New hard invariant (Will): only the orchestrator mutates global engram state;
workers are read-only against the full engram + write only their own local
geometry. This is an AUTHORITY gate (capability), not a health gate — a worker
is STRUCTURALLY UNABLE to mutate global engram state regardless of engram health.
- containment.el: scope tokens now carry a caps set. Orchestrator token holds
engram:write + dharma:emit (@manager-only, the VBD rule that only the manager
mutates global state); worker token holds ONLY engram:read. Rule 4:
containment_check_engram_write / _dharma_emit reject any caller lacking the
capability — same scope-token mechanism as the live Rule-2 denial.
- swarm.el: swarm_engram_write is the ONLY engram write path, gated by Rule 4;
a worker token is denied before any HTTP is issued (no mutation). The curated
merge (commit=1) is the sole writer: the orchestrator commits approved
geometry via its write-capable token. Workers' full-engram READ stays intact.
- reshape_surface.el: compose op_write (json_escape_string) for the commit path.
- harness: Rule-4 suite proven — worker engram-write DENIED by capability, no
node created, violation journalled; orchestrator passes the gate as sole
writer. 24/24 green on the :8901 clone with real cognition.
Authority gate holds independent of daemon write-health (proven with daemon
both alive and, earlier, crashed). Prod :8742 untouched.
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