{ "schema_version": "1.1.0", "contract_id": "maestro.facebook-ads-audit.v1", "record_scope": { "accounts": 1, "campaign_cohorts": 1, "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "route_cardinality": 1 }, "evidence_states": [ "BLANK", "UNKNOWN", "OBSERVED", "DECLARED", "NOT_APPLICABLE" ], "check_results": [ "PASS", "FAIL", "UNKNOWN", "NOT_APPLICABLE" ], "raw_observation_rule": "Readers supply typed observations and evidence references. The evaluator derives check results. It must reject a record that supplies a result in place of observations.", "evidence_entry_schema": { "required": [ "evidence_id", "state", "value", "owner", "observed_at", "source_ref", "boundary", "account_ref", "cohort_ref" ], "state_rules": { "OBSERVED": "value is non-null; owner, ISO timestamp, source reference, boundary, account and cohort are non-placeholder strings", "DECLARED": "value is non-null; owner, ISO timestamp, source reference and boundary are non-placeholder strings", "UNKNOWN": "value is null; reason, owner request and next check are non-placeholder strings", "BLANK": "value, owner, observed_at and source_ref are null", "NOT_APPLICABLE": "value is null and the exact route/applicability rule is recorded" } }, "conditional_dependencies": { "WEBSITE_EVENT_INTEGRITY": "E-EVENT-DEDUP is required only when event_architecture is DUAL_SOURCE_SAME_LOGICAL_ACTION. BROWSER_ONLY, SERVER_ONLY and DUAL_SOURCE_DISTINCT_ACTIONS must record the architecture and make the dedup subcheck NOT_APPLICABLE without exempting event receipt/name checks." }, "outputs": { "audit_coverage": [ "COMPLETE", "PARTIAL" ], "diagnosis": [ "CONFIRMED_FAILURE", "HYPOTHESIS_ONLY", "INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE", "NO_SUPPORTED_FAILURE" ], "next_action": [ "REPAIR_CONFIRMED_FAILURE", "COLLECT_EVIDENCE", "TEST_HYPOTHESIS", "CONTINUE_BOUNDED_OBSERVATION" ], "required": [ "first_supported_failure", "first_unresolved_dependency", "hypotheses", "secondary_backlog", "verification_scopes" ] }, "evidence_register": [ { "evidence_id": "E-ACCOUNT-STATUS", "owner": "Meta account", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Dated restriction and delivery-status receipt" }, { "evidence_id": "E-CAMPAIGN-CONFIG", "owner": "Meta Ads Manager", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Objective, optimization event and delivery configuration" }, { "evidence_id": "E-INTENDED-OUTCOME", "owner": "Business owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Declared business outcome for this cohort" }, { "evidence_id": "E-AUDIENCE-CONFIG", "owner": "Meta Ads Manager", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Audience source, eligibility and exclusion configuration" }, { "evidence_id": "E-AUDIENCE-POLICY", "owner": "Business or privacy owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Allowed-use decision and required suppression policy" }, { "evidence_id": "E-PLACEMENT-CONFIG", "owner": "Meta Ads Manager", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Delivered placement configuration for the scoped cohort" }, { "evidence_id": "E-ASSET-PLACEMENT-RULE", "owner": "Creative owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Supplied placement and asset-compatibility rule" }, { "evidence_id": "E-BUDGET-SCHEDULE", "owner": "Meta Ads Manager", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Active budget, schedule and delivery settings" }, { "evidence_id": "E-DELIVERY-POLICY", "owner": "Campaign owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Supplied bounded budget and schedule policy" }, { "evidence_id": "E-MESSAGE-PROMISE", "owner": "Ad creative", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Visible message, offer and requested action" }, { "evidence_id": "E-DESTINATION-PROMISE", "owner": "Website or Instant Form", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Visible destination/form promise and action" }, { "evidence_id": "E-DESTINATION-RETEST", "owner": "Website", "routes": [ "WEBSITE" ], "description": "Dated load and form-completion functional retest" }, { "evidence_id": "E-TEST-EVENTS", "owner": "Meta Events Manager", "routes": [ "WEBSITE" ], "description": "Dated browser/server test-event trace" }, { "evidence_id": "E-EVENT-DEDUP", "owner": "Implementation owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE" ], "description": "event_name and event_id pairing evidence" }, { "evidence_id": "E-INSTANT-FORM-TEST", "owner": "Meta Instant Forms", "routes": [ "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Dated native form submission and lead creation receipt" }, { "evidence_id": "E-CAPTURE-RECEIPTS", "owner": "Form owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Captured lead IDs/counts for the scoped cohort" }, { "evidence_id": "E-CRM-RECEIPTS", "owner": "CRM", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "CRM receipt IDs/counts for the same mature cohort" }, { "evidence_id": "E-JOIN-DEFINITION", "owner": "Data owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Join key and compatible scope boundary" }, { "evidence_id": "E-CRM-DEFINITION", "owner": "CRM owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Acceptance rule and owner" }, { "evidence_id": "E-CREATIVE-COMPARABLES", "owner": "Meta Ads Manager", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Comparable creative history and declared fatigue rule" }, { "evidence_id": "E-QUALITY-DEFINITION", "owner": "Sales/CRM owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Supplied qualified-lead definition" }, { "evidence_id": "E-MATURE-QUALITY-COHORT", "owner": "CRM", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Joined cohort beyond declared outcome cutoff" }, { "evidence_id": "E-FOLLOW-UP-POLICY", "owner": "Sales owner", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Declared response SLA and completion rule" }, { "evidence_id": "E-FOLLOW-UP-RECEIPTS", "owner": "CRM or engagement system", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "description": "Dated first-response and completion receipts" } ], "checks": [ { "check_id": "ACCESS_RESTRICTION", "order": 10, "layer": "account", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-ACCOUNT-STATUS" ], "failure_predicate": "A dated account-native receipt shows a restriction that blocks delivery or management for the scoped account.", "symptoms_only": [], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "restriction_blocks_delivery": "boolean" }, "fail_when": "restriction_blocks_delivery == true" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "OBJECTIVE_OPTIMIZATION_CONFLICT", "order": 20, "layer": "delivery", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-CAMPAIGN-CONFIG", "E-INTENDED-OUTCOME" ], "failure_predicate": "The current objective or optimization event directly conflicts with the declared intended outcome for this cohort.", "symptoms_only": [ "LEARNING_LIMITED" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "objective_conflicts_with_outcome": "boolean" }, "fail_when": "objective_conflicts_with_outcome == true" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "AUDIENCE_ELIGIBILITY_EXCLUSIONS", "order": 25, "layer": "audience", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-AUDIENCE-CONFIG", "E-AUDIENCE-POLICY" ], "failure_predicate": "The current audience includes a group explicitly excluded by the supplied eligibility or suppression policy, or uses a source without the supplied allowed-use decision.", "symptoms_only": [ "LOW_CTR", "LOW_QUALIFIED_RATE" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "allowed_use_supplied": "boolean", "excluded_population_present": "boolean", "audience_source_matches_policy": "boolean" }, "fail_when": "allowed_use_supplied == true AND (excluded_population_present == true OR audience_source_matches_policy == false)" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "PLACEMENT_CONFIGURATION", "order": 27, "layer": "delivery", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-PLACEMENT-CONFIG", "E-ASSET-PLACEMENT-RULE" ], "failure_predicate": "The delivered placement set directly conflicts with the supplied placement or asset-compatibility rule for this cohort.", "symptoms_only": [ "LOW_CTR", "HIGH_CPA" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "placement_rule_supplied": "boolean", "delivered_placements_match_rule": "boolean", "assets_compatible_with_delivered_placements": "boolean" }, "fail_when": "placement_rule_supplied == true AND (delivered_placements_match_rule == false OR assets_compatible_with_delivered_placements == false)" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "BUDGET_SCHEDULE_CONFIGURATION", "order": 28, "layer": "delivery", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-BUDGET-SCHEDULE", "E-DELIVERY-POLICY" ], "failure_predicate": "The active budget or schedule directly conflicts with the supplied bounded delivery policy for this cohort.", "symptoms_only": [ "LEARNING_LIMITED", "UNDERDELIVERY" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "delivery_policy_supplied": "boolean", "budget_matches_policy": "boolean", "schedule_matches_policy": "boolean" }, "fail_when": "delivery_policy_supplied == true AND (budget_matches_policy == false OR schedule_matches_policy == false)" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "MESSAGE_DESTINATION_CONTINUITY", "order": 29, "layer": "creative", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-MESSAGE-PROMISE", "E-DESTINATION-PROMISE" ], "failure_predicate": "The visible ad promise or action directly conflicts with the supplied destination or native-form promise for the same route.", "symptoms_only": [ "LOW_CTR", "HIGH_BOUNCE_RATE" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "message_promise_supplied": "boolean", "destination_promise_supplied": "boolean", "promise_and_action_match": "boolean" }, "fail_when": "message_promise_supplied == true AND destination_promise_supplied == true AND promise_and_action_match == false" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "WEBSITE_DESTINATION_FUNCTION", "order": 30, "layer": "destination", "routes": [ "WEBSITE" ], "dependencies": [ "E-DESTINATION-RETEST" ], "failure_predicate": "The scoped destination cannot load or the declared form action cannot complete in a dated functional retest.", "symptoms_only": [ "HIGH_BOUNCE_RATE" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "destination_loads": "boolean", "declared_action_completes": "boolean" }, "fail_when": "destination_loads == false OR declared_action_completes == false" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "WEBSITE_EVENT_INTEGRITY", "order": 40, "layer": "measurement", "routes": [ "WEBSITE" ], "dependencies": [ "E-TEST-EVENTS", "E-EVENT-DEDUP" ], "failure_predicate": "A dated Test Events or equivalent receipt shows the same logical event counted more than once, missing, or named differently across the scoped browser/server path.", "symptoms_only": [ "LOW_CTR", "HIGH_CPA" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "event_architecture": "BROWSER_ONLY | SERVER_ONLY | DUAL_SOURCE_SAME_LOGICAL_ACTION | DUAL_SOURCE_DISTINCT_ACTIONS", "logical_action_event_count": "integer >= 0", "event_names_match": "boolean", "shared_event_id_when_dual_source": "boolean or null" }, "fail_when": "logical_action_event_count != 1 OR event_names_match == false OR (event_architecture == DUAL_SOURCE_SAME_LOGICAL_ACTION AND shared_event_id_when_dual_source == false)" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "INSTANT_FORM_CAPTURE", "order": 50, "layer": "capture", "routes": [ "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-INSTANT-FORM-TEST" ], "failure_predicate": "A dated native test cannot submit or cannot create the expected platform lead record.", "symptoms_only": [ "LOW_FORM_COMPLETION" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "native_submission_succeeds": "boolean", "platform_lead_created": "boolean" }, "fail_when": "native_submission_succeeds == false OR platform_lead_created == false" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "LEAD_TRANSPORT", "order": 60, "layer": "transport", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-CAPTURE-RECEIPTS", "E-CRM-RECEIPTS", "E-JOIN-DEFINITION" ], "failure_predicate": "A mature, scope-compatible joined cohort proves captured lead records are absent from CRM receipt beyond the declared transport policy.", "symptoms_only": [ "PLATFORM_CRM_COUNT_DIFFERENCE" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "captured_count": "integer >= 0", "crm_received_count": "integer >= 0", "allowed_missing_count": "integer >= 0" }, "fail_when": "scoped evidence is mature and captured_count - crm_received_count > allowed_missing_count" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "CRM_ACCEPTANCE", "order": 70, "layer": "crm", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-CRM-DEFINITION", "E-CRM-RECEIPTS", "E-JOIN-DEFINITION" ], "failure_predicate": "A mature joined cohort proves received records breach the declared CRM acceptance rule.", "symptoms_only": [ "LOW_QUALIFIED_RATE" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "accepted_count": "integer >= 0", "received_count": "integer >= 0", "minimum_acceptance_rate": "number 0..1" }, "fail_when": "mature scoped received_count > 0 AND accepted_count / received_count < minimum_acceptance_rate" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "CREATIVE_FATIGUE", "order": 80, "layer": "creative", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-CREATIVE-COMPARABLES" ], "failure_predicate": "Comparable dated creative history and a declared rule show the scoped asset breached its fatigue condition.", "symptoms_only": [ "HIGH_FREQUENCY", "LOW_CTR" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "current_frequency": "number >= 0", "comparison_frequency": "number > 0", "current_ctr": "number >= 0", "comparison_ctr": "number > 0", "max_frequency_increase": "number >= 0", "max_ctr_decline": "number >= 0" }, "fail_when": "frequency increase exceeds max_frequency_increase AND CTR decline exceeds max_ctr_decline" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "LEAD_QUALITY", "order": 90, "layer": "outcomes", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-QUALITY-DEFINITION", "E-MATURE-QUALITY-COHORT" ], "failure_predicate": "A mature, joined cohort with a supplied quality definition breaches the declared lead-quality rule.", "symptoms_only": [ "CHEAP_LEADS", "ANECDOTAL_SALES_FEEDBACK" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "qualified_count": "integer >= 0", "assessed_count": "integer >= 0", "minimum_quality_rate": "number 0..1" }, "fail_when": "mature scoped assessed_count > 0 AND qualified_count / assessed_count < minimum_quality_rate" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." }, { "check_id": "FOLLOW_UP_POLICY", "order": 100, "layer": "follow_up", "routes": [ "WEBSITE", "INSTANT_FORM" ], "dependencies": [ "E-FOLLOW-UP-POLICY", "E-FOLLOW-UP-RECEIPTS" ], "failure_predicate": "A mature joined cohort proves accepted leads breached the supplied follow-up timing or completion policy.", "symptoms_only": [ "LOW_MEETING_RATE" ], "observation_contract": { "fields": { "followed_up_within_policy_count": "integer >= 0", "eligible_count": "integer >= 0", "minimum_follow_up_rate": "number 0..1" }, "fail_when": "mature scoped eligible_count > 0 AND followed_up_within_policy_count / eligible_count < minimum_follow_up_rate" }, "result_derivation": "Derive PASS/FAIL only from a complete, typed observation object and positive evidence references for every dependency. An incomplete or incompatible observation is UNKNOWN. Reader-supplied PASS/FAIL is not an input." } ], "decision_rules": { "independent_evaluation": "Evaluate every route-applicable check before prioritization. UNKNOWN in one check never erases a FAIL in another.", "first_supported_failure": "Lowest check order with FAIL; ties use bytewise check_id order.", "first_unresolved_dependency": "Lowest check order with UNKNOWN; ties use bytewise check_id order.", "diagnosis": [ "Any FAIL => CONFIRMED_FAILURE.", "No FAIL and one or more supported symptom hypotheses => HYPOTHESIS_ONLY.", "No FAIL or supported hypothesis and one or more UNKNOWN => INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE.", "All applicable checks PASS and no supported hypothesis => NO_SUPPORTED_FAILURE." ], "next_action": [ "CONFIRMED_FAILURE => REPAIR_CONFIRMED_FAILURE.", "HYPOTHESIS_ONLY => TEST_HYPOTHESIS.", "INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE => COLLECT_EVIDENCE.", "NO_SUPPORTED_FAILURE => CONTINUE_BOUNDED_OBSERVATION." ], "coverage": "COMPLETE means complete across the fourteen checks in this contract only, not a guarantee of account health or future performance. Every route-applicable check must be PASS or FAIL; otherwise coverage is PARTIAL.", "hypotheses": { "eligibility": "A symptom needs a non-placeholder source reference, observed_at timestamp, metric or state definition, population/window and denominator state. A bare symptom string is invalid.", "mapping": { "LEARNING_LIMITED": [ "OBJECTIVE_OPTIMIZATION_CONFLICT", "BUDGET_SCHEDULE_CONFIGURATION" ], "LOW_CTR": [ "AUDIENCE_ELIGIBILITY_EXCLUSIONS", "PLACEMENT_CONFIGURATION", "MESSAGE_DESTINATION_CONTINUITY", "CREATIVE_FATIGUE" ], "HIGH_FREQUENCY": [ "CREATIVE_FATIGUE" ], "HIGH_CPA": [ "PLACEMENT_CONFIGURATION", "WEBSITE_EVENT_INTEGRITY" ], "HIGH_BOUNCE_RATE": [ "MESSAGE_DESTINATION_CONTINUITY", "WEBSITE_DESTINATION_FUNCTION" ], "LOW_FORM_COMPLETION": [ "INSTANT_FORM_CAPTURE" ], "PLATFORM_CRM_COUNT_DIFFERENCE": [ "LEAD_TRANSPORT" ], "LOW_QUALIFIED_RATE": [ "AUDIENCE_ELIGIBILITY_EXCLUSIONS", "CRM_ACCEPTANCE" ], "CHEAP_LEADS": [ "LEAD_QUALITY" ], "ANECDOTAL_SALES_FEEDBACK": [ "LEAD_QUALITY" ], "LOW_MEETING_RATE": [ "FOLLOW_UP_POLICY" ], "UNDERDELIVERY": [ "BUDGET_SCHEDULE_CONFIGURATION" ] }, "order": "Sort eligible hypotheses by the lowest mapped check order, then symptom ID. Deduplicate by symptom ID plus source_ref plus population/window." }, "action_schema": { "required": [ "action_type", "problem", "evidence_ids", "bounded_change_or_test", "owner", "owner_request", "due_date", "date_request", "success_observation", "success_rule", "prerequisites", "uncertainty" ], "rule": "Owner may be null only with an exact owner_request. Due date may be null only with an exact date_request. A success observation and rule are always required. Missing action fields do not invent values; they make action_readiness PARTIAL without erasing diagnosis." }, "population_rules": [ "Zero is a measured value only when the evidence state is OBSERVED.", "A blank denominator stays UNKNOWN; a measured zero denominator returns UNKNOWN/undefined rather than Infinity or a finite rate.", "Cross-account, incompatible date windows, route changes and cohorts before their outcome cutoff cannot support joined outcome claims." ] }, "verification_scopes": { "historical": "Freeze source IDs, values, scope and evidence hashes used for the diagnosis.", "immediate_retest": "After the known historical failure evidence and freeze, record that same failed check in the next route version with typed values, a dated source and a result derived by the evaluator. Do not rewrite the historical diagnosis.", "prospective_outcome": "Open a distinct future cohort in the next route version after the known evidence chronology. Pending is not success or failure. PASS or FAIL additionally requires a passing immediate retest, a cohort that starts after that retest, a later cutoff, and typed CRM acceptance, lead quality or follow-up observations recorded after cutoff." }, "import_integrity": { "canonicalization": "RFC 8785-style JSON canonicalization implemented by the shipped engine: UTF-8, recursively sorted object keys by Unicode code point, ECMAScript JSON number serialization, arrays kept in supplied order, no insignificant whitespace. IDs remain strings. Duplicate decoded keys, including escaped-equivalent keys, reject before JSON.parse.", "required": [ "contract_id", "contract_version", "record_id", "route_version", "payload", "payload_sha256" ], "hash_domain": "Hash the canonical object containing contract_id, contract_version, schema_version, rule_version, record_id, route, route_version and payload. Derived outputs are recomputed and contradictions reject even when the supplied hash is valid.", "route_binding": "A route change against a supplied accepted_prior_binding rejects as ROUTE_VERSION_STALE. A fresh import without a prior binding can verify structure and byte integrity but cannot prove historical continuity or authenticate supplied receipts. A legitimate new route version requires fresh route-specific evidence and reassessment.", "versions": "This artifact accepts only contract 1.0.0, schema 1.1.0 and rule 1.1.0. Unknown versions reject; no silent migration.", "atomicity": "Any schema, reference, integrity or derived-output error rejects the whole import and leaves the currently accepted record unchanged.", "rule": "Wrong nested types, duplicate keys, dangling references, stale hash, wrong version/contract or a route change against an accepted prior binding reject without silent repair. SHA-256 proves byte integrity, not source authenticity." } }