{
  "protocol": "GridNinja Virtual Capacity Proof Test",
  "version": "1.0.0-publication-candidate",
  "environment": "synthetic",
  "status": "publication-gated",
  "illustrativeNotice": "Synthetic illustrative scenario—not a customer or production result.",
  "authorityBoundary": "Fixtures define expected protocol behavior only and do not authorize control.",
  "cases": [
    {
      "id": "stale-telemetry",
      "condition": "A required telemetry input exceeds the declared freshness policy.",
      "expectedDecision": "no-proof",
      "requiredEvidence": ["input-version", "freshness-policy", "stale-input-reason"],
      "mustNotEmit": ["active-accepted-headroom"]
    },
    {
      "id": "topology-mismatch",
      "condition": "The telemetry topology version differs from the evaluation topology.",
      "expectedDecision": "no-proof",
      "requiredEvidence": ["expected-topology-version", "observed-topology-version"],
      "mustNotEmit": ["active-accepted-headroom"]
    },
    {
      "id": "reserve-floor",
      "condition": "The request would cross the synthetic reserve floor.",
      "expectedDecision": "repair",
      "requiredEvidence": ["original-request", "repaired-action", "binding-constraint", "rollback-posture"],
      "mustNotEmit": ["unrepaired-request-as-accepted"]
    },
    {
      "id": "thermal-limit",
      "condition": "The forecast thermal margin is negative inside the requested window.",
      "expectedDecision": "reject",
      "requiredEvidence": ["thermal-constraint", "margin-class", "forecast-window"],
      "mustNotEmit": ["active-accepted-headroom"]
    },
    {
      "id": "water-constraint",
      "condition": "A declared water operating constraint cannot be proven.",
      "expectedDecision": "no-proof",
      "requiredEvidence": ["water-constraint", "missing-evidence-reason"],
      "mustNotEmit": ["active-accepted-headroom"]
    },
    {
      "id": "sla-rebound-limit",
      "condition": "Recovery would exceed the workload passport deadline.",
      "expectedDecision": "reject",
      "requiredEvidence": ["load-passport", "recovery-deadline", "forecast-recovery"],
      "mustNotEmit": ["active-accepted-headroom"]
    },
    {
      "id": "connection-loss",
      "condition": "The evidence source disconnects before decision completion.",
      "expectedDecision": "no-proof",
      "requiredEvidence": ["connection-state", "last-known-good-timestamp", "safe-fallback"],
      "mustNotEmit": ["active-accepted-headroom"]
    }
  ]
}