{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "contract": "kfd.self-conformance-lifecycle-gates/v1",
  "profile": "kfd-self-conformance@1.0.0-alpha.1",
  "verifier": {
    "kind": "self-conformance-transition",
    "path": "verifier/dist/kfd_verifier.wasm",
    "independent": true,
    "offline": true
  },
  "paths": [
    {
      "id": "candidate",
      "transitions": ["candidate-genesis", "revision-required", "rejection", "provisional-retention", "no-new-kfd"],
      "authorityRoles": ["provenance-owner", "review-disposition"],
      "decisions": ["record-candidate", "revise", "reject", "retain-provisional", "no-new-kfd"]
    },
    {
      "id": "qualification",
      "transitions": ["candidate-qualification", "revision-required", "rejection", "provisional-retention", "no-new-kfd"],
      "authorityRoles": ["evidence-review-authority", "review-disposition"],
      "decisions": ["qualify", "revise", "reject", "retain-provisional", "no-new-kfd"]
    },
    {
      "id": "draft-promotion",
      "transitions": ["numbered-draft-promotion", "revision-required", "rejection", "provisional-retention", "no-new-kfd"],
      "authorityRoles": ["maintainer-numbering", "review-disposition"],
      "decisions": ["promote", "revise", "reject", "retain-provisional", "no-new-kfd"]
    },
    {
      "id": "activation",
      "transitions": ["activation"],
      "authorityRoles": ["maintainer-status"],
      "decisions": ["activate"]
    },
    {
      "id": "supersession",
      "transitions": ["supersession"],
      "authorityRoles": ["maintainer-status"],
      "decisions": ["supersede"]
    },
    {
      "id": "foundation-revision",
      "transitions": ["foundation-revision"],
      "authorityRoles": ["maintainer-foundation-revision"],
      "decisions": ["revise-foundation"]
    },
    {
      "id": "release",
      "transitions": ["release-packaging"],
      "authorityRoles": ["release-authority"],
      "decisions": ["package"]
    }
  ],
  "nonPromotionTransitions": ["revision-required", "rejection", "provisional-retention", "no-new-kfd"],
  "retention": {
    "request": true,
    "report": true,
    "authorityReceipt": true,
    "independentReviewReceipt": true,
    "counterevidence": true,
    "exactRoots": true
  },
  "claimBoundary": "A lifecycle gate verifies exact structural evidence and the presence, separation, and scope of supplied governance receipts. It does not allocate a number, change status, approve, merge, publish, certify, or replace accountable human authority."
}