Does the authority permitting this action still legitimately exist right now?

Authority Continuity Primitive evaluates freshness, revocation propagation, delegation survivability, temporal validity, chain-of-authority verification, runtime mandate continuity, and action-scope fit.

Outcomes

AUTHORITY_CONTINUOUS AUTHORITY_DEGRADED AUTHORITY_LOST

POST /api/evaluate

{
  "packet_id": "agent-transfer-t0",
  "system_context": {
    "domain": "enterprise-orchestration",
    "workflow": "payment-release",
    "consequence_level": "high"
  },
  "requested_action": {
    "type": "release_payment",
    "resource": "invoice-8841",
    "scope": ["finance.release", "vendor.payment"],
    "requested_at": "2026-05-21T15:00:00Z"
  },
  "authority_chain": {
    "subject": "agent-finance-07",
    "issuer": "finance-controller",
    "delegated_by": "cfo-office",
    "issued_at": "2026-05-21T14:45:00Z",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-05-21T14:58:00Z",
    "expires_at": "2026-05-21T15:30:00Z",
    "scope": ["finance.release", "vendor.payment"],
    "chain": [
      { "actor": "cfo-office", "role": "mandate_owner", "status": "active" },
      { "actor": "finance-controller", "role": "delegator", "status": "active" },
      { "actor": "agent-finance-07", "role": "executor", "status": "active" }
    ]
  },
  "revocation_state": {
    "known_revocations": [],
    "last_revocation_check_at": "2026-05-21T14:59:00Z",
    "propagation_confirmed": true
  },
  "continuity_checks": {
    "fresh_after_minutes": 10,
    "revocation_check_fresh_after_minutes": 5,
    "require_propagation_confirmation": true,
    "missing_chain_policy": "block",
    "scope_mismatch_policy": "block"
  }
}