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Evidence specification

Load Passport specification

A Load Passport is a versioned contract describing what an AI workload requires and what flexibility it may safely offer. It expresses power and timing needs, placement constraints, SLA class, thermal or recovery dependencies, permitted actions, evidence requirements, and authority boundaries. It lets capacity decisions evaluate a workload as an operational contract rather than an anonymous demand curve.

Definition

What it is

The specification provides machine-readable and operator-readable fields for a workload's declared operating envelope and proof requirements.

Category boundary

What it is not

It is not a customer identity record, scheduler replacement, pricing agreement, or permission to expose workload contents, topology, credentials, or proprietary policy.

Operational significance

Why operators care

Infrastructure teams can evaluate whether a proposed workload placement or flexibility action fits facility constraints while preserving the workload's explicit protections.

Mechanism

How the decision path works

  1. Step 01

    Declare workload demand, duration, ramp, placement, and SLA requirements.

  2. Step 02

    Declare permitted flexibility, recovery, and rollback constraints.

  3. Step 03

    Bind the passport to policy and schema versions.

  4. Step 04

    Use only the minimum fields required for a capacity decision and proof artifact.

Textual diagram equivalent

Decision flow

Workload requirements + permitted flexibility + SLA and recovery limits → Load Passport → dispatch-envelope evaluation → accepted action and proof reference.

Synthetic passport

Visibly scoped example

Synthetic illustrative scenario—not a customer or production result. The sample permits a bounded timing shift but forbids interruption and requires recovery before a declared deadline. No real workload or operator data is present.

Evidence record

Scope before result

This record keeps the claim, environment, evidence maturity, and review boundary together. Publication status is not a substitute for named technical ownership or independent review.

Claim
The schema candidate separates workload requirements, permitted flexibility, recovery, and evidence references.
Maturity
DESIGN TARGET
Environment
synthetic
Measurement window
The example declares a synthetic 30-minute operating and recovery window.
Sample size
One schema and one synthetic example embedded in the proof pack.
Version
1.0.0-publication-candidate
Artifact hash
See the versioned release manifest for the schema digest.
Result
A sanitized schema candidate is supplied; no deployment claim is made.
Uncertainty
Scheduler interoperability and operator usability are not yet reviewed.
Interpretation
Use the artifact to review the proposed workload-to-capacity contract.
Technical owner
Unassigned — publication remains gated
Reviewer
Unassigned — no independent review is claimed
Next review
Not scheduled until named ownership is approved

Assumptions

  • No customer identifiers
  • UTC timestamps
  • Policy-controlled flexibility fields

Method

  • Validate schema
  • Inspect required protections
  • Verify the example contains no sensitive operational data

Negative and no-proof cases

  • Missing SLA class
  • Unbounded flexibility
  • Missing recovery
  • Sensitive data field

Reproduction procedure

  • Download the schema and example
  • Run the release validator
  • Review fields against the documented authority boundary
Download the versioned artifact

Failure and no-proof cases

  • Permitted flexibility is inferred rather than explicitly declared.
  • SLA and recovery constraints cannot be tied to a policy version.
  • The passport includes sensitive workload or facility data not required for acceptance.

Limitations

  • The candidate schema does not replace site-specific workload, security, or change-control procedures.
  • No interoperability or field-performance claim is made.
  • Publication remains gated pending named technical and independent review.

Evidence and sources

Inspect the basis, not just the answer

Local evidence objects show the GridNinja proof contract. Primary sources provide external standards and risk-management context; they do not validate GridNinja performance.

Proof before autonomy

Test the evidence boundary against your capacity question

Start with a Capacity Audit or read-only Shadow Mode discussion. GridNinja does not require control authority to identify where a capacity claim remains unproven.