Evidence limitation

Source code is not current operation

Direct limitation

It does not prove that an authorized instance is deployed, reachable, correctly configured, processing current state, or performing institutional functions.

Artifact or claim that may be supported

Implementation inspection, version comparison, reproducible build, and intended behavior analysis.

What the evidence does not establish

It does not prove that an authorized instance is deployed, reachable, correctly configured, processing current state, or performing institutional functions.

Additional evidence required

Deployment identity, service endpoint, configuration evidence, time-bounded external observations, current signing keys, state transitions, and attributable actions.

Mitigation

Deployment identity, service endpoint, configuration evidence, time-bounded external observations, current signing keys, state transitions, and attributable actions.

Supporting sources

No public source record is assigned; the claim remains bounded by project doctrine, a governed report, or an explicitly unresolved evidence requirement.

Related topic

Evidence and Provenance