Operator Decision Response Validation Local Evidence

Date: 2026-06-20
Timezone: America/St_Johns

Scope

Added a validator for filled operator decision responses. This did not execute production cutover, change DNS/TLS, firewall, routes, storage, publish raw content, or apply catalog imports.

Added

• [REDACTED:high-entropy].py
• [REDACTED:high-entropy].py
• [REDACTED:high-entropy].json
• [REDACTED:high-entropy].json

Boundary

The validator reads the generated operator intake packet plus a filled response file. It emits a public-safe validation record and does not execute any infrastructure or catalog action.

The original baseline response template deferred all four open decisions:

• production cutover,
• dormant/future Proxmox node identity,
• Proxmox storage policy,
• real content promotion.

Zenbook is not part of the baseline response template because its documentation survey is closed for UAI Explorer scope.

Validation records operator intent only; it does not execute production cutover, storage cleanup, raw-content publication, or catalog import apply.

Current closed-state response template:

• Response count: 0.
• Validates against the no-open-decisions intake.
• Records no execution authority.

Verification

Focused local validation passed:

python -m unittest tests.[REDACTED:high-entropy] -v
python tools\validate_operator_decision_response.py --intake docs\review\operator-decision-intake-2026-06-20.json --response docs\review\[REDACTED:high-entropy].json --out docs\review\operator-decision-validation-2026-06-20.json

The focused test coverage proves:

• defer-all responses validate without granting authority,
• no-open-decision intake validates with an empty response list,
• catalog import apply requires explicit refs and allow_apply_import=true,
• missing decisions fail closed,
• production cutover execution requires backup/user/tag/route refs,
• local absolute path material fails closed.

Full validation and sandbox packaging are recorded in [REDACTED:high-entropy].md.