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An AI release gate needs a third state

When required evidence fails, both pass and fail can be dishonest. Dailies keeps infrastructure failure separate from the release decision.

Aug 26, 20266 min readAI Evaluation · Release Engineering
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01Casefile never executes what it scansA security tool for agent capabilities needs a hard boundary. Casefile reads the artifact, reports static evidence, and never runs the thing under review.Aug 26, 2026
Security · Agents
02Trust is a lifecycle, not a scanA capability can pass review and change the next day. Casefile's lock and verify workflow turns a one-time inspection into a durable approval boundary.Aug 24, 2026
Security · Developer tools