Make every release decision reconstructable.
Release evidence should answer what was requested, which immutable release and configuration were checked, why execution was allowed or denied, and whether a hardware signal was sent.
Request a Shadow AuditEvidence record
- Release identity and immutable content hash.
- Permit, device, controller, and action bindings.
- Decision, timestamp, and hardware-signal state.
- A tamper-evident link to the prior organization event.
Evidence is not a safety claim
An evidence chain supports investigation and release accountability. It does not prove that a policy behaved safely, that a protective function worked, or that a system meets a standard.
Review questions
- Can an operator distinguish a denied attempt from a dispatched action?
- Does evidence identify the same bytes that approval covered?
- Are retention and access controls appropriate for operational data?
- Can revocation be correlated with later denied attempts?
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