Implement agent policy rollout

Policy activation should be staged, observable and reversible without inconsistent executor decisions.

01 / The operating case

What changes in a real workflow?

A new production rule narrows refund limits while agents have queued refunds.

Trace the authority boundary

01Authority origin
02Task and grant
03Current decision
04Observed outcome

02 / Decision contract

What the executor must check

Publish immutable version, run simulation and shadow evaluation, activate atomically, propagate epoch to enforcement points and fail closed on unknown version.

InputPrincipal · task · action · target

DecisionGrant ancestry · policy · current state

ResultEnforce · record · verify outcome

03 / Failure and evidence

What goes wrong, and what can be proven?

Failure mode

One executor uses old policy while another uses new policy for the same grant.

Evidence to retain

Record version activation, propagation, shadow deltas, rollback and every decision version.

04 / Canonical scope

Why this reference stands alone

Policy versioning identifies bundles; rollout governs their safe change.

Illustrative implementation artifact

Policy release gates

draft -> tests -> historical simulation -> shadow decisions
      -> reviewed delta -> atomic activation of version N
      -> propagation acknowledgement -> monitor
      -> rollback to immutable version N-1 if needed

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