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B1 was found with a shell pipeline and published as a finding. The review it
appeared in had already argued that a mechanical check nobody can re-run is an
assertion, and §11's entire claim is mechanical checkability — so asserting B1
unmechanically was that defect committed by the repository reporting it.

tools/survey_layer_declarations.go reads both §11 forms per repository, reports
intra-repository disagreement, and writes a receipt. Run once, it showed the
published B1 was wrong: the estate does not spell layer: three ways across
repositories. The original pipeline took the first ^layer: match per repository
without recording which file it came from, reporting one value where there were
two.

The corrected finding is stronger. Nine of nine repositories carrying both §11
forms declare a different value in each: INTENT.md says Engine/Staff, layer.yaml
says engine/staff. The disagreement is within each repository, between the two
forms §11 permits, and it is universal rather than careless — two generators, two
conventions. Nobody is inconsistent with anybody else.

That relocates the question from casing to precedence: §11 accepts either form
and does not say which governs when both exist and disagree, so a conformance run
reading INTENT.md and one reading layer.yaml reach different answers for nine
repositories while both follow §11. flex-auth is the only declared repository
that cannot exhibit this, and only because it never wrote the second file.

The correction is recorded in the review rather than edited away: a published
review corrected silently is FLEX-DEC-2026-008's defect, and that rule has no
exception for the reviewer.

Four tests cover the disagreement case, the refusal to fold case, a missing
declaration, and the single-form shape that must not read as self-disagreement.
The survey checks only the §3 vocabulary and never applies flex-auth's house
rules to peers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Full statements in `workplans/FLEX-WP-0030-boundary-declaration-cleanup.md` T04.
| # | Finding | Owner | | # | Finding | Owner |
| --- | --- | --- | | --- | --- | --- |
| B1 | `layer:` casing is inconsistent across ten declarations; §11 calls the check mechanical, and flex-auth's own validator would fail eight of them | `gate-house` | | B1 | **Corrected 2026-09-21.** Nine of nine repositories carrying both §11 forms declare a different `layer:` value in each. §11 does not say which form governs | `gate-house` |
| B2 | `gate-house`, `key-cape`, `ops-mason`, `net-kingdom` carry no machine-readable layer declaration | each named repository | | B2 | `gate-house`, `key-cape`, `ops-mason`, `net-kingdom` carry no machine-readable layer declaration | each named repository |
| B3 | flex-auth declares no emission guarantee; whether it owes one turns on an unruled boundary with `audit-core` | `gate-house`, `audit-core` | | B3 | flex-auth declares no emission guarantee; whether it owes one turns on an unruled boundary with `audit-core` | `gate-house`, `audit-core` |
| B4 | a layer declaration should not pin a standard version; if §11 agrees it should say so generally | `gate-house` | | B4 | a layer declaration should not pin a standard version; if §11 agrees it should say so generally | `gate-house` |
@ -66,3 +66,47 @@ Full statements in `workplans/FLEX-WP-0030-boundary-declaration-cleanup.md` T04.
the thing that changes. the thing that changes.
- **Not a grade.** §9.3's two-owner split is flex-auth's own finding and it cuts - **Not a grade.** §9.3's two-owner split is flex-auth's own finding and it cuts
here: the PDP does not get to score the repositories whose facts it consumes. here: the PDP does not get to score the repositories whose facts it consumes.
## Correction — B1, 2026-09-21
**The first published version of B1 was wrong, and it was wrong in a way this
review exists to prevent.**
It reported that the estate spelled `layer:` three ways *across* repositories,
and named eight as non-conformant on casing. That came from an ad-hoc shell
survey run while writing this document. The survey took the first `^layer:` match
per repository across two files without recording which file it came from, so it
reported one value where there were two.
Re-run mechanically (`tools/survey_layer_declarations.go`, receipt at
`docs/evidence/2026-09-21-layer-declaration-survey.json`), the finding is
different and stronger:
| | |
| --- | --- |
| Repositories carrying **both** §11 forms | 9 |
| Of those, forms that **disagree** | **9 of 9** |
| Shape | `INTENT.md` says `Engine` / `Staff`; `layer.yaml` says `engine` / `staff` |
| Repositories with only one form | 1 — `flex-auth`, which has no `layer.yaml` |
The disagreement is **within** each repository, between the two forms §11
permits, and it is universal rather than sloppy — two generators, two
conventions, no repository mixing them. Nobody is inconsistent with anybody else.
That relocates the question. §11 accepts *"a `layer:` key in the `INTENT.md`
frontmatter, **or** an equivalent declaration file"* and does not say which
governs when a repository carries both and they disagree. A conformance run
reading `INTENT.md` and one reading `layer.yaml` reach different answers for nine
repositories, and both are following §11.
flex-auth is the only declared repository that cannot exhibit this, and only
because it never wrote the second file — not a virtue.
**What this cost.** The wrong version went to `gate-house` and five engine
repositories before it was checked. Corrections were sent the same day. The
review had already said a mechanical check nobody can re-run is an assertion, and
then asserted B1 from a shell pipeline — which is why B1 is now a command with
tests and a receipt, and why this correction is recorded here rather than edited
away. A published review corrected silently is `FLEX-DEC-2026-008`'s defect, and
that rule does not have an exception for the reviewer.

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@ -0,0 +1,446 @@
{
"checks_only": "§3 vocabulary as written; no flex-auth house rules applied to peers",
"derived_at": "run time",
"off_vocab": [
"approval-engine/layer.yaml=\"engine\"",
"audit-core/layer.yaml=\"engine\"",
"kings-guard/layer.yaml=\"staff\"",
"maturity-engine/layer.yaml=\"engine\"",
"ops-warden/layer.yaml=\"staff\"",
"secrets-engine/layer.yaml=\"engine\"",
"tenant-engine/layer.yaml=\"engine\"",
"user-engine/layer.yaml=\"engine\"",
"zone-engine/layer.yaml=\"engine\""
],
"root": "/home/worsch",
"rows": [
{
"Repo": "approval-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "approval-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "approval-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "audit-core",
"Intent": {
"Source": "audit-core/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "Evidence",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "audit-core/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "evidence",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "flex-auth",
"Intent": {
"Source": "flex-auth/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PDP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "",
"Layer": "",
"Role": "",
"Found": false,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "gate-house",
"Intent": {
"Source": "",
"Layer": "",
"Role": "",
"Found": false,
"InVocabulary": false
},
"File": {
"Source": "",
"Layer": "",
"Role": "",
"Found": false,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "key-cape",
"Intent": {
"Source": "",
"Layer": "",
"Role": "",
"Found": false,
"InVocabulary": false
},
"File": {
"Source": "",
"Layer": "",
"Role": "",
"Found": false,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "kings-guard",
"Intent": {
"Source": "kings-guard/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Staff",
"Role": "",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "kings-guard/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "staff",
"Role": "",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "maturity-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "maturity-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "maturity-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "net-kingdom",
"Intent": {
"Source": "",
"Layer": "",
"Role": "",
"Found": false,
"InVocabulary": false
},
"File": {
"Source": "",
"Layer": "",
"Role": "",
"Found": false,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "ops-mason",
"Intent": {
"Source": "",
"Layer": "",
"Role": "",
"Found": false,
"InVocabulary": false
},
"File": {
"Source": "",
"Layer": "",
"Role": "",
"Found": false,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "ops-warden",
"Intent": {
"Source": "ops-warden/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Staff",
"Role": "",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "ops-warden/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "staff",
"Role": "",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "secrets-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "secrets-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "Lifecycle",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "secrets-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "lifecycle",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "tenant-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "tenant-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "tenant-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "user-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "user-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "user-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "zone-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "zone-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "zone-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
}
],
"self_disagreeing": [
{
"Repo": "approval-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "approval-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "approval-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "audit-core",
"Intent": {
"Source": "audit-core/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "Evidence",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "audit-core/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "evidence",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "kings-guard",
"Intent": {
"Source": "kings-guard/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Staff",
"Role": "",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "kings-guard/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "staff",
"Role": "",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "maturity-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "maturity-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "maturity-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "ops-warden",
"Intent": {
"Source": "ops-warden/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Staff",
"Role": "",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "ops-warden/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "staff",
"Role": "",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "secrets-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "secrets-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "Lifecycle",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "secrets-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "lifecycle",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "tenant-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "tenant-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "tenant-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "user-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "user-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "user-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
},
{
"Repo": "zone-engine",
"Intent": {
"Source": "zone-engine/INTENT.md",
"Layer": "Engine",
"Role": "PIP",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": true
},
"File": {
"Source": "zone-engine/layer.yaml",
"Layer": "engine",
"Role": "pip",
"Found": true,
"InVocabulary": false
}
}
],
"spellings": {
"Engine": [
"approval-engine/INTENT.md",
"audit-core/INTENT.md",
"flex-auth/INTENT.md",
"maturity-engine/INTENT.md",
"secrets-engine/INTENT.md",
"tenant-engine/INTENT.md",
"user-engine/INTENT.md",
"zone-engine/INTENT.md"
],
"Staff": [
"kings-guard/INTENT.md",
"ops-warden/INTENT.md"
],
"engine": [
"approval-engine/layer.yaml",
"audit-core/layer.yaml",
"maturity-engine/layer.yaml",
"secrets-engine/layer.yaml",
"tenant-engine/layer.yaml",
"user-engine/layer.yaml",
"zone-engine/layer.yaml"
],
"staff": [
"kings-guard/layer.yaml",
"ops-warden/layer.yaml"
]
},
"undeclared": [
"gate-house",
"key-cape",
"net-kingdom",
"ops-mason"
]
}

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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
"gopkg.in/yaml.v3" "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
) )
// Layer vocabulary from security-layer-model_v0.7 §3. // Layer vocabulary from the Security Layer Model §3.
var validLayers = map[string]bool{ var validLayers = map[string]bool{
"Staff": true, "Staff": true,
"Engine": true, "Engine": true,
@ -80,8 +80,14 @@ func LoadDeclaration(path string) (Declaration, error) {
if err != nil { if err != nil {
return Declaration{}, err return Declaration{}, err
} }
return parseDeclarationYAML(frontmatter)
}
// parseDeclarationYAML unmarshals a bare declaration document. Shared with the
// estate survey, which reads layer.yaml files that carry no frontmatter fence.
func parseDeclarationYAML(doc string) (Declaration, error) {
var decl Declaration var decl Declaration
if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(frontmatter), &decl); err != nil { if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(doc), &decl); err != nil {
return Declaration{}, fmt.Errorf("parse layer declaration: %w", err) return Declaration{}, fmt.Errorf("parse layer declaration: %w", err)
} }
return decl, nil return decl, nil

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package layer
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"sort"
"strings"
)
// Form is one of the two shapes §11 accepts for a declaration: a layer: key in
// INTENT.md frontmatter, or an equivalent declaration file.
type Form struct {
Source string // path relative to the survey root, "" when the form is absent
Layer string // the layer: value exactly as written
Role string
Found bool
// InVocabulary reports whether Layer is in the §3 vocabulary as written.
// Deliberately case-sensitive: whether §3 is case-insensitive is the open
// question (FLEX-WP-0030 B1), and folding case here would hide it.
InVocabulary bool
}
// SurveyRow is one repository's declaration as observed from outside. It holds
// BOTH forms, because §11 permits either and does not say which is
// authoritative when a repository carries both and they disagree.
type SurveyRow struct {
Repo string
Intent Form // INTENT.md frontmatter
File Form // layer.yaml or equivalent
}
// Declared reports whether any machine-readable form was found.
func (r SurveyRow) Declared() bool { return r.Intent.Found || r.File.Found }
// SelfDisagrees reports a repository whose two §11 forms state different layer
// values. Case counts: that is the point of the finding, not an artifact of it.
func (r SurveyRow) SelfDisagrees() bool {
return r.Intent.Found && r.File.Found && r.Intent.Layer != r.File.Layer
}
// Layer returns the value to report, preferring INTENT.md, which §11 names
// first. The preference is this survey's, not a ruling — which form governs is
// exactly what FLEX-WP-0030 B1 asks.
func (r SurveyRow) Layer() string {
if r.Intent.Found {
return r.Intent.Layer
}
return r.File.Layer
}
var declarationFiles = []string{"layer.yaml", "layer.yml"}
// SurveyDeclarations reads both §11 forms for every repository under root.
//
// It checks ONE property: whether each layer: value sits in the §3 vocabulary
// as written. It deliberately does not apply flex-auth's own declaration rules
// — pep_stance, tooling_contacts, conformance_record — to any other repository.
// Those are flex-auth's invariants for flex-auth, and §11 is explicit that a
// layer stated about a repository by another repository is not a declaration.
// A survey that graded peers by the surveyor's house rules would be that defect
// wearing a tool for a hat.
func SurveyDeclarations(root string, repos []string) ([]SurveyRow, error) {
var rows []SurveyRow
for _, repo := range repos {
row := SurveyRow{Repo: repo}
row.Intent = readForm(root, filepath.Join(repo, "INTENT.md"))
for _, name := range declarationFiles {
if f := readForm(root, filepath.Join(repo, name)); f.Found {
row.File = f
break
}
}
rows = append(rows, row)
}
sort.Slice(rows, func(i, j int) bool { return rows[i].Repo < rows[j].Repo })
return rows, nil
}
func readForm(root, rel string) Form {
path := filepath.Join(root, rel)
if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
return Form{}
}
decl, err := loadAnyDeclaration(path)
if err != nil || strings.TrimSpace(decl.Layer) == "" {
return Form{}
}
return Form{
Source: rel,
Layer: decl.Layer,
Role: decl.Role,
Found: true,
InVocabulary: validLayers[decl.Layer],
}
}
// loadAnyDeclaration reads INTENT.md frontmatter or a bare declaration file.
func loadAnyDeclaration(path string) (Declaration, error) {
if strings.HasSuffix(path, ".md") {
return LoadDeclaration(path)
}
body, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
return Declaration{}, err
}
return parseDeclarationYAML(string(body))
}
// Spellings groups every observed layer: value across both forms, so the spread
// is a result rather than a claim.
func Spellings(rows []SurveyRow) map[string][]string {
out := map[string][]string{}
add := func(v, where string) {
if v != "" {
out[v] = append(out[v], where)
}
}
for _, r := range rows {
if r.Intent.Found {
add(r.Intent.Layer, r.Repo+"/INTENT.md")
}
if r.File.Found {
add(r.File.Layer, r.File.Source)
}
}
return out
}
// Undeclared lists repositories with no machine-readable declaration in either form.
func Undeclared(rows []SurveyRow) []string {
var out []string
for _, r := range rows {
if !r.Declared() {
out = append(out, r.Repo)
}
}
return out
}
// SelfDisagreeing lists repositories whose two §11 forms disagree.
func SelfDisagreeing(rows []SurveyRow) []SurveyRow {
var out []SurveyRow
for _, r := range rows {
if r.SelfDisagrees() {
out = append(out, r)
}
}
return out
}
// FormatSurvey renders the survey as a stable, diffable report.
func FormatSurvey(rows []SurveyRow) string {
var b strings.Builder
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "%-18s %-16s %-16s %s\n", "REPO", "INTENT.md", "DECL FILE", "NOTE")
for _, r := range rows {
note := ""
switch {
case !r.Declared():
note = "NO DECLARATION (§11)"
case r.SelfDisagrees():
note = "forms disagree"
case !r.Intent.Found:
note = "declaration file only"
case !r.File.Found:
note = "INTENT.md only"
}
for _, f := range []Form{r.Intent, r.File} {
if f.Found && !f.InVocabulary {
note += "; outside §3 vocabulary as written"
}
}
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "%-18s %-16s %-16s %s\n", r.Repo, dash(r.Intent.Layer), dash(r.File.Layer), note)
}
return b.String()
}
func dash(s string) string {
if strings.TrimSpace(s) == "" {
return "—"
}
return s
}

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package layer_test
import (
"os"
"path/filepath"
"testing"
"github.com/netkingdom/flex-auth/internal/layer"
)
func writeRepo(t *testing.T, root, name, intent, declFile string) {
t.Helper()
dir := filepath.Join(root, name)
if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if intent != "" {
body := "---\nlayer: " + intent + "\nrole: PDP\n---\n\n# x\n"
if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "INTENT.md"), []byte(body), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
}
if declFile != "" {
if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "layer.yaml"), []byte("layer: "+declFile+"\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
}
}
// The finding FLEX-WP-0030 B1 rests on: §11 accepts either form and does not
// say which governs when a repository carries both and they disagree.
func TestSurveyDetectsFormsDisagreeingWithinOneRepo(t *testing.T) {
root := t.TempDir()
writeRepo(t, root, "peer", "Engine", "engine")
rows, err := layer.SurveyDeclarations(root, []string{"peer"})
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if len(rows) != 1 {
t.Fatalf("rows = %d; want 1", len(rows))
}
if !rows[0].SelfDisagrees() {
t.Fatal("Engine vs engine across the two §11 forms was not reported as disagreement")
}
if got := len(layer.SelfDisagreeing(rows)); got != 1 {
t.Fatalf("SelfDisagreeing = %d; want 1", got)
}
}
// Case is not folded: whether §3 is case-insensitive is the open question, and
// folding here would hide the finding rather than resolve it.
func TestSurveyDoesNotFoldCase(t *testing.T) {
root := t.TempDir()
writeRepo(t, root, "peer", "", "engine")
rows, _ := layer.SurveyDeclarations(root, []string{"peer"})
if rows[0].File.InVocabulary {
t.Fatal(`"engine" was accepted into the §3 vocabulary; the survey must not fold case`)
}
}
func TestSurveyReportsMissingDeclaration(t *testing.T) {
root := t.TempDir()
writeRepo(t, root, "silent", "", "")
rows, _ := layer.SurveyDeclarations(root, []string{"silent"})
if rows[0].Declared() {
t.Fatal("a repository with neither form was reported as declared")
}
if got := layer.Undeclared(rows); len(got) != 1 || got[0] != "silent" {
t.Fatalf("Undeclared = %v; want [silent]", got)
}
}
// A single well-formed declaration must not be reported as disagreeing with
// itself — flex-auth is exactly this shape.
func TestSurveySingleFormIsNotDisagreement(t *testing.T) {
root := t.TempDir()
writeRepo(t, root, "solo", "Engine", "")
rows, _ := layer.SurveyDeclarations(root, []string{"solo"})
if rows[0].SelfDisagrees() {
t.Fatal("a repository with only INTENT.md was reported as self-disagreeing")
}
if !rows[0].Intent.InVocabulary {
t.Fatal(`"Engine" was rejected from the §3 vocabulary`)
}
}

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@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
//go:build ignore
// Command survey_layer_declarations runs the §11 mechanical check across the
// estate rather than against flex-auth alone.
//
// Why this exists: §11 calls the layer declaration mechanically checkable, but
// every checker in the estate reads only its own file. A check that cannot
// disagree with anyone has not been run. FLEX-WP-0030 B1 was found by an ad-hoc
// shell survey, which is the same defect in a different costume — a finding
// nobody can reproduce is an assertion. This makes it a command.
//
// It checks ONE property: whether each layer: value sits in the §3 vocabulary
// as written, case-sensitively. It does not apply flex-auth's own declaration
// rules to any other repository, and it does not grade anyone: §11 is explicit
// that a layer stated about a repository by another repository is not a
// declaration.
//
// go run tools/survey_layer_declarations.go --root ~ [--json out.json]
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"flag"
"fmt"
"os"
"os/user"
"path/filepath"
"sort"
"strings"
"github.com/netkingdom/flex-auth/internal/layer"
)
// Security-relevant counterparts from docs/conformance/boundaries-review.md.
var counterparts = []string{
"approval-engine", "audit-core", "flex-auth", "gate-house", "key-cape",
"kings-guard", "maturity-engine", "net-kingdom", "ops-mason", "ops-warden",
"secrets-engine", "tenant-engine", "user-engine", "zone-engine",
}
func main() {
root := flag.String("root", "", "directory holding the repositories (default: home)")
jsonOut := flag.String("json", "", "write a receipt to this path")
flag.Parse()
dir := *root
if dir == "" {
u, err := user.Current()
if err != nil {
fail(err)
}
dir = u.HomeDir
}
rows, err := layer.SurveyDeclarations(dir, counterparts)
if err != nil {
fail(err)
}
fmt.Print(layer.FormatSurvey(rows))
spellings := layer.Spellings(rows)
undeclared := layer.Undeclared(rows)
fmt.Printf("\n%d counterparts surveyed, %d declared, %d undeclared.\n",
len(rows), len(rows)-len(undeclared), len(undeclared))
keys := make([]string, 0, len(spellings))
for k := range spellings {
keys = append(keys, k)
}
sort.Strings(keys)
fmt.Printf("\nSpellings of layer: (%d distinct)\n", len(keys))
for _, k := range keys {
fmt.Printf(" %-10s %s\n", k, strings.Join(spellings[k], ", "))
}
if len(undeclared) > 0 {
fmt.Printf("\nNo machine-readable declaration (§11 B2): %s\n", strings.Join(undeclared, ", "))
}
disagree := layer.SelfDisagreeing(rows)
if len(disagree) > 0 {
fmt.Printf("\nRepositories whose two §11 forms disagree (§11 B1): %d\n", len(disagree))
for _, r := range disagree {
fmt.Printf(" %-18s INTENT.md=%-8q %s=%q\n", r.Repo, r.Intent.Layer, r.File.Source, r.File.Layer)
}
fmt.Println("\n§11 accepts \"a layer: key in INTENT.md frontmatter, OR an equivalent")
fmt.Println("declaration file\" and does not say which governs when both exist and")
fmt.Println("disagree. This is the open question, not a verdict.")
}
var offVocab []string
for _, r := range rows {
for _, f := range []layer.Form{r.Intent, r.File} {
if f.Found && !f.InVocabulary {
offVocab = append(offVocab, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%q", f.Source, f.Layer))
}
}
}
if len(offVocab) > 0 {
fmt.Printf("\nOutside the §3 vocabulary as written: %s\n", strings.Join(offVocab, ", "))
}
if *jsonOut != "" {
receipt := map[string]any{
"derived_at": "run time",
"root": dir,
"rows": rows,
"spellings": spellings,
"undeclared": undeclared,
"off_vocab": offVocab,
"self_disagreeing": disagree,
"checks_only": "§3 vocabulary as written; no flex-auth house rules applied to peers",
}
b, err := json.MarshalIndent(receipt, "", " ")
if err != nil {
fail(err)
}
if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Clean(*jsonOut), append(b, '\n'), 0o644); err != nil {
fail(err)
}
fmt.Printf("\nReceipt: %s\n", *jsonOut)
}
}
func fail(err error) {
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "survey:", err)
os.Exit(1)
}

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@ -153,23 +153,36 @@ state_hub_task_id: "70786e6d-02f2-5a90-8640-247ba377d9a4"
Owner: `flex-auth` to raise; the named owner resolves each. Owner: `flex-auth` to raise; the named owner resolves each.
### B1 — `layer:` case is inconsistent, and §11 calls the check mechanical ### B1 — nine of nine repositories disagree with themselves across the two §11 forms
| Value written | Repositories | **Corrected 2026-09-21.** The first version of this finding said the estate
spelled `layer:` three ways across repositories and named eight as non-conformant
on casing. That was wrong, from an ad-hoc shell survey that took the first
`^layer:` match per repository without recording which file it came from.
Re-run mechanically (`tools/survey_layer_declarations.go`, receipt at
`docs/evidence/2026-09-21-layer-declaration-survey.json`):
| Repositories carrying both §11 forms | 9 |
| --- | --- | | --- | --- |
| `Engine` | `flex-auth`, `maturity-engine` | | Of those, forms that disagree | **9 of 9** |
| `engine` | `secrets-engine`, `approval-engine`, `user-engine`, `tenant-engine`, `zone-engine`, `audit-core` | | Shape | `INTENT.md`: `Engine` / `Staff`. `layer.yaml`: `engine` / `staff` |
| `staff` | `ops-warden`, `kings-guard` | | Only one form | `flex-auth` — no `layer.yaml`, which is why it cannot exhibit this |
flex-auth's own validator rejects anything outside `{Staff, Engine, Tooling}` The disagreement is **within** each repository, not across the estate, and it is
(`internal/layer/conformance.go:86`), so run across the estate it would fail universal rather than careless: two generators, two conventions, no repository
eight of ten declarations on casing alone. Either the §3 vocabulary is mixing them. Nobody is inconsistent with anybody else.
case-insensitive and every checker MUST fold case, or it is not and eight
declarations are non-conformant. Today each repository's checker only reads its
own file, so the disagreement is invisible by construction.
Owner: `gate-house`. This is the §11 mechanical-checkability claim meeting its §11 accepts *"a `layer:` key in the `INTENT.md` frontmatter, **or** an equivalent
first cross-repository run. declaration file"* and does not say which governs when both exist and disagree. A
conformance run reading `INTENT.md` and one reading `layer.yaml` reach different
answers for nine repositories, and both follow §11. That is the finding: not
casing, but an unruled precedence between two permitted forms.
Owner: `gate-house`. Two things would resolve it — which form governs, and
whether the §3 vocabulary is case-sensitive. If it is case-insensitive, the
casing half evaporates and flex-auth's validator is what changes; the precedence
half does not.
### B2 — four security-relevant repositories carry no layer declaration ### B2 — four security-relevant repositories carry no layer declaration
@ -249,6 +262,11 @@ since no repository could have discovered it from inside its own checker.
Task stays `progress`: every finding is open until its owner answers. None is Task stays `progress`: every finding is open until its owner answers. None is
closed by silence. closed by silence.
2026-09-21 (later): **B1 was sent wrong and corrected the same day.** See T05.
Corrections went to `gate-house` and the five engine repositories that received
the original, plus `ops-warden`, `kings-guard` and `audit-core`, who are affected
by the corrected finding and had not been told of the first.
## Out of scope ## Out of scope
- Bumping flex-auth to declare v0.8. v0.8 is `status: proposed`; T01 removes the - Bumping flex-auth to declare v0.8. v0.8 is `status: proposed`; T01 removes the
@ -257,3 +275,39 @@ closed by silence.
- Grading any peer repository's conformance. flex-auth reports what it can - Grading any peer repository's conformance. flex-auth reports what it can
observe and names the owner; §9.3's two-owner split cuts here too. observe and names the owner; §9.3's two-owner split cuts here too.
- `FLEX-WP-0029`'s stance-register second edition. Adjacent, separately owned. - `FLEX-WP-0029`'s stance-register second edition. Adjacent, separately owned.
## 5. Make the survey reproducible
```task
id: FLEX-WP-0030-T05
status: done
priority: high
```
Owner: `flex-auth`.
B1 was found with a shell pipeline and published as a finding. The review it
appeared in had already argued that a mechanical check nobody can re-run is an
assertion — and §11's whole claim is mechanical checkability. Asserting B1
unmechanically was that defect committed by the repository reporting it.
`tools/survey_layer_declarations.go` reads **both** §11 forms for every
security-relevant counterpart, reports intra-repository disagreement, and writes
a JSON receipt. `internal/layer` carries four tests covering the disagreement
case, the refusal to fold case, a missing declaration, and the single-form shape
that must not be reported as disagreeing with itself.
It checks exactly one property — the `layer:` value against the §3 vocabulary as
written — and deliberately does **not** apply flex-auth's own declaration rules
(`pep_stance`, `tooling_contacts`, `conformance_record`) to any other repository.
Grading peers by the surveyor's house rules would be §11's own defect wearing a
tool for a hat.
Running it immediately falsified the finding it was built to reproduce, which is
the argument for building it.
Gate: B1 is reproducible by command, with a receipt, and the correction is
recorded rather than edited away.
2026-09-21: done. Receipt at
`docs/evidence/2026-09-21-layer-declaration-survey.json`.