Candidate verification
In one line
What was checked against a specific candidate, and what mixed evidence means.
Candidate verification asks what check result was actually observed for the particular version being examined. A repository name alone is not enough: the candidate, check surface and observation scope matter.
In the frozen Project 03 comparison, the repository-level states are 13 SUCCESS_OBSERVED, one MIXED and one NOT_ESTABLISHED. This is not an overall CI or quality score. SUCCESS_OBSERVED says a candidate-bound positive check was observed; it does not by itself establish engineering acceptance or deployment.
Consumer Lab demonstrates why MIXED must survive: three exact-head checks were observed, with two successes and one failure. Saying “verification passed” would erase an actual failed result. Conversely, NOT_ESTABLISHED does not imply that a failing check was observed; the required positive evidence was not established.
Verification is separate from engineering acceptance, exact lineage and runtime observation. A check can succeed without answering any of those questions.
For the case-level comparison, read Verification is not acceptance. For the general practice, see Evidence verification.
Research basis: original connected Project 03 story/concept and frozen schema-v1.1 comparison. Exact private tab, range, screenshot and claim pointers are retained in the internal review matrix; no source-workbook links are published.
Where this note sits
Completion and acceptance · 6 linked pages
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- Engineering acceptanceboth ways
- Evidence verificationlinks out
- A small evaluation is not a deploymentlinks here
- One failed check and a 27-file provenance matchlinks out
- What the records establish across 15 repositoriesboth ways
- Passing checks and software acceptance are different findingsboth ways
Linked from
- Engineering acceptancelinks here
- Noteslinks here
- A small evaluation is not a deploymentlinks here
- What the records establish across 15 repositorieslinks here
- Passing checks and software acceptance are different findingslinks here