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Enforce architecture seams

Every application path for each capability crosses its designated seam. Each seam is independently certified and rechecked; a bypass, missing evidence or stale result blocks the overall promise.

Implementation
0 implemented · 9 partly implemented · 1 planned
Validation
0 passed checks · 0 checks not satisfied · 10 not verified

Implementation describes what is present in source. Validation describes recorded checks at the assessed Gimbal revision. Missing or stale evaluation records remain unverified. An incomplete recorded check set does not pass.

Check records: Gimbal b6e2c07ea299· Oct 8, 2026.

Keep work with its chosen agent

Implementation
Partly implemented
Validation
Not verified

A task uses its chosen coding agent for its session, follow-up messages and supported controls. Gimbal must keep recovery and result handling with the session's owning adapter, without silently starting unrelated replacement work.

Independent source audit at Gimbal 2dc8a21 (October 17): NOT CERTIFIED; no native-agent bypass established, but full coverage and substitution/denial evidence are missing. Current certification requires a fresh independent check; none is installed yet.

Unified message bus

Implementation
Partly implemented
Validation
Not verified

All participant requests, events, feedback, controls and outcomes use the selected logical message bus. The controller can operate execution hosts it cannot directly reach; each participant receives relevant messages.

Independent source audit at Gimbal 2dc8a21 (October 17): FAIL; execution RPC, control, observation, output and command paths bypass messaging. Current certification requires a fresh independent check; none is installed yet.

Registered workflow invocation

Implementation
Partly implemented
Validation
Not verified

All application workflow launches use registered definitions and validated preparation. Built-ins and plugins share the same catalog and invocation boundary; alternate launch surfaces need explicit disposition.

Independent source audit at Gimbal 2dc8a21 (October 17): FAIL under the merge gate; run-prompt bypasses registered preparation. Current certification requires a fresh independent check; none is installed yet.

Orchestrator authority

Implementation
Partly implemented
Validation
Not verified

The selected orchestrator owns environment acquisition, readiness and release. Application features do not independently bootstrap a host around that selection.

Independent source audit at Gimbal 2dc8a21 (October 17): FAIL; SSH environment setup exists outside the selected orchestrator. Current certification requires a fresh independent check; none is installed yet.

Scoped store authority

Implementation
Partly implemented
Validation
Not verified

Scoped named-value publication, acquisition and release use the selected SecretsBackend. Invalid or unavailable selected stores fail explicitly instead of silently becoming process-local memory.

Independent source audit at Gimbal 2dc8a21 (October 17): FAIL; nil selected-store construction can become memory storage. Current certification requires a fresh independent check; none is installed yet.

Authentication provider authority

Implementation
Partly implemented
Validation
Not verified

Every configured external login verifies identity through the selected auth.Provider, across the web and native application entrypoints.

Independent source audit at Gimbal 2dc8a21 (October 17): NOT CERTIFIED; no bypass established in inspected paths, but complete coverage and behavioral evidence are missing. Current certification requires a fresh independent check; none is installed yet.

User and session store authority

Implementation
Partly implemented
Validation
Not verified

Durable users, identity mappings and login sessions use the selected auth.Users store across login, protected requests, operator changes, logout and revocation.

Independent source audit at Gimbal 2dc8a21 (October 17): NOT CERTIFIED; no second authority established, but complete native/operator and substitution evidence are missing. Current certification requires a fresh independent check; none is installed yet.

Plugin selection and construction

Implementation
Partly implemented
Validation
Not verified

Loading, registration, configuration validation and construction propagate the selected implementation to every caller. Missing or unusable selections cannot trigger a competing default.

Independent source audit at Gimbal 2dc8a21 (October 17): FAIL; selected-store fallback defeats construction authority, and other paths lack complete coverage. Current certification requires a fresh independent check; none is installed yet.

Artifact and project-file storage

Implementation
Partly implemented
Validation
Not verified

Storage capabilities have explicit owning seams. Public proof uploads, durable project attachments and run outputs are classified separately, with no unaccounted path around their selected backends.

Independent source audit at Gimbal 2dc8a21 (October 17): NOT CERTIFIED; CLI upload and project attachment storage boundaries remain unresolved. Current certification requires a fresh independent check; none is installed yet.

Recurring architecture certification

Implementation
Planned
Validation
Not verified

An independent whole-application check certifies every seam against the exact revision, build, plugin set and verification mechanism. Changes and expired evidence require rechecking; any failed, missing, partial or stale result blocks fulfillment and the required merge check.

Not installed. The baseline audit refused certification. Runner, cadence, freshness, independent verifier and bounded costs must be established before recurring execution.