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+# Decision records
+
+## FLEX-DEC-0001 — Assent to GH-DEC-2026-001: Engine framing, access-engine rename, authoring/evaluation split
+
+```yaml
+id: FLEX-DEC-0001
+kind: decision
+title: 'Assent to GH-DEC-2026-001: Engine framing, access-engine rename, authoring/evaluation
+  split'
+status: open
+origin: cross-repo
+origin_ref: gate-house GH-DEC-2026-001
+standard: net-kingdom/canon/standards/security-layer-model_v0.1.md
+intake_ref: FLEX-IN-0001
+owner: flex-auth
+affects:
+- flex-auth
+- gate-house
+- net-kingdom
+- ops-warden
+- secrets-engine
+- zone-engine
+requested_dispositions:
+- assent
+- revise
+- reject
+created: '2026-08-28T19:43:38.443788Z'
+updated: '2026-08-28T19:43:38.443788Z'
+```