata updates, and the recorded standalone repository sta…
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The title names the docs scope (secret-types) and the #32 pointer sync to its closure and the standalone proofs. The changeset updates docs and agent metadata to record #32 as closed on 2026-10-05, the successor guard #39, and the standalone secret-types proof status. The title is specific and matches the main change. It omits the successor guard and the no-declassification caveat, which is acceptable.

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Issue #39 item 1 is addressed. docs/secret-types.adoc records the closed #32 status, the exact secret-types revision ccdcb3ec42792337a9ab6047e1f99de9d20a4f96, and the #39 successor guard. The supplied change summary reports matching updates in STATE.a2ml, META.a2ml, and 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml. The 2026-10-05 transition review remains as history and includes a dated supersession note. Item 3 is addressed by recording the nextgen-typing, valence-shell, and secret-types#2 follow-up ownership without editing those repositories. Item 2 remains satisfied: the inspected boundary note and manifest state that this repository adds no Secret type, IFC calculus, declassification rule, or noninterference theorem.

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The supplied change summary limits the changes to boundary documentation, historical documentation, README files, the changelog, and agent-facing metadata. These changes directly update the #32/#39 pointer, preserve history, or record downstream ownership under issue #39. No Agda source, standalone specification implementation, declassification work, or downstream repository edit is included.

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The pull request description directly matches the changeset. It explains the closure of #32, the successor guard #39, the documentation and metadata updates, and the recorded standalone repository status.

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Review comments at @.machine_readable/descriptiles/META.a2ml:
- Line 77: Update the revision reference in META.a2ml and the corresponding
references in STATE.a2ml and 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml to use the canonical full commit
hash, rather than the abbreviated ccdcb3e prefix.

Review comments at @docs/secret-types-transition-review-2026-10-05.adoc:
- Around line 281-284: Update the standalone proof-status statement for N-1–N-8
to label N-1, N-2, N-3, N-7 and N-8 as PROVEN, and N-4, N-5 and N-6 as TESTED;
explicitly state that D154’s audited-declassification requirement is not
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- Around line 91-92: Split the combined N-6/N-8 bullet in the laws census
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- Use the full secret-types revision
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  0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml rather than the ambiguous ccdcb3e prefix.
- docs/secret-types.adoc: split the laws-census bullet — N-6 (census) is
  TESTED, N-8 (each law necessary, countermodels) is PROVEN. The previous
  wording marked N-6 as both, overstating the assurance level.
- docs/secret-types-transition-review-2026-10-05.adoc: state the reported
  split exactly (N-1, N-2, N-3, N-7, N-8 PROVEN; N-4, N-5, N-6 TESTED) and
  say explicitly that D154's audited-declassification requirement is not
  implemented.

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@coderabbitai review — the three findings are addressed in c4a7f6a: full revision hash in all three .a2ml pointers; N-6 split from N-8 in docs/secret-types.adoc (N-6 TESTED, N-8 PROVEN); and the transition review now states the exact split (N-1, N-2, N-3, N-7, N-8 PROVEN; N-4, N-5, N-6 TESTED) with D154's audited declassification explicitly marked unimplemented. Please re-review.

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All three findings were addressed in c4a7f6a and verified: (1) the full revision ccdcb3ec42792337a9ab6047e1f99de9d20a4f96 is now used in STATE.a2ml, META.a2ml and 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml; (2) docs/secret-types.adoc splits N-6 (TESTED) from N-8 (PROVEN, countermodels); (3) the transition review states the exact split and marks D154's audited declassification explicitly unimplemented.

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Correction and CI status (full evidence follows in the next comment).

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Status: ready on content, blocked by repo-level CI access — and by missing issue-write permission

1. The change is complete

Eight files, two commits, no Agda source touched. Proof Safety, Canonical Echo, analyze (actions, none), CodeQL, semgrep and GitGuardian are green. CodeRabbit's three findings were fixed in c4a7f6a (full revision hash; N-6 split from N-8; exact status split with D154's declassification explicitly marked unimplemented) and its stale review was dismissed with that rationale.

I also corrected this PR's description: AsciiDoc rendering was not verified. asciidoctor is absent in the sandbox and the governance Code quality + docs job does not render AsciiDoc, so no gate covers it; only structural checks (anchors, delimiters, link targets) were run.

2. Why this cannot merge — not the diff

Ruleset epistemic-types-continuity-proof-branch requires seven contexts. Three come from the two reusable-workflow callers:

secret-scan / gitleaks, governance / Workflow security linter, governance / Actions lockfile verify, governance / Security policy checks.

Both callers fail at startup with zero jobs. The annotation is explicit:

Invalid workflow file: .github/workflows/governance.yml#L18 — error parsing called workflow ".github/workflows/governance.yml" -> "hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/governance-reusable.yml@75bd5994…": workflow was not found.

Evidence that this is repo-level access to reusable workflows, not a bad pin:

Check Result
governance-reusable.yml at 75bd5994 (contents API) exists
Control: bogus 40-hex ref 404 — so the lookup is real
75bd5994 reachable from standards main yes (ancestor; main is 42 ahead)
Repin probe to fad242d (its governance jobs ran today in nextgen-typing) same error
Runs 40233171195 (75bd5994) and 40233789191 (fad242d) fail identically

The probe commit was reverted (git reset --hard c4a7f6a), so the branch carries only the docs change. This affects every PR in this repository, not just this one.

To unblock (admin, not code): restore this repository's Actions access to reusable workflows from hyperpolymath/standards (Settings → Actions → General → Access; the error's own doc link points there), or temporarily unrequire those three contexts in ruleset 22415086, merge, and restore.

3. Issue #39 was not commented on or closed

POST /repos/hyperpolymath/epistemic-types/issues/39/comments returns 403 "Resource not accessible by integration" — the same issue-write gap seen on 2026-10-04. PR writes work; issue writes do not. #39 is verified untouched (open, 0 comments, updatedAt unchanged at 2026-10-05T06:38:56Z).

That is also why the guard should stay open until this merges: main still asserts #32 is open, and closing the guard now would remove the only tracker for a statement that is still false on the default branch. The intended #39 update is recorded here instead.

4. What lands when this merges

main stops telling agents that #32 is open; the 2026-10-05 review stays as history with dated notes; the standalone repository's real state (TINI PROVEN at two points and over a Lattice record, declassification not implemented) is recorded with an exact revision.

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[Task]: Secret-types boundary guard: keep the pointer accurate, keep claims out (successor to #32)

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