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[!FROZEN] MPLP Protocol v1.0.0 Frozen Specification Freeze Date: 2025-12-03 Status: FROZEN (no breaking changes permitted) Governance: MPLP Protocol Governance Committee (MPGC) License: Apache-2.0 Note: Any normative change requires a new protocol version.

Cross-Cutting Kernel Duties (11 OS-Level Duties)

[!IMPORTANT] SOT Definition: These 11 kernel obligations apply across every lifecycle stage, agent, and runtime. They ensure multi-agent systems remain coherent, auditable, recoverable, and deterministic — the core requirements of an Agent OS.

The 11 Duties​

  1. Coordination — Managing multi-agent collaboration and handoffs.
  2. Error Handling — Recovering from failures deterministically.
  3. Event Bus — Universal event emission and subscription.
  4. Learning Feedback — Closing the loop from outcome to improvement.
  5. Observability — Deep visibility into reasoning and state.
  6. Orchestration — Pipeline management and flow control.
  7. Performance — Latency, throughput, and resource limits.
  8. Protocol Versioning — Handling schema evolution and compatibility.
  9. Security — Authentication, authorization, and sandboxing.
  10. State Sync — Keeping distributed state consistent (PSG).
  11. Transaction — Atomic operations and rollback guarantees.

Scope​

These duties are NOT optional features. They are kernel obligations. A runtime cannot claim MPLP compliance if it ignores these duties, even if it implements the 10 modules correctly.