docs(adr): ADR-0054 — prove-it-runs gate for the authorable surface#2024
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Extends ADR-0049 (enforce-or-remove) with a third leg. The liveness ledger (#1919) classifies every authorable property live/experimental/dead, but "live" means only a static file:line consumer pointer — proof that something reads the property, not that authoring it produces correct runtime behavior. #2018 (tz bucketing: live at every layer, broken in integration) and the field-type fidelity gaps (#2022: rating/slider/toggle read back wrong-typed) fell through that gap — call it "unproven liveness". For a platform whose authors are AI emitting metadata across a combinatorial space the examples never cover, unproven liveness ships silently into third-party apps. ADR-0054 upgrades a `live` classification to optionally carry a `proof` — a @objectstack/dogfood test that authors the property against the real in-process stack and asserts the runtime outcome. Required as a ratchet (not a retrofit) for a high-risk authorable class on change, and for any property implicated in a shipped regression (the fix carries its proof). Generative testing is explicitly deferred (Phase 3, evidence-gated). Proposed — for architect review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Extends ADR-0049 (enforce-or-remove) with a third leg: prove-it-runs.
The spec-liveness ledger (#1919) classifies every authorable property live / experimental / dead with evidence — and kills silent dead surface. But "live" today means only a static
file:lineconsumer pointer: proof that something reads the property, not that authoring it produces correct runtime behavior. That gap — call it unproven liveness — is where the recent regressions fell:rating/slider/togglereading back wrong-typed on its first run.Why it matters for this platform
ObjectStack's authors are AI emitting arbitrary metadata across a combinatorial space the curated examples never cover. When a human authors something broken they notice; when an AI is told a property is "live" and it silently misbehaves, it ships into a third-party app. So "live" must carry a stronger guarantee for the primitives most likely to break in integration.
The decision
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liveclassification may be backed by aproof— a@objectstack/dogfoodtest that authors the property against the real in-process stack and asserts the runtime outcome. Enforced as a ratchet, not a retrofit:it.failsquarantine);Composes the three gates into one honest chain: valid (build-time guardrails) → has a consumer (liveness) → runs correctly (dogfood).
Generative property testing is explicitly deferred (Phase 3, evidence-gated) — high-ceiling, high-maintenance, doesn't lead.
Status
Proposed— for Protocol Architect review. Doc-only (docs/adr/0054-...md); no code change.