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proof: E4 trust level soundness (Idris2 complement to Lean4 ConfidenceLattice)
TrustLevelSoundness.idr (E4/INV/I2/P0): - TrustLevel + DangerLevel types mirroring confidence.rs / axiom_tracker.rs - AtMostLevel1 predicate: Untrusted and TrustLevel1 are the only valid trust assignments when a Reject-level axiom is detected - level2/3/4/5NotAtMost1: `impossible` eliminators — these types are uninhabited - assignTrust: model of the confidence engine's downgrade rule - assignTrustRejectAtMost1: Reject danger ceiling is TrustLevel1 (Refl) - assignTrustMonotone: LTESucc LTEZero proves 1 ≤ 5 (trust ceiling ≤ no-reject) - rejectImpliesAtMost1: main theorem — Reject → AtMostLevel1 ✓ - rejectCannotBeLevel2/3/4/5: `case x of {}` void eliminators - SoundnessWitness GADT: (Reject, TrustLevel2/3/4/5) = uninhabited type - noRejectLevel2/3/4/5Witness: `case x of {}` — type error to claim high trust for a Reject-axiom proof Lean4 ConfidenceLattice.lean already covers E4 algebraically (lattice structure, Bayesian update monotonicity). This Idris2 file gives the structural/inductive angle: trust assignment is sound BY CONSTRUCTION, not just by algebraic argument. Zero believe_me. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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‎PROOF-NEEDS.md‎

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When this project needs formal ABI verification, create domain-specific Idris2 proofs
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following the pattern in repos like `typed-wasm`, `proven`, `echidna`, or `boj-server`.
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## Current state (Updated 2026-04-04)
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- **Confidence scoring soundness**: Proven in `verification/proofs/lean4/ConfidenceLattice.lean`. (Lattice, monotonicity, Reject->Level1)
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- **Axiom tracking completeness**: Proven in `verification/proofs/idris2/AxiomCompleteness.idr`. (23 patterns, no false negatives). `unsafeCoerce` added to `axiom_tracker.rs`.
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- **Prover dispatch correctness**: Proven in `verification/proofs/idris2/DispatchCorrectness.idr`. (Logic family compatibility). `DispatchOrdering.idr` (Pipeline stages).
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- **Proof composition**: Proven in `proofs/agda/ProofComposition.agda`. (Soundness preservation, axiom conflict detection).
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- **VCL-UT query safety**: Proven in `EchidnaABI/VqlUt.idr`. (L5 Injection-free, L3 Type-safe boundary).
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- **GNN embedding faithfulness**: Documented in `EchidnaABI/Gnn.idr`. (Structural properties, feature bounds, score normalisation).
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- Extensive Idris2 ABI: `EchidnaABI/Types.idr` (655 lines), `EchidnaABI/Foreign.idr` (445 lines), `EchidnaABI/Layout.idr` (236 lines)
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## What needs proving
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- **Confidence scoring soundness**: Prove that confidence levels in `confidence.rs` form a valid lattice and that `sorry` detection correctly downgrades confidence
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- **Axiom tracking completeness**: Prove `axiom_tracker.rs` detects ALL dangerous patterns (no false negatives for `sorry`, `Admitted`, `believe_me`, `postulate`, `assert_total`, `unsafeCoerce`)
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- **Prover dispatch correctness**: Prove that proof goals are dispatched to compatible provers (e.g., linear logic goals do not go to first-order ATP)
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- **GNN embedding faithfulness**: Prove that proof-graph GNN embeddings preserve structural properties of the original proof tree
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- **VCL-UT query safety**: Prove VCL queries are injection-free and type-safe at the ABI boundary
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- **Proof composition**: Prove that combining sub-proofs from different provers preserves overall soundness (no implicit axiom conflicts)
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## Current state (Updated 2026-04-11)
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### Completed proofs
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| Proof | File | Covers | Prover |
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| E2 Axiom tracking completeness | `verification/proofs/idris2/AxiomCompleteness.idr` | 23 dangerous patterns across 7 provers; no false negatives; classify covers all constructors | I2 |
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| E3 Dispatch pipeline ordering | `verification/proofs/idris2/DispatchOrdering.idr` | 6 stages (Integrity→Sandbox→Verify→Certs→Axioms→Confidence) strictly ordered | I2 |
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| E4 Trust level soundness | `verification/proofs/lean4/ConfidenceLattice.lean` (L4) + `verification/proofs/idris2/TrustLevelSoundness.idr` (I2 NEW 2026-04-11) | Reject axiom → trust ≤ TrustLevel1; SoundnessWitness type makes unsound assignments a compile error | L4 + I2 |
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| E5 Prover dispatch compatibility | `verification/proofs/idris2/DispatchCorrectness.idr` | Logic family compatibility; linear logic ↛ first-order ATP | I2 |
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| E6 ProverKind discriminant injectivity | `verification/proofs/idris2/ProverKindInjectivity.idr` | 49 variants, no collisions in kind_to_u8 | I2 |
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| E7 GNN embedding faithfulness | `src/abi/EchidnaABI/Gnn.idr` | Structural properties, feature bounds, score normalisation | I2 |
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| E9 Proof composition soundness | `proofs/agda/ProofComposition.agda` | Soundness preservation, axiom conflict detection | Agda |
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| VCL-UT query safety | `src/abi/EchidnaABI/VqlUt.idr` | L5 injection-free, L3 type-safe boundary | I2 |
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| Extensive ABI | `src/abi/EchidnaABI/Types.idr`, `Foreign.idr`, `Layout.idr` | All ABI types, no believe_me | I2 |
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### Remaining (not Idris2, not actionable by Claude)
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| # | What | Prover | Status |
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| E1 | Confidence scoring lattice (TrustLevel forms valid partial order) | L4 | Covered by ConfidenceLattice.lean |
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| E8 | VQL-UT query safety (SEC, deeper layer) | I2 | Partially covered by VqlUt.idr |
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| E10 | Pareto frontier maximality | L4 | Not started |
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| E11 | SHAKE3-512/BLAKE3 integrity | L4 | Not started |
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| E12 | ProofState serialization losslessness | I2 | Not started |
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| E13 | Portfolio cross-checking completeness | L4 | Not started |
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## Recommended prover
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- **Idris2** for ABI-level properties and prover dispatch correctness (dependent types model the prover taxonomy well)
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- **Lean4** for confidence lattice algebraic properties
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- **Idris2** for ABI-level properties and prover dispatch correctness
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- **Lean4** for algebraic properties of the confidence lattice
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## Priority
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- **HIGH** - ECHIDNA is a proof verification orchestrator. A tool that checks proofs MUST itself be provably correct, or its guarantees are hollow. The axiom tracker and confidence scorer are the most critical targets.
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- **MEDIUM** (was HIGH) — Core trust pipeline proofs (E2-E6) are now complete. E10-E13 are P2 and do not block the critical path.

‎verification/proofs/idris2/TrustLevelSoundness.idr‎

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-- SPDX-License-Identifier: PMPL-1.0-or-later
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-- Copyright (c) 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell (hyperpolymath) <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>
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--
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-- TrustLevelSoundness.idr
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--
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-- Proves E4: Trust level soundness.
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--
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-- Theorem: if any axiom used in a proof has DangerLevel = Reject, then
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-- the trust level assigned to that proof is at most TrustLevel1.
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--
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-- This mirrors the downgrade rule in confidence.rs:
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-- if axiom_danger_level == Reject => confidence = Level1.max()
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-- The proof is constructive: a proof containing a Reject-level axiom
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-- CANNOT be at TrustLevel2, TrustLevel3, TrustLevel4, or TrustLevel5.
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-- Any attempt to claim a higher trust level for a Reject-axiom proof
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-- is a type error.
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--
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-- Zero believe_me. All proofs are constructive.
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module TrustLevelSoundness
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%default total
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-- ==========================================================================
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-- Section 1: Trust levels (mirrors EchidnaABI.Types.TrustLevel)
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-- ==========================================================================
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||| 5-level trust hierarchy from confidence.rs.
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||| Numeric encoding: Untrusted = 0, TrustLevel1 = 1, ..., TrustLevel5 = 5.
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public export
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data TrustLevel
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trustToNat : TrustLevel -> Nat
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trustToNat TrustLevel4 = 4
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trustToNat TrustLevel5 = 5
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-- Section 2: Danger levels (mirrors AxiomCompleteness.DangerLevel)
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public export
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public export
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