PolicyEngine / PolicyEngine/microcosm

Require certification and publication tooling to descend from the deny-list merge

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Description

PR #857 adds a sealed deny-list for the candidate-26 pool enforced in loaders, receipts, selection manifests, and the publisher's release contract. Merged code cannot constrain a stale checkout: a builder or publisher run from a tree predating the merge still admits the pool through the gate-failed opt-in. Follow-up: make certification and publication refuse to run from a tree that does not descend from the deny-list merge commit (record the merge SHA once #857 lands), and log the check in the release receipt. Refs #856, #857.

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Start by reviewing PR #857 and the certification and publication flows it affects, including release receipt generation. Trace how the current gate-failed opt-in is admitted from a stale checkout. Done means both flows reject trees that do not descend from the recorded deny-list merge and the release receipt logs the ancestry check.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
release, security, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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