Lifecycle Guarantees Reference
[!IMPORTANT] Non-Normative Document
This document is informative only.
SSOT:
Validation_Lab/governance/LIFECYCLE_GUARANTEES.yaml
This page is a Reference projection. Authority resides in the Validation Lab repository.
What are Lifecycle Guarantees?
Lifecycle Guarantees (LG-01~05) are the adjudication targets in the Validation Lab. They define what the Lab evaluates when processing evidence packs under a versioned ruleset.
- LG-01~05 = Lifecycle Guarantees (Lab adjudication targets) — defined in Validation Lab
- Flow-01~05 = Protocol Test Scenarios — defined in main repository (
tests/golden/flows/)
These are distinct naming spaces and should not be conflated.
LG-01~05 Definitions
| ID | Internal ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG-01 | gf-01 | Single Agent Lifecycle | Evaluates presence of context, plan, and trace artifacts |
| LG-02 | gf-02 | Multi-Agent Collaboration | Evaluates presence of timeline events |
| LG-03 | gf-03 | Human-in-the-Loop Gating | Evaluates presence of confirm decision records |
| LG-04 | gf-04 | Drift Detection & Recovery | Evaluates presence of manifest file |
| LG-05 | gf-05 | External Tool Integration | Evaluates presence of integrity checksums |
Under ruleset-1.0, all Lifecycle Guarantees perform presence-level adjudication only. This means the Lab checks whether required artifacts exist, not whether they are semantically valid. Future ruleset versions may introduce deeper semantic validation.
Evidence Hints
Each Lifecycle Guarantee has associated evidence hints — files the Lab expects to find in a valid evidence pack:
| LG | Evidence Hints |
|---|---|
| LG-01 | artifacts/context.json, artifacts/plan.json, artifacts/trace.json |
| LG-02 | timeline/events.ndjson |
| LG-03 | artifacts/context.json (confirm field) |
| LG-04 | manifest.json |
| LG-05 | integrity/sha256sums.txt |
Ruleset Mapping
Lifecycle Guarantees are evaluated by versioned rulesets. The current mapping:
| Ruleset | LG Coverage | Strength |
|---|---|---|
ruleset-1.0 | LG-01~05 | Presence-level |
See Ruleset Reference for ruleset versioning details.
Related Resources
- Validation Lab Overview — Four Boundaries & terminology
- Ruleset Reference — Ruleset versioning
- Evidence Pack Contract — Pack structure
- Lab Site: Guarantees — Live reference