# Kernel Lifecycle Evidence Status

Status: status alignment record
Date: 2026-05-27 00:45 CDT
Scope: public status alignment after the merged kernel lifecycle evidence sequence.

## Purpose

This record aligns the public status layer after the merged kernel lifecycle evidence PRs.

Merged slices:

```text
PR #170 — kernel lifecycle report runner
PR #171 — kernel lifecycle subsystem summary
PR #172 — kernel lifecycle rollback plan
```

## Current kernel evidence

The current kernel evidence now includes:

```text
kernel lifecycle seed
kernel IPC table guard
kernel IPC table report runner
kernel VFS namespace guard
kernel VFS namespace report runner
kernel device registry guard
kernel device registry report runner
kernel driver catalog guard
kernel driver catalog report runner
kernel interrupt table guard
kernel interrupt table report runner
kernel timer source guard
kernel timer source report runner
kernel scheduler tick guard
kernel scheduler tick report runner
kernel run queue guard
kernel run queue report runner
kernel context switch guard
kernel context switch report runner
kernel time accounting guard
kernel time accounting report runner
kernel preemption guard
kernel preemption report runner
kernel scheduler credit guard
kernel scheduler credit report runner
kernel scheduler selection guard
kernel scheduler selection report runner
kernel scheduler dispatch guard
kernel scheduler dispatch report runner
kernel scheduler handoff guard
kernel scheduler handoff report runner
kernel scheduler activation guard
kernel scheduler activation report runner
kernel scheduler run-entry guard
kernel scheduler run-entry report runner
kernel runtime entry admission guard
kernel runtime entry admission report runner
kernel runtime entry frame guard
kernel runtime entry frame report runner
kernel runtime entry register-view guard
kernel runtime entry register-view report runner
kernel runtime entry stack-view guard
kernel runtime entry stack-view report runner
kernel runtime entry address-space-view guard
kernel runtime entry address-space-view report runner
kernel runtime entry privilege-level-view guard
kernel runtime entry privilege-level-view report runner
kernel runtime entry syscall-gate-view guard
kernel runtime entry syscall-gate-view report runner
kernel runtime entry syscall-dispatch-view guard
kernel runtime entry syscall-dispatch-view report runner
kernel runtime entry syscall-return-view guard
kernel runtime entry syscall-return-view report runner
kernel runtime entry syscall-exit-view guard
kernel runtime entry syscall-exit-view report runner
kernel runtime entry user-mode-resume-view guard
kernel runtime entry user-mode-resume-view report runner
kernel runtime entry post-resume-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry post-resume-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry scheduler-return-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry scheduler-return-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry process-return-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry process-return-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry idle-return-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry idle-return-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry quiescent-return-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry quiescent-return-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry persistence-boundary-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry persistence-boundary-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-boundary-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-boundary-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-plan-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-plan-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-disposition-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-disposition-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-outcome-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-outcome-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-closeout-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-closeout-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-closeout-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-closeout-observation-view report runner
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-closeout-archive-gate-observation-view guard
kernel runtime entry recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-closeout-archive-gate-observation-view report runner
kernel process table guard
kernel process table report runner
kernel syscall table guard
kernel syscall table report runner
kernel lifecycle report runner
kernel lifecycle subsystem summary
kernel lifecycle rollback plan
```

The lifecycle evidence can report a bounded in-memory path ending at:

```text
final_state=runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-closeout-archive-gate-observation-view-ready
```

The lifecycle report runner and subsystem summary keep the external-effect posture explicit:

```text
external_effect_performed=0
no_external_effect_chain=1
```

## Current authority posture

The merged evidence keeps authority denied:

```text
runtime_entry_recovery_boundary_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_plan_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_disposition_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_outcome_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_closeout_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_archive_gate_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_persistence_boundary_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_quiescent_return_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_idle_return_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_process_return_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_scheduler_return_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_post_resume_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_user_mode_resume_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_syscall_exit_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_syscall_return_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_syscall_dispatch_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_syscall_gate_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_privilege_level_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_address_space_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_stack_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_register_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_frame_allowed=0
runtime_entry_admission_allowed=0
runtime_entry_allowed=0
recovery_boundary_observation_allowed=0
recovery_boundary_allowed=0
recovery_plan_allowed=0
recovery_plan_observation_allowed=0
recovery_disposition_allowed=0
recovery_disposition_observation_allowed=0
recovery_outcome_allowed=0
recovery_outcome_observation_allowed=0
recovery_closeout_allowed=0
recovery_closeout_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_allowed=0
recovery_audit_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_archive_gate_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_archive_gate_observation_allowed=0
persistence_boundary_observation_allowed=0
persistence_boundary_allowed=0
persistence_commit_allowed=0
quiescent_return_observation_allowed=0
quiescent_return_allowed=0
quiescent_state_read_allowed=0
scheduler_execution_allowed=0
scheduler_selection_allowed=0
scheduler_dispatch_allowed=0
scheduler_handoff_allowed=0
scheduler_activation_allowed=0
scheduler_run_entry_allowed=0
memory_allocation_allowed=0
process_spawn_allowed=0
syscall_dispatch_allowed=0
ipc_send_allowed=0
ipc_receive_allowed=0
ipc_queue_mutation_allowed=0
filesystem_lookup_allowed=0
filesystem_read_allowed=0
filesystem_write_allowed=0
namespace_mutation_allowed=0
device_open_allowed=0
device_read_allowed=0
device_write_allowed=0
driver_probe_allowed=0
driver_load_allowed=0
driver_bind_allowed=0
interrupt_allowed=0
interrupt_mask_allowed=0
interrupt_unmask_allowed=0
interrupt_dispatch_allowed=0
interrupt_ack_allowed=0
timer_tick_allowed=0
timer_arm_allowed=0
timer_disarm_allowed=0
scheduler_tick_allowed=0
run_queue_mutation_allowed=0
enqueue_allowed=0
dequeue_allowed=0
dispatch_allowed=0
context_switch_allowed=0
register_save_allowed=0
register_restore_allowed=0
stack_switch_allowed=0
address_space_switch_allowed=0
preemption_allowed=0
time_accounting_allowed=0
time_read_allowed=0
cpu_usage_write_allowed=0
quota_update_allowed=0
scheduler_credit_update_allowed=0
process_wake_allowed=0
persistence_allowed=0
recovery_authority_allowed=0
dma_allowed=0
hardware_effect_allowed=0
```

The subsystem summary also keeps process, filesystem, network, device, and production-boundary claims denied or report-only.

## Rollback posture

The rollback plan is a planning and guardrail record only.

It defines future rollback classification terms such as:

```text
last_safe_state
rollback_reason
rollback_required
rollback_performed=0
persistence_allowed=0
recovery_authority_allowed=0
runtime_entry_allowed=0
```

It does not implement rollback.

## Status interpretation

This status alignment records a real improvement in kernel evidence visibility.

It does not change product-readiness claims.

Current non-claims remain:

```text
not bootable
not an operating-system replacement
not a production security boundary
not a production runtime
not a hardware authority layer
not installer-ready
```

## Next recommended work

Recommended next work:

```text
Add the next no-effect kernel runtime authority evidence after the recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-closeout archive-gate observation terminal
```

That future slice should keep the recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-closeout archive-gate observation evidence report-only while preserving lifecycle, nucleus coupling, and subsystem summary evidence. It should continue to require:

```text
external_effect_performed=0
persistence_allowed=0
recovery_authority_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_boundary_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_plan_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_disposition_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_outcome_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_closeout_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_archive_gate_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_persistence_boundary_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_idle_return_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_quiescent_return_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_process_return_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_scheduler_return_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_post_resume_observation_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_user_mode_resume_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_syscall_exit_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_syscall_return_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_syscall_dispatch_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_syscall_gate_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_privilege_level_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_address_space_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_stack_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_register_view_allowed=0
runtime_entry_frame_allowed=0
runtime_entry_admission_allowed=0
runtime_entry_allowed=0
recovery_boundary_observation_allowed=0
recovery_boundary_allowed=0
recovery_plan_allowed=0
recovery_plan_observation_allowed=0
recovery_disposition_allowed=0
recovery_disposition_observation_allowed=0
recovery_outcome_allowed=0
recovery_outcome_observation_allowed=0
recovery_closeout_allowed=0
recovery_closeout_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_observation_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_archive_gate_allowed=0
recovery_audit_review_disposition_review_closeout_archive_gate_review_disposition_closeout_archive_gate_observation_allowed=0
```

## Validation

This status alignment is guarded by:

```sh
sh scripts/test-kernel-lifecycle-status-alignment.sh
```

Dedicated workflow lanes keep the kernel table guards visible:

```text
.github/workflows/kernel-ipc-table.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-vfs-namespace.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-device-registry.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-driver-catalog.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-interrupt-table.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-timer-source.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-scheduler-tick.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-run-queue.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-context-switch.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-time-accounting.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-preemption.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-scheduler-credit.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-scheduler-selection.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-scheduler-dispatch.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-scheduler-handoff.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-scheduler-activation.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-scheduler-run-entry.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-admission.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-frame.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-register-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-stack-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-address-space-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-privilege-level-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-syscall-gate-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-syscall-dispatch-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-syscall-return-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-syscall-exit-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-user-mode-resume-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-post-resume-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-scheduler-return-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-process-return-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-idle-return-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-quiescent-return-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-persistence-boundary-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-boundary-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-plan-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-disposition-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-outcome-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-closeout-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-disposition-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-closeout-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-runtime-entry-recovery-audit-review-disposition-review-closeout-archive-gate-review-disposition-closeout-archive-gate-observation-view.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-process-table.yml
.github/workflows/kernel-syscall-table.yml
```

Expected output:

```text
kernel_lifecycle_status_alignment: ok
```