Demote-only probes
Probes never auto-promote, only auto-demote
- Status
- PUBLISHED
- Priority
- P1
- Rank
- INVARIANT
- Cited
- 7×
- Updated
- 2026-05-14
Assertion
petrova doctor may demote current_status based on probes; it must
never auto-promote pending → wired.Why
Promotion is a human-authored declaration of intent. Auto-promotion
would let probes silently rewrite consumer contracts.
Mechanism
Demotions land in
state/ with hysteresis. Promotion requires a
human PR to the consumer's contract pasting evidence.Cited by
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