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+# Independent effect observation: #333 scenario checklist
+
+Status: informative, unexecuted checklist for
+[#333](https://github.com/agentrust-io/integrations/issues/333).
+The reusable acceptance procedure remains in
+[#199](https://github.com/agentrust-io/integrations/issues/199).
+This draft retains its current path pending final placement confirmation; it
+does not propose a second reusable procedure. Rajnish recommends extending
+`integrations/alakris-authority-comparison/` and reusing its contract and CI.
+Existing owners retain implementation and runtime/profile decisions.
+
+## Prerequisites and scope
+
+Use one disposable marker namespace with synthetic data and an independently
+enrolled target observer. Before execution, identify the released runtime/API,
+target operator, exact package/source/build and policy pins, invocation, trust
+inputs, authenticated job/attempt/payload/authority binding, observation window,
+cleanup policy and retained evidence. Different keys or hostnames alone do not
+establish independent operation. No host, account or paid service is committed.
+
+Proofable is a recommended dispatch-only candidate for the revocation case,
+not a selected runtime or measured commit-after-revocation result. Label that
+profile in the result fields themselves. Chris's released outbound invocation
+and authenticated binding to target readback remain prerequisites. The
+non-operational cMCP ExecutionRegistry is not an implemented alternative.
+
+The current synthetic fixture disables the executor; it does not independently
+model authority unavailability. Proofable's current unreachable case is
+not_applicable because that path evaluates authority locally. EO01 therefore
+requires a separate scope decision: acceptance of bounded MintID author-record
+evidence, a synthetic extension separating authority and executor availability,
+or another released runtime. Synthetic evidence and published author records
+do not satisfy independently operated live acceptance.
+
+## EO01–EO08 acceptance matrix
+
+All rows are proposed and unexecuted. Apply the reusable procedure in #199.
+
+| ID | Paired case | Observation needed |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| EO01 | Fresh valid authority / unreachable authority without authorized fallback | Same hosted target and observer pipeline: exactly one independently observed durable effect / zero protected effects with complete bounded observation; authority availability varies independently of executor availability |
+| EO02 | Recovery before / after original deadline | Eligible continuation / expired original attempt not revived; a fresh authorization is a distinct request |
+| EO03 | Post-dispatch revocation with dispatch-only / final-commit profile | Declare profile in fields; measure whether the first commits; the second requires refusal when revocation is causally visible before final authorization |
+| EO04 | Bound target, marker and job / substituted relation | Authenticated readback / specific binding refusal or unestablished relation |
+| EO05 | Single / duplicate dispatch | Separate ingress and durable-effect counts; deduplication may hide repeated ingress; any exactly-once result is bounded to the tested operation |
+| EO06 | Commit and response / commit with lost response | Independently observed target effect in both; response delivery unknown in the second |
+| EO07 | Complete bounded observation / unavailable observer or log loss | Supported result / unknown, never inferred zero effects |
+| EO08 | Enrolled observation / substituted signer or prior-run receipt | Accepted observation / trust or run-binding refusal |
+
+Each negative case needs a fresh valid positive control through the same hosted
+target and observer pipeline, not the synthetic Executor's in-process counter.
+Capture ingress observations, durable-effect count and authenticated readback
+separately for both controls. Missing completion reports or empty incomplete
+logs do not establish zero protected effects. Preserve unknown outcomes.
+
+For revocation retain causal ordering of dispatch, revocation visibility and
+any final authorization check. Wall-clock order alone does not establish
+visibility. A single run does not establish a propagation or availability SLA.
+
+## Review handoff
+
+Vlad retains the adapter and evidence-packet implementation. Retain exact tested
+source and dependency pins, commands, raw observations and digests. Regenerate
+`results/tests.txt` from that revision with both fixture sets present and record
+the actual collected, passed and skipped counts; do not copy a reported count
+without executing it. Rajnish reported 34 tests with zero skips at c5a0b8c,
+while the retained transcript said 27; this checklist is not a fresh rerun.
+
+Our independent evidence review starts after the released-runtime connection,
+target operator and pinned packet are available. Disclose any shared
+implementation work. Keep downloaded-packet integrity, offline appraisal,
+author-record reports and separately operated live observations distinct.
+No live run, hardware assurance, production guarantee or issue closure is
+established by this checklist.