# Public Test and Evaluation Index

**State:** VERIFIED PUBLIC-CANDIDATE INDEX / NOT PUBLISHED  
**Index version:** `public-test-index-v1`  
**Reviewed:** August 25, 2026

This index makes the evidence state legible without turning incompatible tests into one cumulative score. Verified, partial, blocked, and open records remain visible together. Each record states what was tested, what happened, where the public-safe evidence lives, and what the result does not prove.

## Current records

| ID | Artifact | Fixture class | Observed state | Public meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `TAG-DET-001` | When AI Is the Wrong Tool | Synthetic | Verified | Deterministic public derivative reproduced |
| `GOV-FIX-001` | Harbor Room Governed Fixture | Synthetic | Verified | Authority/continuity fixture reproduced |
| `STUDIO-GATE-001` | Studio Readiness Gate | Sanitized + synthetic | Verified | Block/review boundary reproduced |
| `ROUTER-DIRECT-001` | Inactive Pre-Cloud Bridge — Direct Contract | Synthetic | Partial | Direct contract passed; real interface participation unproven |
| `ROUTER-CLI-001` | Automatic Bridge Promotion Gate | Bounded field observation | Blocked | Hook not observed; no explorer or activation earned |
| `LANG-PROV-001` | When Repetition Looks Like Corroboration | Synthetic | Partial | Recorded regression passed within one build/scope |
| `FAIL-PRES-001` | Preserving Failure as a Product Requirement | Bounded field observation | Verified methodology record | Failure classes and promotion decisions retained |
| `CONTINUITY-001` | Cross-Interface Continuity Failure | Bounded field observation | Open | Failure observed; cause and remediation not closed |
| `SELF-KNOW-001` | What a System Can Know About Itself | Bounded field observation | Open | Unsupported self-description preserved; reproduction incomplete |

## How to read status

- `Verified` means the bounded public contract has a completed evidence record. It does not generalize beyond that contract.
- `Partial` means a scoped behavior passed while a required evidence or integration boundary remains incomplete.
- `Blocked` means promotion criteria failed; the failure remains visible and the feature/artifact is withheld.
- `Open` means an observation exists but controlled reproduction, causal closure, or remediation evidence is incomplete.

## Machine-readable record

`records.v1.json` contains the nine public metadata records. `validate_index.py` checks unique identifiers, required fields, allowed statuses, public-relative evidence links, evidence-target existence, and checksum formatting without reading internal manifests.

Run:

```sh
python3 validate_index.py
```

Expected summary:

```json
{"records": 9, "verified": 4, "partial": 2, "blocked": 1, "open": 2, "errors": []}
```

## Publication boundary

The index includes metadata and public-safe relative links only. It excludes internal source paths, private fixture text, prompts, protected raw outputs, audit locations, private URLs, client material, secrets, and unsupported totals across different suites.

No file in this package authorizes publication, deployment, external distribution, or activation of an incomplete component.