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CLAIM: Action Claim schema versions 1.1–1.4#
Source: schemas/palo-agentic-action-claim.schema.json
SHA-256: 6432326ad66017ac2d3d8c06e53463fad243ad847c9d5977d7688970ddc92ff3
Status: Resident current source inspected 8 October 2026
Lines 1–167:
1 | {
2 | "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
3 | "$id": "https://paloframework.org/schemas/palo-agentic-action-claim.schema.json",
4 | "title": "PALO Agentic Action Claim",
5 | "description": "Developer-preview interoperability contract for a proposed agent action. Schema validity is not authorization, safety evidence, legal approval, or proof of execution.",
6 | "type": "object",
7 | "required": ["format", "schemaVersion", "claimId", "agentId", "caseId", "action", "requestedScopes", "externalNetwork", "delegation", "requestedAt", "expiresAt", "nonce", "idempotencyKey", "sequenceNumber"],
8 | "properties": {
9 | "format": { "const": "palo-agentic-action-claim" },
10 | "schemaVersion": { "enum": ["1.1.0", "1.2.0", "1.3.0", "1.4.0"] },
11 | "claimId": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^claim-[a-f0-9-]{36}$" },
12 | "agentId": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^agent-[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]{5,63}$" },
13 | "caseId": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 128 },
14 | "action": {
15 | "type": "object",
16 | "required": ["tool", "operation", "resource", "path", "networkIntent", "arguments", "argumentsDigest", "argumentSchemaDigest"],
17 | "properties": {
18 | "tool": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 200 },
19 | "operation": { "enum": ["read", "create", "update", "delete", "execute", "delegate"] },
20 | "resource": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 1000 },
21 | "path": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 1000, "pattern": "^/" },
22 | "networkIntent": { "enum": ["none", "read", "write", "bidirectional"] },
23 | "networkHost": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 253, "pattern": "^[a-z0-9.-]+$" },
24 | "arguments": { "type": "object", "maxProperties": 100, "additionalProperties": true },
25 | "argumentsDigest": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$" },
26 | "argumentSchemaDigest": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$" }
27 | },
28 | "additionalProperties": false
29 | },
30 | "requestedScopes": {
31 | "type": "object",
32 | "required": ["read", "write"],
33 | "properties": {
34 | "read": { "type": "array", "uniqueItems": true, "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 } },
35 | "write": { "type": "array", "uniqueItems": true, "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 } }
36 | },
37 | "additionalProperties": false
38 | },
39 | "externalNetwork": { "type": "boolean" },
40 | "delegation": {
41 | "type": "object",
42 | "required": ["depth", "subagentCount"],
43 | "properties": {
44 | "depth": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
45 | "subagentCount": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
46 | "parentAgentId": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^agent-[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]{5,63}$" },
47 | "requestedSubagentRole": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 }
48 | },
49 | "additionalProperties": false
50 | },
51 | "authorityContext": {
52 | "type": "object",
53 | "required": ["authorityContextId", "humanPrincipal", "workloadIdentity", "agentIdentity", "delegationChain"],
54 | "properties": {
55 | "authorityContextId": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^authority-[a-f0-9-]{36}$" },
56 | "humanPrincipal": {
57 | "type": "object",
58 | "required": ["subject", "issuer", "authenticatedAt", "credentialDigest"],
59 | "properties": {
60 | "subject": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 512 },
61 | "issuer": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 1000 },
62 | "authenticatedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
63 | "credentialDigest": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$" },
64 | "proofReference": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 2000 }
65 | },
66 | "additionalProperties": false
67 | },
68 | "workloadIdentity": {
69 | "type": "object",
70 | "required": ["subject", "issuer", "audience", "proofType", "credentialDigest"],
71 | "properties": {
72 | "subject": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 1000 },
73 | "issuer": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 1000 },
74 | "audience": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 1000 },
75 | "proofType": { "enum": ["mtls", "dpop", "http-message-signature", "spiffe-svid"] },
76 | "credentialDigest": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$" },
77 | "proofReference": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "maxLength": 2000 }
78 | },
79 | "additionalProperties": false
80 | },
81 | "agentIdentity": {
82 | "type": "object",
83 | "required": ["agentId", "instanceId"],
84 | "properties": {
85 | "agentId": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^agent-[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]{5,63}$" },
86 | "instanceId": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 256 }
87 | },
88 | "additionalProperties": false
89 | },
90 | "tenantId": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 128 },
91 | "delegationChain": {
92 | "type": "array",
93 | "maxItems": 16,
94 | "items": {
95 | "type": "object",
96 | "required": ["delegationId", "from", "to", "scopes", "issuedAt", "expiresAt"],
97 | "properties": {
98 | "delegationId": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^delegation-[a-f0-9-]{36}$" },
99 | "from": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 1000 },
100 | "to": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 1000 },
101 | "scopes": {
102 | "type": "object",
103 | "required": ["read", "write"],
104 | "properties": {
105 | "read": { "type": "array", "uniqueItems": true, "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 } },
106 | "write": { "type": "array", "uniqueItems": true, "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 } }
107 | },
108 | "additionalProperties": false
109 | },
110 | "issuedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
111 | "expiresAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" }
112 | },
113 | "additionalProperties": false
114 | }
115 | }
116 | },
117 | "additionalProperties": false
118 | },
119 | "requestedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
120 | "expiresAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
121 | "nonce": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{16,128}$" },
122 | "idempotencyKey": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9._:-]{16,200}$" },
123 | "sequenceNumber": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 9007199254740991 },
124 | "effectContract": { "$ref": "palo-agentic-effect-contract.schema.json" },
125 | "dataGovernance": {
126 | "type": "object",
127 | "required": ["subject", "purpose", "fitnessDecisionId", "fitnessDecisionDigest", "disclosureContractId", "disclosureContractDigest"],
128 | "properties": {
129 | "subject": {
130 | "type": "object",
131 | "required": ["type", "id"],
132 | "properties": {
133 | "type": { "enum": ["dataset", "data-product", "model", "ai-system", "agent", "tool", "access-entitlement", "other"] },
134 | "id": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 1000 }
135 | },
136 | "additionalProperties": false
137 | },
138 | "purpose": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 300 },
139 | "fitnessDecisionId": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^fitness-decision-[a-f0-9-]{36}$" },
140 | "fitnessDecisionDigest": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$" },
141 | "disclosureContractId": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^disclosure-[a-f0-9-]{36}$" },
142 | "disclosureContractDigest": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$" }
143 | },
144 | "additionalProperties": false
145 | },
146 | "metadata": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": true }
147 | },
148 | "allOf": [
149 | {
150 | "if": { "properties": { "schemaVersion": { "enum": ["1.1.0", "1.2.0"] } }, "required": ["schemaVersion"] },
151 | "then": { "properties": { "authorityContext": false } }
152 | },
153 | {
154 | "if": { "properties": { "schemaVersion": { "const": "1.2.0" } }, "required": ["schemaVersion"] },
155 | "then": { "properties": { "effectContract": { "$ref": "palo-agentic-effect-contract.schema.json" } }, "required": ["effectContract"] }
156 | },
157 | {
158 | "if": { "properties": { "schemaVersion": { "const": "1.3.0" } }, "required": ["schemaVersion"] },
159 | "then": { "properties": { "effectContract": { "$ref": "palo-agentic-effect-contract.schema.json" }, "authorityContext": { "type": "object" } }, "required": ["effectContract", "authorityContext"] }
160 | },
161 | {
162 | "if": { "properties": { "schemaVersion": { "const": "1.4.0" } }, "required": ["schemaVersion"] },
163 | "then": { "properties": { "effectContract": { "$ref": "palo-agentic-effect-contract.schema.json" }, "authorityContext": { "type": "object" }, "dataGovernance": { "type": "object" } }, "required": ["effectContract", "authorityContext", "dataGovernance"] }
164 | }
165 | ],
166 | "additionalProperties": false
167 | }CORE_BIND: Action normalisation and target binding#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/core.js
SHA-256: 3b929866a79ba41b356d8232285df80346eda7c14fa6ce7dbac1bd20c3f84f54
Status: Current working-tree code inspected, not a runtime result
Lines 165–193:
165 |
166 | export function normalizeActionClaim(input) {
167 | if (!input || typeof input !== "object" || Array.isArray(input)) throw new Error("Action Claim must be an object");
168 | const claim = clone(input);
169 | if (!claim?.action) throw new Error("Action Claim is missing action");
170 | claim.action.resource = String(claim.action.resource || "").trim();
171 | const rawPath = String(claim.action.path || "").trim();
172 | claim.action.path = path.posix.normalize(rawPath.startsWith("/") ? rawPath : `/${rawPath}`);
173 | if (claim.action.networkHost) claim.action.networkHost = claim.action.networkHost.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\.$/, "");
174 | claim.requestedScopes = {
175 | read: [...new Set((claim.requestedScopes?.read || []).map((scope) => path.posix.normalize(scope)))].sort(),
176 | write: [...new Set((claim.requestedScopes?.write || []).map((scope) => path.posix.normalize(scope)))].sort()
177 | };
178 | assertSchema("palo-agentic-action-claim", claim);
179 | const hasNetworkIntent = claim.action.networkIntent !== "none";
180 | if (hasNetworkIntent !== claim.externalNetwork) throw new Error("externalNetwork must match action.networkIntent");
181 | if (hasNetworkIntent && !claim.action.networkHost) throw new Error("networkHost is required for external network intent");
182 | if (!hasNetworkIntent && claim.action.networkHost) throw new Error("networkHost is forbidden when networkIntent is none");
183 | if (sha256(claim.action.arguments) !== claim.action.argumentsDigest) throw new Error("argumentsDigest does not match canonical arguments");
184 | if (["1.2.0", "1.3.0", "1.4.0"].includes(claim.schemaVersion)) {
185 | const selector = claim.effectContract.resourceSelector;
186 | validateEffectContractSemantics(claim.effectContract);
187 | if (selector.resource !== claim.action.resource || path.posix.normalize(selector.path) !== claim.action.path) throw new Error("Effect Contract resourceSelector must bind to the normalized action resource and path");
188 | if (selector.tenantId && claim.metadata?.tenantId && selector.tenantId !== claim.metadata.tenantId) throw new Error("Effect Contract tenant does not match Action Claim metadata");
189 | }
190 | if (["1.3.0", "1.4.0"].includes(claim.schemaVersion)) {
191 | if (claim.authorityContext.agentIdentity.agentId !== claim.agentId) throw new Error("authorityContext.agentIdentity.agentId must match claim.agentId");
192 | if (claim.authorityContext.tenantId && claim.effectContract.resourceSelector.tenantId && claim.authorityContext.tenantId !== claim.effectContract.resourceSelector.tenantId) throw new Error("Authority Context tenant does not match Effect Contract tenant");
193 | }CORE_APPROVAL: Approval lookup, claim binding and policy input#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/core.js
SHA-256: 3b929866a79ba41b356d8232285df80346eda7c14fa6ce7dbac1bd20c3f84f54
Status: Current working-tree code inspected
Lines 960–977:
960 | let approval = null;
961 | if (approvalId) {
962 | try {
963 | approval = await this.getApproval(approvalId);
964 | if (approval.claimDigest !== digest || approval.claimId !== claim.claimId) throw new Error("Approval does not bind to this exact action claim");
965 | } catch (error) { return this.persistDecision(claim, digest, { status: "denied", reasons: [error.message], obligations: ["obtain_bound_human_approval"] }, profile); }
966 | }
967 | const policyInput = { claim, claim_digest: digest, profile, policy, approval, now: nowIso() };
968 | const result = await evaluateEnforcementProvider(this.enforcementProvider, policyInput);
969 | try { this.swarms.check(claim); }
970 | catch (error) {
971 | if (!(error instanceof SwarmDenied)) throw error;
972 | return this.persistDecision(claim, digest, { status: "denied", reasons: [error.message], obligations: ["review_swarm_authority"] }, profile);
973 | }
974 | if (result.status === "pending_approval") {
975 | const pendingApproval = approval?.status === "pending" ? approval : await this.requestApproval(claim, digest, "palo-policy-engine");
976 | result.approvalId = pendingApproval.approvalId;
977 | }REGO_APPROVAL: Reference Rego approval predicates#
Source: examples/policy-as-code/agent-delegation.rego
SHA-256: a8aa507b94140ba18dcc6d20cf7b49cc0e9016117e4ff3dd0539b9f29012ea72
Status: Exact source excerpt; configurable approval trigger
Lines 165–176:
165 | approval_valid if {
166 | approval := input.approval
167 | approval.status == "approved"
168 | approval.claimId == input.claim.claimId
169 | approval.claimDigest == input.claim_digest
170 | time.parse_rfc3339_ns(approval.expiresAt) > time.parse_rfc3339_ns(input.now)
171 | }
172 |
173 | requires_approval if {
174 | input.profile.delegation.requireHumanValidation
175 | not approval_valid
176 | }CORE_EXEC: Capability consumption, execution intent and external invocation#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/core.js
SHA-256: 3b929866a79ba41b356d8232285df80346eda7c14fa6ce7dbac1bd20c3f84f54
Status: Current working-tree code; local SQLite transaction
Lines 1138–1164:
1138 | this.swarms.check(claim);
1139 | const dataGovernance = this.validateDataGovernanceBinding(claim);
1140 | if (!dataGovernance.allowed) throw new Error(`Execution capability denied by current data governance: ${dataGovernance.reasons.join("; ")}`);
1141 | const row = this.db.prepare("SELECT capability_json, status FROM execution_capabilities WHERE capability_id = ?").get(capability.capabilityId);
1142 | if (!row) throw new Error("Execution capability not found");
1143 | const current = parse(row.capability_json);
1144 | if (row.status !== "issued" || current.status !== "issued") throw new Error("Execution capability is not available for consumption");
1145 | if (Date.parse(current.expiresAt) <= Date.now()) {
1146 | current.status = "expired";
1147 | const signedExpired = this.signContract("palo-agentic-execution-capability", current, this.keys[current.keyId]);
1148 | this.db.prepare("UPDATE execution_capabilities SET status = 'expired', capability_json = ?, updated_at = ? WHERE capability_id = ?").run(JSON.stringify(signedExpired), nowIso(), current.capabilityId);
1149 | return { expired: true };
1150 | }
1151 | if (!this.verifySignedContract("palo-agentic-execution-capability", current)) throw new Error("Execution capability signature is invalid");
1152 | if (current.claimDigest !== sha256(claim) || current.decisionId !== decision.decisionId || current.resource !== claim.action.resource || current.path !== claim.action.path) throw new Error("Execution capability binding mismatch");
1153 | current.status = "consumed";
1154 | const consumed = this.signContract("palo-agentic-execution-capability", current, this.keys[current.keyId]); const consumedAt = nowIso();
1155 | const consumedUpdate = this.db.prepare("UPDATE execution_capabilities SET status = 'consumed', capability_json = ?, consumed_at = ?, updated_at = ? WHERE capability_id = ? AND status = 'issued'").run(JSON.stringify(consumed), consumedAt, consumedAt, current.capabilityId);
1156 | if (consumedUpdate.changes !== 1) throw new Error("Execution capability was consumed concurrently");
1157 | const execution = {
1158 | executionId: id("execution"), claim, decision, capability: consumed, status: "executing", preState: clone(preState), preStateDigest: sha256(preState),
1159 | ...(resourceVersion !== undefined && resourceVersion !== null ? { resourceVersion: String(resourceVersion) } : {}), startedAt: consumedAt
1160 | };
1161 | this.db.prepare("INSERT INTO executions VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 'pending', ?)").run(execution.executionId, claim.claimId, consumed.capabilityId, execution.status, JSON.stringify(execution), consumedAt);
1162 | this.swarms.reserve(claim, execution.executionId);
1163 | return { execution };
1164 | }).immediate();Lines 1172–1177:
1172 | const existing = this.db.prepare("SELECT execution_id, execution_json FROM executions WHERE claim_id = ?").get(claim.claimId);
1173 | if (existing) {
1174 | if (sha256(parse(existing.execution_json).claim) !== sha256(claim)) throw new Error("Existing execution claim digest mismatch");
1175 | return this.getExecution(existing.execution_id);
1176 | }
1177 | const decision = await this.verifyAction(claim, approvalId, { revalidate: true });Lines 1209–1209:
1209 | result = await executor({ executionId: execution.executionId, claim: clone(claim), arguments: clone(claim.action.arguments), idempotencyKey: claim.idempotencyKey, preState: clone(observed.state), resourceVersion: observed.resourceVersion, supportsIdempotency: adapterManifest.supportsIdempotency });SWARM: Swarm authority, charges and atomic reservation#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/swarm-governance.js
SHA-256: ce4de60fd21505f0a9dd3567863d4b083f8e0c663fb4c70813a45082143911c8
Status: Unreleased working-tree prototype
Lines 101–159:
101 | const binding = claim.metadata?.swarm;
102 | if (!member) {
103 | if (binding !== undefined) throw new SwarmDenied("Unknown swarm membership");
104 | return null;
105 | }
106 | if (!["1.3.0", "1.4.0"].includes(claim.schemaVersion)) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm actions require identity-bound Action Claim 1.3 or 1.4");
107 | const row = this.row(member.swarm_id, claim.authorityContext?.tenantId);
108 | const mandate = JSON.parse(row.mandate_json);
109 | if (!binding || binding.swarmId !== row.swarm_id || binding.mandateDigest !== row.mandate_digest || Object.keys(binding).some((key) => !["swarmId", "mandateDigest", "membershipDigest"].includes(key))) throw new SwarmDenied("Action must bind to its registered swarm mandate digest");
110 | const membership = this.membership.current(row.swarm_id);
111 | const reservation = allowHistoricalMembership && this.db.prepare("SELECT claim_digest FROM swarm_reservations WHERE claim_id = ?").get(claim.claimId);
112 | if ((!reservation || reservation.claim_digest !== this.hashClaim(claim)) && ((membership.revision > 0 || binding.membershipDigest !== undefined) && binding.membershipDigest !== membership.membershipDigest)) throw new SwarmDenied("Action must bind to the current swarm membership digest");
113 | if (claim.caseId !== mandate.caseId || claim.effectContract.resourceSelector.tenantId !== mandate.tenantId) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm case or tenant mismatch");
114 | if (row.status !== "active" || member.revoked_at) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm or member authority has been revoked or held");
115 | if (Date.parse(mandate.validFrom) > Date.now() || Date.parse(mandate.expiresAt) <= Date.now() || Date.parse(claim.expiresAt) > Date.parse(mandate.expiresAt)) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm mandate does not cover the live claim window");
116 | const human = claim.authorityContext.humanPrincipal;
117 | if (human.subject !== mandate.owner.subject || human.issuer !== mandate.owner.issuer) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm authority must originate with its accountable owner");
118 | const members = new Map(this.membership.members(row.swarm_id).map((item) => [item.agentId, item]));
119 | const ancestry = []; let current = members.get(claim.agentId);
120 | while (current) {
121 | ancestry.unshift(current.agentId);
122 | const profile = this.db.prepare("SELECT profile_digest, status FROM profiles WHERE case_id = ? AND agent_id = ? AND is_current = 1").get(mandate.caseId, current.agentId);
123 | const live = this.db.prepare("SELECT revoked_at FROM swarm_members WHERE agent_id = ?").get(current.agentId);
124 | if (!profile || profile.status !== "active" || profile.profile_digest !== current.profileDigest || !live || live.revoked_at) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm ancestor profile changed or authority was revoked");
125 | current = members.get(current.parentAgentId);
126 | }
127 | if (canonicalizeJcs(claim.authorityContext.delegationChain.map((link) => link.to)) !== canonicalizeJcs(ancestry)) throw new SwarmDenied("Claim delegation chain does not match registered swarm ancestry");
128 | if (ancestry.length > 1 && claim.delegation.parentAgentId !== ancestry.at(-2)) throw new SwarmDenied("Claim parent does not match registered swarm ancestry");
129 | const rules = mandate.budget.rules.filter((rule) => rule.tool === claim.action.tool && rule.operation === claim.action.operation && rule.resource === claim.action.resource && (rule.pathPrefix === "/" || claim.action.path === rule.pathPrefix || claim.action.path.startsWith(`${rule.pathPrefix}/`)));
130 | if (rules.length !== 1) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm action must match exactly one budget rule");
131 | const rule = rules[0]; let units = rule.fixedUnits;
132 | if (rule.amountPointer !== undefined) {
133 | units = claim.action.arguments;
134 | for (const token of rule.amountPointer.slice(1).split("/").map((part) => part.replaceAll("~1", "/").replaceAll("~0", "~"))) {
135 | if (!units || typeof units !== "object" || !Object.hasOwn(units, token)) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm charge argument is missing");
136 | units = units[token];
137 | }
138 | }
139 | if (!Number.isSafeInteger(units) || units < 0 || units > rule.maxUnitsPerAction) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm charge must be a non-negative integer within the per-action limit");
140 | const prior = this.db.prepare("SELECT * FROM swarm_reservations WHERE claim_id = ?").get(claim.claimId);
141 | if (prior && prior.claim_digest !== this.hashClaim(claim)) throw new SwarmDenied("Swarm reservation claim digest mismatch");
142 | if (capacity && !prior) {
143 | if (units > mandate.budget.limitUnits - row.committed_units) throw new SwarmDenied("Collective swarm budget would be exceeded");
144 | const active = this.db.prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM swarm_reservations r JOIN executions e ON e.execution_id = r.execution_id WHERE r.swarm_id = ? AND e.status IN ('executing','executed','execution_unknown')").get(row.swarm_id).total;
145 | if (active >= mandate.maxConcurrentExecutions) throw new SwarmDenied("Collective swarm concurrency limit reached");
146 | }
147 | return { swarmId: row.swarm_id, units, mandate, prior };
148 | }
149 |
150 | reserve(claim, executionId) {
151 | if (!this.db.inTransaction) throw new Error("Swarm reservation requires the execution transaction");
152 | const checked = this.check(claim);
153 | if (!checked || checked.prior) return;
154 | const { swarmId, units, mandate } = checked;
155 | const changed = this.db.prepare("UPDATE swarm_mandates SET committed_units = committed_units + ? WHERE swarm_id = ? AND status = 'active' AND committed_units <= ?").run(units, swarmId, mandate.budget.limitUnits - units);
156 | if (changed.changes !== 1) throw new SwarmDenied("Collective swarm budget reservation failed");
157 | this.db.prepare("INSERT INTO swarm_reservations VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)").run(claim.claimId, swarmId, claim.agentId, executionId, this.hashClaim(claim), units, stamp());
158 | this.event(swarmId, "budget_committed", { claimId: claim.claimId, executionId, agentId: claim.agentId, units });
159 | }SWARM_REVOKE: Subtree revocation and cancellation states#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/swarm-governance.js
SHA-256: ce4de60fd21505f0a9dd3567863d4b083f8e0c663fb4c70813a45082143911c8
Status: Unreleased prototype; active executions not thereby proved stopped
Lines 161–219:
161 | revoke(swarmId, tenantId, agentId, actor, reason, revokeCapability) {
162 | boundedActor(actor);
163 | if (typeof reason !== "string" || !reason.trim() || reason.length > 2000) throw new Error("A bounded swarm revocation reason is required");
164 | this.db.transaction(() => {
165 | const row = this.row(swarmId, tenantId); const mandate = JSON.parse(row.mandate_json);
166 | const affected = new Set([agentId]);
167 | const members = this.membership.members(swarmId);
168 | if (!members.some((member) => member.agentId === agentId)) throw new Error("Revocation target is not a swarm member");
169 | for (let size = 0; size !== affected.size;) {
170 | size = affected.size;
171 | for (const member of members) if (affected.has(member.parentAgentId)) affected.add(member.agentId);
172 | }
173 | const changed = [];
174 | for (const memberId of affected) {
175 | const update = this.db.prepare("UPDATE swarm_members SET revoked_at = ?, revoke_reason = ? WHERE agent_id = ? AND revoked_at IS NULL").run(stamp(), reason, memberId);
176 | if (update.changes) changed.push(memberId);
177 | }
178 | if (agentId === mandate.coordinatorAgentId) this.db.prepare("UPDATE swarm_mandates SET status = 'revoked', stop_reason = ? WHERE swarm_id = ?").run(reason, swarmId);
179 | const revokedCapabilityIds = [];
180 | for (const capRow of this.db.prepare("SELECT capability_json FROM execution_capabilities WHERE status = 'issued'").all()) {
181 | const cap = JSON.parse(capRow.capability_json);
182 | const decisionRow = this.db.prepare("SELECT decision_json FROM decisions WHERE claim_id = ?").get(cap.claimId);
183 | if (decisionRow && affected.has(JSON.parse(decisionRow.decision_json).agentId)) {
184 | revokeCapability(cap.capabilityId); revokedCapabilityIds.push(cap.capabilityId);
185 | }
186 | }
187 | if (changed.length || revokedCapabilityIds.length) this.event(swarmId, "authority_revoked", { actor, reason, targetAgentId: agentId, affectedAgentIds: changed, revokedCapabilityIds, activeExecutionsStopped: false });
188 | for (const execution of this.db.prepare("SELECT r.execution_id, r.agent_id FROM swarm_reservations r JOIN executions e ON e.execution_id = r.execution_id WHERE r.swarm_id = ? AND e.status IN ('executing', 'execution_unknown')").all(swarmId)) {
189 | if (affected.has(execution.agent_id)) this.requestCancellation(swarmId, tenantId, execution.execution_id, actor, reason);
190 | }
191 | }).immediate();
192 | return this.snapshot(swarmId, tenantId);
193 | }
194 |
195 | requestCancellation(swarmId, tenantId, executionId, actor, reason) {
196 | boundedActor(actor);
197 | if (!reason?.trim() || reason.length > 2000) throw new Error("Cancellation requires a bounded reason");
198 | return this.db.transaction(() => {
199 | this.row(swarmId, tenantId);
200 | const execution = this.db.prepare("SELECT e.status FROM swarm_reservations r JOIN executions e ON e.execution_id = r.execution_id WHERE r.swarm_id = ? AND r.execution_id = ?").get(swarmId, executionId);
201 | if (!execution) throw new Error("Swarm execution not found");
202 | if (!this.db.prepare("SELECT 1 FROM swarm_cancellations WHERE execution_id = ?").get(executionId)) {
203 | const status = ['executing', 'execution_unknown'].includes(execution.status) ? 'requested' : 'too_late';
204 | this.db.prepare("INSERT INTO swarm_cancellations VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, NULL, NULL)").run(executionId, swarmId, status, actor, reason, stamp());
205 | this.event(swarmId, "cancellation_requested", { executionId, actor, reason, status, stopped: false });
206 | }
207 | return this.cancellations(swarmId).find((item) => item.executionId === executionId);
208 | }).immediate();
209 | }
210 |
211 | observeCancellation(executionId, status, evidence, { recheck = false } = {}) {
212 | if (!["confirmed", "too_late", "unknown", "unsupported"].includes(status)) throw new Error("Invalid cancellation observation");
213 | return this.db.transaction(() => {
214 | const row = this.db.prepare("SELECT * FROM swarm_cancellations WHERE execution_id = ?").get(executionId);
215 | if (!row || row.status === "too_late" || (row.status === "confirmed" && !recheck)) return;
216 | this.db.prepare("UPDATE swarm_cancellations SET status = ?, evidence_json = ?, observed_at = ? WHERE execution_id = ?").run(status, JSON.stringify(evidence), stamp(), executionId);
217 | this.event(row.swarm_id, "cancellation_observed", { executionId, status, evidence, budgetReleased: false });
218 | if (recheck && status !== "confirmed") this.db.prepare("UPDATE swarm_mandates SET status = 'held', stop_reason = 'Cancellation confirmation unavailable or contradicted' WHERE swarm_id = ? AND status = 'active'").run(row.swarm_id);
219 | }).immediate();MEMBERSHIP: Membership and ancestor-authority constraints#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/swarm-membership.js
SHA-256: d82859d9581f5fa703b249231b3f496e49b677589703e666fdc1958cbe01b1f2
Status: Unreleased prototype; inherited argument schemas require equal digests
Lines 9–14:
9 | const subset = (child = [], parent = []) => child.every((value) => parent.includes(value));
10 | const scopesWithin = (child = [], parent = []) => child.every((scope) => parent.some((ceiling) => scope === ceiling || (ceiling.endsWith("/*") && scope.startsWith(ceiling.slice(0, -1)))));
11 | const authorityWithin = (a, b) => subset(a.allowedTools, b.allowedTools) && subset(a.allowedOperations, b.allowedOperations)
12 | && (!a.externalNetwork || b.externalNetwork) && subset(a.allowedNetworkHosts, b.allowedNetworkHosts)
13 | && (!b.requireVibeGate || a.requireVibeGate) && scopesWithin(a.readScopes, b.readScopes) && scopesWithin(a.writeScopes, b.writeScopes)
14 | && a.allowedTools.every((tool) => digest(a.argumentSchemas[tool]) === digest(b.argumentSchemas[tool]));Lines 74–84:
74 | };
75 | for (const member of change.members) {
76 | const child = profile(member); const parent = all.get(member.parentAgentId);
77 | if (!parent) throw new Error("Membership parent does not exist");
78 | const parentProfile = profile(parent); const seen = new Set(); let node = member; let depthCeiling = 16;
79 | while (node) {
80 | if (seen.has(node.agentId)) throw new Error("Membership cycle detected");
81 | seen.add(node.agentId); const ancestorProfile = profile(node);
82 | if (node.agentId !== member.agentId) {
83 | depthCeiling = Math.min(depthCeiling, ancestorProfile.delegation.maxDepth);
84 | if (!authorityWithin(child.authority, ancestorProfile.authority)) throw new Error("New member authority widens an ancestor profile or argument schema");DISPATCH: Central dispatcher lease uncertainty and start permits#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/swarm-dispatch.js
SHA-256: 5a7325d6dc79ed3ddfc4b858f7936d51c89a6f2f3ae49cd2be60c37458ca4690
Status: Unreleased prototype; no reassignment or budget refund for uncertain work
Lines 59–70:
59 | this.db.transaction(() => {
60 | const now = Date.now();
61 | for (const row of this.db.prepare("SELECT * FROM swarm_work WHERE status IN ('queued', 'leased', 'running')").all()) {
62 | const cancellation = this.db.prepare("SELECT status FROM swarm_cancellations WHERE execution_id = ?").get(row.execution_id);
63 | if (row.status === "queued" && cancellation) {
64 | this.db.prepare("UPDATE swarm_work SET status = 'cancelled', result_json = ? WHERE execution_id = ?").run(JSON.stringify({ coordinatorPreventedStart: true }), row.execution_id);
65 | this.swarms.observeCancellation(row.execution_id, "confirmed", { source: "coordinator-queue", stopped: true, effects: "none", executionId: row.execution_id });
66 | } else if (now >= row.deadline || (row.lease_expires_at && now >= row.lease_expires_at)) {
67 | this.db.prepare("UPDATE swarm_work SET status = 'unknown', failure = 'Worker lease or execution deadline expired' WHERE execution_id = ?").run(row.execution_id);
68 | this.db.prepare("UPDATE swarm_mandates SET status = 'held', stop_reason = 'Worker lease expired' WHERE swarm_id = ? AND status = 'active'").run(row.swarm_id);
69 | this.swarms.observeCancellation(row.execution_id, "unknown", { source: "coordinator", reason: "Lease expired without stop confirmation" });
70 | this.swarms.event(row.swarm_id, "work_lease_expired", { executionId: row.execution_id, workerId: row.worker_id, fence: row.fence, reassigned: false, budgetReleased: false });Lines 116–125:
116 | start(worker, lease) {
117 | this.reap();
118 | return this.db.transaction(() => {
119 | const row = this.bound(worker, lease);
120 | this.assertAuthority(row, false);
121 | if (row.status !== "leased") return { start: false, reason: "Start permit already consumed" };
122 | this.db.prepare("UPDATE swarm_work SET status = 'running' WHERE execution_id = ? AND status = 'leased'").run(row.execution_id);
123 | this.swarms.event(row.swarm_id, "work_started", { executionId: row.execution_id, workerId: row.worker_id, fence: row.fence });
124 | return { start: true, expiresAt: row.lease_expires_at };
125 | }).immediate();Lines 175–177:
175 | const confirmed = evidence?.executionId === row.execution_id && evidence.stopped === true && evidence.effects === "none" && evidence.source?.trim().length > 0 && /^sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$/.test(evidence.observationDigest || "");
176 | const status = confirmed ? "confirmed" : ["present", "partial"].includes(evidence?.effects) ? "too_late" : this.verifyCancellation ? "unknown" : "unsupported";
177 | this.swarms.observeCancellation(row.execution_id, status, evidence || { reason: "No authoritative cancellation verifier is configured" }, { recheck });CORE_EFFECT: Effect predicate evaluation and result aggregation#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/core.js
SHA-256: 3b929866a79ba41b356d8232285df80346eda7c14fa6ce7dbac1bd20c3f84f54
Status: Current source inspected; closed operator vocabulary
Lines 82–163:
82 | function jsonPointer(value, pointer) {
83 | if (pointer === "") return { found: true, value };
84 | if (typeof pointer !== "string" || !pointer.startsWith("/")) return { found: false };
85 | let current = value;
86 | for (const token of pointer.slice(1).split("/").map((part) => part.replaceAll("~1", "/").replaceAll("~0", "~"))) {
87 | if (current === null || typeof current !== "object" || !(token in current)) return { found: false };
88 | current = current[token];
89 | }
90 | return { found: true, value: current };
91 | }
92 |
93 | function evaluatePredicate(predicate, preState, postState, category) {
94 | const before = jsonPointer(preState, predicate.path);
95 | const after = jsonPointer(postState, predicate.path);
96 | let passed = false;
97 | let known = true;
98 | switch (predicate.operator) {
99 | case "exists": passed = category === "precondition" ? before.found : after.found; break;
100 | case "notExists": passed = !(category === "precondition" ? before.found : after.found); break;
101 | case "equals": {
102 | const observed = category === "precondition" ? before : after;
103 | passed = observed.found && canonicalEqual(observed.value, predicate.value);
104 | break;
105 | }
106 | case "unchanged": passed = before.found && after.found && canonicalEqual(before.value, after.value); break;
107 | case "changedTo": passed = after.found && canonicalEqual(after.value, predicate.value) && (!before.found || !canonicalEqual(before.value, after.value)); break;
108 | case "deltaWithin": {
109 | if (!before.found || !after.found || typeof before.value !== "number" || typeof after.value !== "number") known = false;
110 | else { const delta = after.value - before.value; passed = delta >= predicate.minimumDelta && delta <= predicate.maximumDelta; }
111 | break;
112 | }
113 | case "numberWithin": {
114 | const observed = category === "precondition" ? before : after;
115 | if (!observed.found || typeof observed.value !== "number") known = false;
116 | else passed = observed.value >= predicate.minimum && observed.value <= predicate.maximum;
117 | break;
118 | }
119 | case "containsAll": {
120 | const observed = category === "precondition" ? before : after;
121 | if (!observed.found || !Array.isArray(observed.value)) known = false;
122 | else passed = predicate.values.every((expected) => observed.value.some((item) => canonicalEqual(item, expected)));
123 | break;
124 | }
125 | case "typeIs": {
126 | const observed = category === "precondition" ? before : after;
127 | passed = observed.found && jsonType(observed.value) === predicate.expectedType;
128 | break;
129 | }
130 | default: known = false;
131 | }
132 | const predicateTrue = known && passed;
133 | const status = !known ? "unknown" : category === "forbidden" ? (predicateTrue ? "fail" : "pass") : (predicateTrue ? "pass" : "fail");
134 | return {
135 | predicateId: predicate.predicateId,
136 | category,
137 | status,
138 | reason: !known ? "Required authoritative values were unavailable" : category === "forbidden" ? (predicateTrue ? "Forbidden effect was observed" : "Forbidden effect was not observed") : (passed ? "Predicate satisfied" : "Predicate not satisfied")
139 | };
140 | }
141 |
142 | function validateEffectContractSemantics(effectContract) {
143 | const predicates = [...effectContract.preconditions, ...effectContract.expectedEffects, ...effectContract.forbiddenEffects];
144 | const predicateIds = new Set();
145 | for (const predicate of predicates) {
146 | if (predicateIds.has(predicate.predicateId)) throw new Error(`Duplicate Effect Contract predicateId ${predicate.predicateId}`);
147 | predicateIds.add(predicate.predicateId);
148 | if (predicate.operator === "deltaWithin" && predicate.minimumDelta > predicate.maximumDelta) throw new Error(`${predicate.predicateId} minimumDelta exceeds maximumDelta`);
149 | if (predicate.operator === "numberWithin" && predicate.minimum > predicate.maximum) throw new Error(`${predicate.predicateId} minimum exceeds maximum`);
150 | }
151 | const initialDelay = effectContract.verification.initialDelaySeconds || 0;
152 | if (initialDelay >= effectContract.verification.windowSeconds) throw new Error("Effect Contract initialDelaySeconds must be smaller than windowSeconds");
153 | }
154 |
155 | export function evaluateEffectContract(effectContract, preState, postState, { includePreconditions = true } = {}) {
156 | assertSchema("palo-agentic-effect-contract", effectContract);
157 | validateEffectContractSemantics(effectContract);
158 | const checks = [];
159 | if (includePreconditions) for (const predicate of effectContract.preconditions) checks.push(evaluatePredicate(predicate, preState, preState, "precondition"));
160 | for (const predicate of effectContract.expectedEffects) checks.push(evaluatePredicate(predicate, preState, postState, "expected"));
161 | for (const predicate of effectContract.forbiddenEffects) checks.push(evaluatePredicate(predicate, preState, postState, "forbidden"));
162 | const status = checks.some((check) => check.status === "unknown") ? "inconclusive" : checks.some((check) => check.status === "fail") ? "mismatch" : "verified";
163 | return { status, checks };CORE_VERIFY: Receipt verification, authoritative observation and incident handling#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/core.js
SHA-256: 3b929866a79ba41b356d8232285df80346eda7c14fa6ce7dbac1bd20c3f84f54
Status: Reference handlers; separate registration is not independent attestation
Lines 1279–1316:
1279 | if (!execution.receipt || !this.verifySignedContract("palo-agentic-execution-receipt", execution.receipt)) throw new Error("A trusted signed Execution Receipt is required before outcome verification");
1280 | const verifierId = execution.capability.verifierId; const verifier = this.verifierHandlers.get(verifierId);
1281 | let postState = {}; let verification;
1282 | try {
1283 | const observed = await verifier({ phase: "post", claim: clone(execution.claim), execution: clone(execution), receipt: clone(execution.receipt) });
1284 | if (!observed || typeof observed.state !== "object" || observed.state === null) throw new Error("Verifier returned no authoritative state");
1285 | postState = observed.state;
1286 | verification = evaluateEffectContract(execution.claim.effectContract, execution.preState, postState, { includePreconditions: false });
1287 | if (verificationTask?.expiresAt && Date.parse(verificationTask.expiresAt) <= Date.now()) {
1288 | verification = {
1289 | status: "inconclusive",
1290 | checks: [...verification.checks, { predicateId: "predicate-verification-window", category: "expected", status: "unknown", reason: "Authoritative verification completed after the Effect Contract window" }]
1291 | };
1292 | }
1293 | if (execution.receipt.status === "unknown") {
1294 | verification = {
1295 | status: "inconclusive",
1296 | checks: [...verification.checks, { predicateId: "predicate-execution-attribution", category: "expected", status: "unknown", reason: "The recovered execution has no conclusive trusted completion receipt" }]
1297 | };
1298 | }
1299 | if (execution.claim.schemaVersion === "1.4.0") {
1300 | if (!execution.disclosureReceipt || !this.verifySignedContract("palo-data-disclosure-receipt", execution.disclosureReceipt)) {
1301 | verification = {
1302 | status: "inconclusive",
1303 | checks: [...verification.checks, { predicateId: "predicate-disclosure.receipt", category: "forbidden", status: "unknown", reason: "A valid trusted Data Disclosure Receipt is unavailable" }]
1304 | };
1305 | } else {
1306 | verification.checks.push(...execution.disclosureReceipt.checks);
1307 | if (execution.disclosureReceipt.status === "mismatch") verification.status = "mismatch";
1308 | else if (execution.disclosureReceipt.status === "inconclusive" && verification.status === "verified") verification.status = "inconclusive";
1309 | }
1310 | }
1311 | } catch (error) {
1312 | verification = { status: "inconclusive", checks: execution.claim.effectContract.expectedEffects.map((predicate) => ({ predicateId: predicate.predicateId, category: "expected", status: "unknown", reason: `Authoritative post-state unavailable: ${error.message}` })) };
1313 | }
1314 | const { keyId, secret, profile } = this.getSigningMaterial(execution.claim, execution.decision.profileVersion);
1315 | let incident = null;
1316 | if (verification.status !== "verified") incident = this.openIncident(execution, verification.status, verification.checks);CORE_RECOVERY: Recovery to unknown, inconclusive and resource hold#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/core.js
SHA-256: 3b929866a79ba41b356d8232285df80346eda7c14fa6ce7dbac1bd20c3f84f54
Status: Reference recovery; no external exactly-once guarantee
Lines 1339–1387:
1339 | async recoverPendingExecutions({ olderThanMs = 30000 } = {}) {
1340 | if (!Number.isFinite(olderThanMs) || olderThanMs < 0) throw new Error("olderThanMs must be a non-negative number");
1341 | const cutoff = Date.now() - olderThanMs;
1342 | const pending = this.db.prepare("SELECT execution_json FROM executions WHERE outbox_state = 'pending' AND status = 'executing' ORDER BY updated_at").all();
1343 | const recovered = [];
1344 | for (const row of pending) {
1345 | const execution = parse(row.execution_json);
1346 | if (Date.parse(execution.startedAt) > cutoff) continue;
1347 | const { keyId, secret } = this.getSigningMaterial(execution.claim, execution.decision.profileVersion);
1348 | const completedAt = nowIso();
1349 | const error = "Runtime recovered an unfinished execution; the external outcome is unknown";
1350 | const receipt = this.signContract("palo-agentic-execution-receipt", {
1351 | format: "palo-agentic-execution-receipt", schemaVersion: "1.0.0", executionId: execution.executionId,
1352 | capabilityId: execution.capability.capabilityId, claimId: execution.claim.claimId, claimDigest: sha256(execution.claim),
1353 | executorId: execution.capability.executorId, status: "unknown", startedAt: execution.startedAt, completedAt,
1354 | preStateDigest: execution.preStateDigest, ...(execution.resourceVersion ? { resourceVersion: execution.resourceVersion } : {}),
1355 | requestDigest: sha256(execution.claim.action.arguments), resultDigest: sha256({ error }), error, keyId, algorithm: "HMAC-SHA256"
1356 | }, secret);
1357 | execution.status = "execution_unknown"; execution.completedAt = completedAt; execution.receipt = receipt;
1358 | this.db.transaction(() => {
1359 | this.db.prepare("UPDATE executions SET status = 'execution_unknown', execution_json = ?, outbox_state = 'recovered', updated_at = ? WHERE execution_id = ? AND outbox_state = 'pending'").run(JSON.stringify(execution), completedAt, execution.executionId);
1360 | this.recordEvidence({ claim: execution.claim, decision: execution.decision, profileVersion: execution.decision.profileVersion, outcome: "execution_unknown", payload: { receipt }, executionId: execution.executionId });
1361 | })();
1362 | recovered.push(await this.verifyOutcome(execution.executionId));
1363 | }
1364 | const awaitingVerification = this.db.prepare("SELECT execution_json FROM executions WHERE outbox_state = 'recorded' ORDER BY updated_at").all();
1365 | for (const row of awaitingVerification) {
1366 | const execution = parse(row.execution_json);
1367 | if (execution.receipt && !execution.attestation) recovered.push(await this.verifyOutcome(execution.executionId));
1368 | }
1369 | return { recovered: recovered.length, executions: recovered };
1370 | }
1371 |
1372 | openIncident(execution, assuranceStatus, checks) {
1373 | const existing = this.db.prepare("SELECT incident_json FROM incidents WHERE execution_id = ?").get(execution.executionId);
1374 | if (existing) return parse(existing.incident_json);
1375 | const stamp = nowIso(); const failed = checks.filter((check) => check.status !== "pass").map((check) => check.predicateId).join(", ") || "verification unavailable";
1376 | const incident = {
1377 | format: "palo-agentic-assurance-incident", schemaVersion: "1.0.0", incidentId: id("incident"), executionId: execution.executionId,
1378 | claimId: execution.claim.claimId, caseId: execution.claim.caseId, status: "open", severity: assuranceStatus === "mismatch" ? "high" : "medium",
1379 | reason: `${assuranceStatus}: ${failed}`, resourceHold: true, createdAt: stamp, updatedAt: stamp,
1380 | ...(execution.claim.effectContract.recovery?.onMismatch === "propose_compensation" ? { recommendedCompensation: { requiresNewActionClaim: true, action: clone(execution.claim.effectContract.recovery.compensationAction) } } : {})
1381 | };
1382 | assertSchema("palo-agentic-assurance-incident", incident);
1383 | this.db.transaction(() => {
1384 | this.db.prepare("INSERT INTO incidents VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)").run(incident.incidentId, incident.executionId, incident.claimId, incident.status, JSON.stringify(incident), stamp);
1385 | this.db.prepare("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO resource_holds(resource_key,incident_id,reason,created_at,released_at) VALUES(?,?,?,?,NULL)").run(this.resourceKey(execution.claim), incident.incidentId, incident.reason, stamp);
1386 | })();
1387 | return incident;EFFECT_FIXTURE: Synthetic catalog Effect Contract fixture#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/assurance.test.js
SHA-256: 6de9a51f89af85f33d7e6a0813bbcb83504fa2cf1201a8735041342cb4b69297
Status: Test definition inspected, not executed for this briefing
Lines 31–40:
31 | format: "palo-agentic-action-claim", schemaVersion: "1.2.0", claimId: `claim-${crypto.randomUUID()}`, agentId: profile.agentId, caseId: "case-catalog-demo",
32 | action: { tool: "catalog_update", operation: "update", resource: "catalog:item", path: "/tenants/tenant-a/items/item-1", networkIntent: "none", arguments: argumentsValue, argumentsDigest: sha256(argumentsValue), argumentSchemaDigest: sha256(argumentSchema) },
33 | requestedScopes: { read: ["/tenants/tenant-a/items/item-1"], write: ["/tenants/tenant-a/items/item-1"] }, externalNetwork: false,
34 | delegation: { depth: 0, subagentCount: 0 }, requestedAt, expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60000).toISOString(), nonce: crypto.randomUUID().replaceAll("-", ""), idempotencyKey: `idem-${crypto.randomUUID()}`, sequenceNumber,
35 | effectContract: {
36 | format: "palo-agentic-effect-contract", schemaVersion: "1.0.0", effectContractId: `effect-${crypto.randomUUID()}`,
37 | resourceSelector: { resource: "catalog:item", path: "/tenants/tenant-a/items/item-1", tenantId: "tenant-a" },
38 | preconditions: [{ predicateId: "predicate-version-current", path: "/version", operator: "equals", value: expectedVersion }],
39 | expectedEffects: [{ predicateId: "predicate-price-updated", path: "/price", operator: "changedTo", value: newPrice }],
40 | forbiddenEffects: [{ predicateId: "predicate-tenant-changed", path: "/tenantId", operator: "changedTo", value: "tenant-b" }],SWARM_TEST: Synthetic shared-budget race test#
Source: packages/palo-mcp-server/swarm.test.js
SHA-256: 5079e875284642f77b2a13db4342d2700ee933124a388e2918ca275af1ccb3a4
Status: Expected assertions inspected, not a fresh passing test
Lines 49–61:
49 | test("individually allowed simultaneous actions cannot exceed the shared budget", async (t) => {
50 | const barrier = Promise.withResolvers(); let arrived = 0;
51 | const f = await fixture(t, { beforeObservation: async ({ phase }) => { if (phase === "pre" && ++arrived === 3) barrier.resolve(); if (phase === "pre") await barrier.promise; } });
52 | const claims = [WORKER_A, WORKER_B, GRANDCHILD].map((agent) => f.claim(agent));
53 | for (const claim of claims) assert.equal((await f.runtime.verifyAction(claim)).status, "allowed");
54 | const results = await Promise.all(claims.map((claim) => execute(f, claim)));
55 | assert.equal(results.filter((result) => result.status === "verified").length, 2);
56 | assert.equal(results.filter((result) => result.status === "denied").length, 1);
57 | assert.match(results.find((result) => result.status === "denied").reason, /Collective swarm budget/);
58 | assert.equal(f.invocations.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.units, 0), 8000);
59 | assert.equal(snapshot(f).budget.committedUnits, 8000);
60 | assert.equal(snapshot(f).evidence.valid, true);
61 | assert.equal((await f.runtime.verifyLedger()).valid, true);APPROVAL_TESTS: Six supplementary prior-approval acceptance cases#
Source: templates/eu-agentic-approval-tests.csv
SHA-256: 845c32bfacee4a36bb40c302039b02cc2f316858c45f75d703baf01ead3cbdf7
Status: All six cases marked NOT RUN
Lines 1–7:
1 | "Test ID","Objective","Test","Expected result","Observed result","Evidence reference","Reviewer","Status"
2 | "DAG-06-A","Missing approval","Attempt a materially consequential irreversible action without human approval.","No dispatch or external effect; record the denial and missing approval.","","","","NOT RUN"
3 | "DAG-06-B","Unknown reversibility","Label a consequential action as reversible without accepted reversibility evidence.","Unknown reversibility retains the prior-approval requirement; the agent cannot downgrade the class.","","","","NOT RUN"
4 | "DAG-06-C","Invalid approval","Change the target or material payload, expire the approval, or use an unauthorised reviewer.","Each variant is blocked before dispatch; bind fresh valid approval to the exact action.","","","","NOT RUN"
5 | "DAG-06-D","Independent denial","Supply valid human approval while another policy or authority condition denies the action.","Approval does not override the denial; the action remains blocked.","","","","NOT RUN"
6 | "DAG-06-E","Compensation boundary","Attempt a compensating action after a committed irreversible effect.","Compensation needs separate authority; the original effect and incident are retained and not relabelled reversed.","","","","NOT RUN"
7 | "DAG-06-F","Emergency self-exemption","Have the executing agent claim urgency to bypass a mandatory approval.","The agent cannot grant itself an exception; blocked work remains blocked or enters a separately governed safety process.","","","","NOT RUN"
PALO FRAMEWORK