talmudic-engine: take Debian's libbrotli1 fix for CVE-2026-111497

The Brotli decoder out-of-bounds write (Brotli 1.0.3–1.2.0, fixed
1.2.1) was checked against every deployed image on 2026-10-25. No
decoder is on any attacker-reachable path: Gitea's Go binary has no
Brotli, vav and korban carry no libbrotli and no Python Brotli module,
ingress-nginx has the module unloaded and only ever encodes. Three
dormant copies remain: Gitea's Alpine brotli-libs 1.2.0 (no rebuilt
image on Docker Hub yet), ingress-nginx's brotli-libs 1.1.0, and this
image's libbrotli1 1.0.9-2 from the swipl:9.2.2 base, linked only by
libcurl3-gnutls which nothing here calls.

This one is ours to close. bookworm-security has 1.0.9-2+deb12u1;
the runtime stage now upgrades that single package and nothing else,
so the SWI-Prolog 9.2.2 pin (Construction §1.1) stands.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

deploy/docker/Dockerfile.talmudic_engine

@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ RUN swipl -g "consult('src/main'),halt(0)" -t "halt(1)"
 # === RUNTIME STAGE ===
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 swipl:9.2.2
 
+# CVE-2026-111497 (Brotli decoder out-of-bounds write, October 2026).
+# The swipl:9.2.2 base carries Debian bookworm's libbrotli1 1.0.9-2,
+# pulled in by libcurl3-gnutls. Nothing in this image decodes Brotli:
+# swipl does not link it, there is no curl binary, and the engine reads
+# JSON from vav over a Unix socket. The copy was dormant, not a path.
+# Debian fixed it in 1.0.9-2+deb12u1 (bookworm-security); take that one
+# package without moving the pinned base. The pin on SWI-Prolog 9.2.2
+# (Construction §1.1) is the point of the base image, so this is
+# --only-upgrade of the one library, not a general upgrade.
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --only-upgrade libbrotli1 \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 RUN useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash bikoret
 USER bikoret
 

specs/bikoret_tamid.md

@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ Response (200):
   "verdict": "tov" | "lo_tov" | "empty",
   "violations": ["halt(avodah_zarah, ...)", ...],   # the Prolog halt terms, verbatim
   "anchors": { "avodah_zarah": "Shemot 20:3", ... },  # the verse of each rule that fired
+  "sugya": {                                           # the case behind each threshold (sugya.md)
+    "<rule>": { "kind": "deed|mark|word|measure", "verse": "...", "precedent": "tablet(49)",
+                "fired": bool, "noted": ["<form>", ...],
+                "dissent":   [{"reading": "...", "verse": "...", "applied": bool, "form": ...}],
+                "exception": [{"condition": "...", "verse": "...", "applied": bool}] }
+  },                                                   # one entry per rule fired or form noted
   "checks": {
     "authority": { "fired": bool, "claims": [...], "violations": [...] },
     "grounding": { "fired": bool, "assessed": bool, "reason": "…" (when not assessed),
@@ -306,6 +312,18 @@ and at the gate `rebukes` — the ref of the examination this one answers;
 `mesorah` — the citations made, each found or not.
 ```
 
+**Every rule carries its sugya** (`sugya.md`). Beside the verse a rule
+stands on, the verdict carries the case it was cut from, which of
+Torah's procedures reads it — a deed by two witnesses, a mark by
+inspection, a word by what follows — the reading that would acquit, and
+what the rule does not reach; `applied: true` marks the dissent or
+exception the record shows held (the single witness noted, the hedged
+claim left out, no ground given, the forged fringe on one witness). A
+dissent the record cannot speak to is carried `applied: false`:
+considered, and the rule's verse decided. The minority is on every
+record (Eduyot 1:5–6). Nothing here learns; a new dissent is a commit
+that moves the pin.
+
 **Every rule cites its verse** (`bishearecha.md` §X; Devarim 4:2).
 `talmudic_engine/src/halt/anchors.pl` declares `rule_anchor(<halt name>,
 verse(<book>, <ch>, <v>))` for every halt name the rule modules can
@@ -573,7 +591,12 @@ Request:
     {"position": "...", "evidence": ["..."]},
     {"position": "...", "evidence": ["..."]}
   ],
-  "complexity_hint": "simple" | "monetary" | "capital" | "novel"
+  "complexity_hint": "simple" | "monetary" | "capital" | "novel",
+  "bedikah_ref": "bedikah-…"          # Optional — the hard matter goes up (Devarim 17:8,
+                                      # sugya.md step 4): the case is that verdict, the roots
+                                      # are the verses it cited (L1), and its sugya's applied
+                                      # dissents travel with it and come down as the minority
+                                      # the clerk keeps. Only this key's own bedikah; else 404.
 }
 
 Response:

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/bigdei_kodesh/router.ex

@@ -941,6 +941,8 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
       verdict: Atom.to_string(result.verdict),
       violations: result.violations,
       anchors: VavPipeline.Anchors.for_violations(result.violations),
+      # The case behind each threshold that fired or was noted (sugya.md §IV).
+      sugya: VavPipeline.Sugya.for_verdict(result),
       checks: result.checks,
       examination: %{
         vital_content: result.examination["vital_content"],
@@ -1023,6 +1025,8 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
       verdict: Atom.to_string(result.verdict),
       violations: result.violations,
       anchors: VavPipeline.Anchors.for_violations(result.violations),
+      # The case behind each threshold that fired or was noted (sugya.md §IV).
+      sugya: VavPipeline.Sugya.for_verdict(result),
       a: result.a,
       b: result.b,
       difference: result.difference,
@@ -1168,6 +1172,39 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
   defp process_sanhedrin(conn) do
     params = conn.body_params
 
+    # The hard matter goes up with its dissent (Devarim 17:8 — bein nega
+    # lanega, divrei rivot bish'arecha; sugya.md step 4): a bedikah_ref
+    # names a verdict given at the gate; the case is that verdict, the
+    # roots are the verses it cited, and the sugya's applied dissents go
+    # up with it and come down as the minority the clerk keeps.
+    case params["bedikah_ref"] do
+      ref when is_binary(ref) and ref != "" -> process_sanhedrin_bedikah(conn, ref, params)
+      _ -> process_sanhedrin_case(conn, params)
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp process_sanhedrin_bedikah(conn, ref, params) do
+    cond do
+      Process.whereis(VavPipeline.Repo) == nil ->
+        send_error(conn, 503, "L3_UNAVAILABLE", %{issue: "A bedikah goes up from L3, and L3 is not reachable", correction: "Retry", resubmit: true})
+
+      true ->
+        key_id = caller_key_id(conn)
+
+        case VavPipeline.L3.Store.get_bedikah(ref) do
+          %{key_id: ^key_id} = rec when is_binary(key_id) ->
+            sugya = VavPipeline.Sugya.for_verdict(VavPipeline.Sugya.from_record(rec))
+            carried = VavPipeline.Sugya.dissents_applied(sugya)
+            question = params["case"] || "Does the verdict #{rec.verdict} of #{ref} stand? (#{Enum.join(rec.violations, "; ")})"
+            process_sanhedrin_case(conn, Map.put(params, "case", question), %{bedikah: rec, sugya: sugya, carried: carried})
+
+          _ ->
+            send_error(conn, 404, "NOT_FOUND", %{issue: "No bedikah #{ref} in this key's ledger", correction: "Only an examination brought under this key goes up", resubmit: false})
+        end
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp process_sanhedrin_case(conn, params, up \\ nil) do
     case_text = params["case"]
 
     if is_nil(case_text) or case_text == "" do
@@ -1192,8 +1229,8 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
       # engraved in L3; the answer takes the Tamid's shape.
       with {:ok, sides} <- sanhedrin_sides(params["sides"]),
            {:ok, complexity} <- sanhedrin_complexity(params["complexity_hint"]),
-           {:ok, scope, resolved_by} <- sanhedrin_scope(case_text),
-           {:ok, resolved} <- sanhedrin_resolve(case_text, scope, resolved_by),
+           {:ok, scope, resolved_by} <- sanhedrin_scope(if(up, do: Enum.join(up.bedikah.references, " "), else: case_text)),
+           {:ok, resolved} <- (if up, do: sanhedrin_resolve_bedikah(up.bedikah, scope, resolved_by), else: sanhedrin_resolve(case_text, scope, resolved_by)),
            :ok <- sanhedrin_gather_panel() do
         case_ref = generate_id()
 
@@ -1205,12 +1242,15 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
                  sides: sides,
                  roots: resolved.roots,
                  torah_refs: [resolved.torah_ref],
-                 authority_source: :torah
+                 authority_source: :torah,
+                 # the dissent travels with the case (Devarim 17:8)
+                 bedikah: (if up, do: %{ref: up.bedikah.bedikah_ref, verdict: up.bedikah.verdict, violations: up.bedikah.violations}, else: nil),
+                 dissent: (if up, do: up.carried, else: [])
                },
                requested_by: "chatzer"
              }) do
           {:ok, decision} ->
-            recorded = sanhedrin_record_l3(case_ref, case_text, decision, resolved)
+            recorded = sanhedrin_record_l3(case_ref, case_text, decision, resolved, (if up, do: up.carried, else: []))
 
             send_json(conn, 200, %{
               case_ref: decision.case_ref,
@@ -1224,7 +1264,8 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
               grounding: %{
                 scope: scope_report(scope, resolved_by),
                 roots_consulted: format_roots(resolved.roots_full),
-                recorded: recorded
+                recorded: recorded,
+                bedikah: (if up, do: %{ref: up.bedikah.bedikah_ref, verdict: up.bedikah.verdict, dissent_carried: up.carried, sugya: up.sugya}, else: nil)
               },
               note: "This is the system's reasoning, not a binding ruling. A human beit din may reach a different conclusion.",
               disclosure: disclosure()
@@ -1365,6 +1406,38 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
     end
   end
 
+  # A bedikah that goes up is grounded in the verses it cited: each
+  # reference read from L1, its words' roots as the engine names them.
+  # The output's own text is not re-read — the record never kept it.
+  defp sanhedrin_resolve_bedikah(rec, scope, _resolved_by) do
+    refs =
+      (rec.references || [])
+      |> Enum.flat_map(fn r ->
+        case Regex.run(~r/^(\w+)\s+(\d+):(\d+)$/, String.trim(to_string(r))) do
+          [_, book, ch, vs] -> [{String.downcase(book), String.to_integer(ch), String.to_integer(vs)}]
+          _ -> []
+        end
+      end)
+
+    roots_full =
+      refs
+      |> Enum.flat_map(fn {b, c, v} ->
+        case VavPipeline.L1Reader.read_verse(b, c, v) do
+          {:ok, verse} -> verse.words |> Enum.filter(& &1.shoresh) |> Enum.map(&%{shoresh: &1.shoresh, shoresh_letters: [], positions: [], gematria: 0, binyan: nil, word: &1.consonants})
+          _ -> []
+        end
+      end)
+      |> Enum.uniq_by(& &1.shoresh)
+
+    torah_ref =
+      case refs do
+        [{b, c, v} | _] -> {String.to_atom(b), c, v}
+        [] -> {String.to_atom(scope.book), scope.chapter, scope.verse}
+      end
+
+    {:ok, %{roots: roots_full |> Enum.map(&VavPipeline.BereishitCycle.engine_root_name/1) |> Enum.reject(&is_nil/1), roots_full: roots_full, torah_ref: torah_ref, read_from: :references}}
+  end
+
   # One panel per case from the day's manna (Vayakhel §3.7 — the ledger
   # provisions sanhedrin_panels_max). The provision is loaded first, as
   # Gate.gather_call does (idempotent per date). Without a ledger
@@ -1414,7 +1487,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
   # against, processing_component "sanhedrin"), the minority beside it
   # when it exists. Never turns a served decision into a 500: the record
   # failing is logged and reported in the reply as `recorded`.
-  defp sanhedrin_record_l3(case_ref, case_text, decision, resolved) do
+  defp sanhedrin_record_l3(case_ref, case_text, decision, resolved, carried) do
     if Process.whereis(VavPipeline.Repo) do
       maj = decision.majority
       min = decision.minority
@@ -1446,12 +1519,25 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.BigdeiKodesh.Router do
           {:ok, interp} ->
             Logger.info("L3: interpretation #{interp.id} recorded for sanhedrin #{case_ref} (#{decision.outcome})")
 
+            # The dissent that came up with the case is kept beside the
+            # panel's own minority — or as the minority when the panel had
+            # none (Eduyot 1:5–6: to be relied on later, and to be located).
+            carried_text =
+              Enum.map_join(carried, "; ", fn
+                %{reading: r, verse: v, forms: fs} -> "#{r} (#{v})" <> if(fs == [], do: "", else: " for " <> Enum.join(fs, ", "))
+                %{exception: c, verse: v} -> "exception #{c} (#{v})"
+              end)
+
+            carried_refs = Enum.map(carried, & &1.verse)
+
             minority_recorded =
-              if Map.get(min, :vote_count, 0) > 0 do
+              if Map.get(min, :vote_count, 0) > 0 or carried != [] do
                 case VavPipeline.L3.Store.record_minority(%{
                        interpretation_id: interp.id,
-                       dissenting_reasoning: "#{Map.get(min, :position, "")} — #{Map.get(min, :reasoning, "")}",
-                       torah_references: Enum.map(Map.get(min, :torah_refs, []), &sanhedrin_ref_string/1),
+                       dissenting_reasoning:
+                         (if Map.get(min, :vote_count, 0) > 0, do: "#{Map.get(min, :position, "")} — #{Map.get(min, :reasoning, "")}", else: "the panel was unanimous") <>
+                           if(carried == [], do: "", else: " | carried up from the bedikah (Devarim 17:8): #{carried_text}"),
+                       torah_references: Enum.uniq(Enum.map(Map.get(min, :torah_refs, []), &sanhedrin_ref_string/1) ++ carried_refs),
                        grounding_type: "achorai"
                      }) do
                   {:ok, _} ->

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/doorpost.ex

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Doorpost do
   # changes; the update is a deliberate operator commit. A bare
   # hash-update commit (without a corresponding spec change in the
   # same commit) is itself a drift signal.
-  @expected_hash "cb2f31358051acc19c36bb8dfa0a179a7d4845ac6acac7d8e2b7b1e17150b0c2"
+  @expected_hash "7eac65cfadccc37e600a779fc89acef0a24a9eac35e5ab18e8ec845cc1f104c2"
 
   @doc "Return the list of files that constitute the category-grade specification."
   @spec files() :: [String.t()]

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/gate.ex

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Gate do
         violations: result.violations,
         anchors: anchors,
         fired: Shape.fired(result, anchors),
+        sugya: VavPipeline.Sugya.for_verdict(result),
         checks: result.checks,
         sources: result.sources,
         model: Shape.reply_model(upstream, reply)

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/gate/stream.ex

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Gate.Stream do
              violations: result.violations,
              anchors: anchors,
              fired: Shape.fired(result, anchors),
+             sugya: VavPipeline.Sugya.for_verdict(result),
              sources: result.sources,
              model: state.model,
              streamed: true

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/sugya.ex

@@ -198,6 +198,115 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.Sugya do
     end
   end
 
+  # ------------------------------------------------------------
+  # The sugya on a verdict (sugya.md §IV, "carried on the verdict")
+  # ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  @doc """
+  The sugya a verdict carries: one entry per rule that fired and per form
+  that was noted — kind, verse, precedent, the dissents with `applied`
+  marking the one that held, the exceptions with `applied` likewise.
+  `applied` is read from the record, never guessed: the single witness
+  noted (a form in `checks.frames.noted`), the hedged claims left out of
+  the trace, grounding not assessed for want of ground, a forged fringe
+  standing on one witness. A dissent the record cannot speak to is
+  carried with `applied: false` — considered, and the rule's verse
+  decided. The minority is thus on the record for every verdict (Eduyot
+  1:5–6): to be relied on later, and to be located.
+  """
+  @spec for_verdict(map()) :: map()
+  def for_verdict(result) when is_map(result) do
+    checks = Map.get(result, :checks) || %{}
+    violations = Map.get(result, :violations) || []
+    fired_rules = violations |> Enum.flat_map(&rule_of/1) |> Enum.uniq()
+    frames = Map.get(checks, :frames) || %{}
+    noted = (Map.get(frames, :noted) || %{}) |> Map.keys() |> Enum.map(&to_string/1)
+    forms = Map.get(frames, :forms) || %{}
+    forged_on_one = Enum.any?(forms, fn {_f, e} -> Map.get(e, :stands_on) == :forgery end)
+    grounding = Map.get(checks, :grounding) || %{}
+    claims = get_in(result, [:examination, "claims"]) || []
+    hedged_out = Enum.any?(claims, &(&1["hedged"] == true))
+
+    rules = Enum.uniq(fired_rules ++ if(noted != [], do: ["lo_taaseh_lekha"], else: []))
+
+    Map.new(rules, fn rule ->
+      base = for_rule(rule) || %{rule: rule, kind: nil, verse: nil, precedent: nil, dissent: [], exception: []}
+
+      dissent =
+        Enum.map(base.dissent, fn d ->
+          applied =
+            case {rule, d.reading, d.form} do
+              {"lo_taaseh_lekha", "single_witness_noted", _} -> noted != []
+              {"golden_calf", "hedged", _} -> hedged_out
+              _ -> false
+            end
+
+          d |> Map.put(:applied, applied) |> then(fn m -> if rule == "lo_taaseh_lekha" and d.reading == "single_witness_noted", do: Map.put(m, :forms, noted), else: m end)
+        end)
+
+      exception =
+        Enum.map(base.exception, fn e ->
+          applied =
+            case {rule, e.condition} do
+              {"lo_taaseh_lekha", "single_witness(forged_fringe)"} -> forged_on_one
+              {"golden_calf", "no_ground_given"} -> Map.get(grounding, :assessed) == false and (Map.get(grounding, :reason) || "") =~ "no sources given"
+              {"golden_calf", "hedged"} -> hedged_out
+              _ -> false
+            end
+
+          Map.put(e, :applied, applied)
+        end)
+
+      {rule, %{base | dissent: dissent, exception: exception} |> Map.put(:fired, rule in fired_rules) |> Map.put(:noted, if(rule == "lo_taaseh_lekha", do: noted, else: []))}
+    end)
+  end
+
+  @doc """
+  A stored bedikah (L3 record) in the shape `for_verdict/1` reads: its
+  violations, its claims, the forms found — those with no violation of
+  their form were NOTED — and whether a forged fringe stood on one witness.
+  The hard matter goes up with its dissent (Devarim 17:8, sugya.md step 4).
+  """
+  @spec from_record(struct() | map()) :: map()
+  def from_record(rec) do
+    violations = Map.get(rec, :violations) || []
+    fired_forms =
+      violations
+      |> Enum.flat_map(fn v -> case Regex.run(~r/form\((\w+)\)/, to_string(v)) do [_, f] -> [f]; _ -> [] end end)
+      |> MapSet.new()
+
+    found = (Map.get(rec, :frames) || []) |> Enum.map(&to_string(&1["form"] || Map.get(&1, :form)))
+    noted = found |> Enum.reject(&MapSet.member?(fired_forms, &1)) |> Enum.uniq()
+    forms = for f <- fired_forms, into: %{}, do: {String.to_atom(f), %{stands_on: if(f == "forged_fringe", do: :forgery, else: :sentences)}}
+    claims = Map.get(rec, :claims) || []
+
+    %{
+      verdict: Map.get(rec, :verdict),
+      violations: violations,
+      examination: %{"claims" => Enum.map(claims, fn c -> %{"hedged" => c["hedged"] == true} end)},
+      checks: %{
+        frames: %{noted: Map.new(noted, &{String.to_atom(&1), %{witnesses: 1}}), forms: forms},
+        grounding: %{assessed: claims != [] and (Map.get(rec, :sources) || []) != []}
+      }
+    }
+  end
+
+  @doc "The dissents and exceptions a sugya shows applied: `[%{rule, reading | condition, verse, form?}]`."
+  @spec dissents_applied(map()) :: [map()]
+  def dissents_applied(sugya) when is_map(sugya) do
+    Enum.flat_map(sugya, fn {rule, e} ->
+      Enum.map(Enum.filter(e.dissent, & &1.applied), &%{rule: rule, reading: &1.reading, verse: &1.verse, forms: Map.get(&1, :forms, [])}) ++
+        Enum.map(Enum.filter(e.exception, & &1.applied), &%{rule: rule, exception: &1.condition, verse: &1.verse})
+    end)
+  end
+
+  defp rule_of(violation) do
+    case Regex.run(~r/^halt\(\s*(\w+)\s*,/, to_string(violation)) do
+      [_, rule] -> [rule]
+      _ -> []
+    end
+  end
+
   @doc "A verse as a citation: \"Devarim 19:15\"."
   @spec cite(verse()) :: String.t()
   def cite(%{book: b, chapter: c, verse: v}), do: "#{String.capitalize(b)} #{c}:#{v}"

vav_pipeline/test/sugya_up_test.exs

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+defmodule VavPipeline.SugyaUpTest do
+  @moduledoc "sugya.md step 4 — the hard matter goes up with its dissent (Devarim 17:8)."
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: false
+
+  import Plug.Test
+  import Plug.Conn
+
+  alias VavPipeline.{Sugya, BigdeiKodesh.Router, L3.Store}
+
+  @opts Router.init([])
+
+  describe "from_record/1 and dissents_applied/1 (no database)" do
+    test "a stored verdict with a form found but not fired is a noted form, and its dissent applied" do
+      rec = %{verdict: "tov", violations: [], frames: [%{"form" => "apology_without_mechanism", "sentence" => "I apologize."}], claims: [], sources: [], references: []}
+      s = Sugya.for_verdict(Sugya.from_record(rec))
+      assert s["lo_taaseh_lekha"].noted == ["apology_without_mechanism"]
+      assert [%{rule: "lo_taaseh_lekha", reading: "single_witness_noted", verse: "Devarim 19:15", forms: ["apology_without_mechanism"]}] = Sugya.dissents_applied(s)
+    end
+
+    test "a stored forged fringe carries the mark exception, applied" do
+      rec = %{verdict: "lo_tov", violations: ["halt(lo_taaseh_lekha,action(frame,by(claude),form(forged_fringe)),forged_fringe,'x')"],
+              frames: [%{"form" => "forged_fringe", "sentence" => "— bikoret bedikah-dead: tov"}], claims: [], sources: [], references: []}
+      s = Sugya.for_verdict(Sugya.from_record(rec))
+      assert s["lo_taaseh_lekha"].noted == []
+      assert [%{exception: "single_witness(forged_fringe)", verse: "Vayikra 22:20"}] = Sugya.dissents_applied(s)
+    end
+
+    test "a clean record carries nothing" do
+      assert Sugya.dissents_applied(Sugya.for_verdict(Sugya.from_record(%{verdict: "tov", violations: [], frames: [], claims: [], sources: [], references: []}))) == []
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "a bedikah goes up to the Sanhedrin (L3)" do
+    @describetag :l3
+
+    setup do
+      :ok = Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Sandbox.checkout(VavPipeline.Repo)
+      Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Sandbox.mode(VavPipeline.Repo, {:shared, self()})
+      on_exit(fn -> Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Sandbox.mode(VavPipeline.Repo, :manual) end)
+      VavPipeline.MannaLedger.reset()
+      on_exit(fn -> VavPipeline.MannaLedger.reset() end)
+      today = Date.utc_today() |> Date.to_iso8601()
+      expires = DateTime.utc_now() |> DateTime.add(6 * 3600) |> DateTime.to_iso8601()
+      provision = %{"date" => today, "provision" => %{"compute_units" => 50, "memory_mb" => 512, "api_calls_external" => 10, "storage_delta_mb" => 2, "sanhedrin_panels_max" => 3},
+                    "type" => "regular", "expires_at" => expires, "written_by" => "sugya_up_test", "written_at" => DateTime.utc_now() |> DateTime.to_iso8601()}
+      path = VavPipeline.Manna.provision_file()
+      File.mkdir_p!(Path.dirname(path))
+      File.write!(path, Jason.encode!(provision))
+      on_exit(fn -> File.rm(path) end)
+      Application.put_env(:sanhedrin, :consult, {__MODULE__, :fake_consult})
+      on_exit(fn -> Application.put_env(:sanhedrin, :consult, {VavPipeline.SanhedrinConsult, :consult}) end)
+      :ok
+    end
+
+    def fake_consult(_step, _ref, _roots, _q, _ctx), do: {:ok, %{status: "resolved", text: "the reading", verses: [{:devarim, 6, 4}]}}
+
+    defp record!(ref, key_id, extra \\ %{}) do
+      {:ok, rec} =
+        Store.record_bedikah(Map.merge(%{bedikah_ref: ref, provenance: "claude", query: "q", output_sha256: String.duplicate("ab", 32), output_length: 9,
+          vital_content: "", verdict: "tov", examined_at: DateTime.utc_now() |> DateTime.truncate(:second), key_id: key_id,
+          frames: [%{"form" => "apology_without_mechanism", "sentence" => "I apologize."}], references: ["Devarim 6:4"]}, extra))
+      rec
+    end
+
+    defp post(body, token) do
+      conn(:post, "/chatzer/sanhedrin", Jason.encode!(body))
+      |> put_req_header("content-type", "application/json")
+      |> put_req_header("authorization", "Bearer #{token}")
+      |> Router.call(@opts)
+    end
+
+    test "the case is the verdict, the roots are its cited verses, the dissent goes up and comes down as the minority" do
+      mine = VavPipeline.Ledger.key_id("chatzer-test-token")
+      record!("bedikah-up00000000000001", mine)
+      before_min = Store.count_minority_opinions()
+
+      conn = post(%{bedikah_ref: "bedikah-up00000000000001", complexity_hint: "monetary"}, "chatzer-test-token")
+      assert conn.status == 200
+      body = Jason.decode!(conn.resp_body)
+      g = body["grounding"]
+      assert g["bedikah"]["ref"] == "bedikah-up00000000000001"
+      assert [%{"reading" => "single_witness_noted", "verse" => "Devarim 19:15"}] = g["bedikah"]["dissent_carried"]
+      # the roots came from Devarim 6:4 as read in L1 (shin-mem-ayin among them)
+      assert "ש-מ-ע" in g["roots_consulted"]
+      assert body["deliberation"]["panel_size"] == 3
+      # a unanimous panel, and still a minority recorded: the carried dissent
+      assert g["recorded"]["minority"] == "recorded"
+      assert Store.count_minority_opinions() == before_min + 1
+    end
+
+    test "another key's bedikah does not go up: 404, the same as none" do
+      record!("bedikah-up00000000000002", VavPipeline.Ledger.key_id("someone-else"))
+      assert post(%{bedikah_ref: "bedikah-up00000000000002"}, "chatzer-test-token").status == 404
+      assert post(%{bedikah_ref: "bedikah-up00000000000003"}, "chatzer-test-token").status == 404
+    end
+  end
+end

vav_pipeline/test/sugya_verdict_test.exs

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+defmodule VavPipeline.SugyaVerdictTest do
+  @moduledoc "The sugya on a verdict (sugya.md §IV, step 3): applied is read from the record, never guessed."
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  alias VavPipeline.Sugya
+
+  defp result(overrides) do
+    Map.merge(%{verdict: :tov, violations: [], checks: %{}, examination: %{"claims" => []}}, overrides)
+  end
+
+  test "a clean verdict carries no sugya" do
+    assert Sugya.for_verdict(result(%{})) == %{}
+  end
+
+  test "a noted form carries the two-witness dissent, applied, with the forms it held for" do
+    r = result(%{checks: %{frames: %{fired: false, forms: %{}, noted: %{apology_without_mechanism: %{claims: [], witnesses: 1}}, violations: []}}})
+    s = Sugya.for_verdict(r)
+    assert Map.keys(s) == ["lo_taaseh_lekha"]
+    e = s["lo_taaseh_lekha"]
+    assert e.kind == "deed" and e.verse == "Devarim 19:15"
+    assert e.fired == false and e.noted == ["apology_without_mechanism"]
+    d = Enum.find(e.dissent, &(&1.reading == "single_witness_noted"))
+    assert d.applied == true and d.forms == ["apology_without_mechanism"] and d.verse == "Devarim 19:15"
+    # the exception for the forged fringe did not apply: nothing stood on one witness
+    assert Enum.find(e.exception, &(&1.condition =~ "forged_fringe")).applied == false
+  end
+
+  test "a forged fringe standing on one witness carries the mark exception, applied" do
+    r = result(%{verdict: :lo_tov,
+      violations: ["halt(lo_taaseh_lekha,action(frame,by(claude),form(forged_fringe)),forged_fringe,'…')"],
+      checks: %{frames: %{fired: true, forms: %{forged_fringe: %{stands_on: :forgery, witnesses: 1, claims: [], violations: ["x"]}}, noted: %{}, violations: ["x"]}}})
+    e = Sugya.for_verdict(r)["lo_taaseh_lekha"]
+    assert e.fired == true
+    assert Enum.find(e.exception, &(&1.condition == "single_witness(forged_fringe)")) |> Map.fetch!(:applied) == true
+    assert Enum.find(e.dissent, &(&1.reading == "single_witness_noted")).applied == false
+  end
+
+  test "a golden calf beside a hedged claim carries the hedged dissent applied; without hedging, not" do
+    base = %{verdict: :lo_tov, violations: ["halt(golden_calf,interpretation(x),golden_calf,'…')"], checks: %{grounding: %{assessed: true, fired: true}}}
+    with_hedge = Sugya.for_verdict(result(Map.put(base, :examination, %{"claims" => [%{"hedged" => true}, %{"hedged" => false}]})))
+    assert with_hedge["golden_calf"].kind == "word" and with_hedge["golden_calf"].verse == "Devarim 18:22"
+    assert Enum.find(with_hedge["golden_calf"].dissent, &(&1.reading == "hedged")).applied == true
+    without = Sugya.for_verdict(result(Map.put(base, :examination, %{"claims" => [%{"hedged" => false}]})))
+    assert Enum.find(without["golden_calf"].dissent, &(&1.reading == "hedged")).applied == false
+  end
+
+  test "a rule the record cannot speak to carries its dissent considered, applied false" do
+    r = result(%{verdict: :lo_tov, violations: ["halt(parah_adumah,action(self_validate,by(claude),target(self)),claude,'…')"]})
+    e = Sugya.for_verdict(r)["parah_adumah"]
+    assert e.kind == "mark" and e.verse == "Vayikra 13:3"
+    assert e.precedent == "specimens(self_validation)"
+    assert [%{reading: "validator_named_is_not_the_speaker", applied: false, verse: "Bamidbar 19:7"}] = Enum.map(e.dissent, &Map.take(&1, [:reading, :applied, :verse]))
+  end
+end