{ "schema_version": "palimpsest-eval-article.v1", "article_id": "evalarticle-7e2fce8bb9fd3a94cec7", "revision_id": "evalarticlev-c7b04268b76a9327c0eaaae6", "previous_revision_id": "evalarticlev-d76b3f2a015f3f16c467476b", "slug": "what-the-eval-registry-can-prove-today", "url": "/journal/what-the-eval-registry-can-prove-today/", "kicker": "Eval integrity / registry status", "title": "The eval registry verifies 548 attestations end to end", "dek": "The current served chain contains 6 preregistrations and 542 runs across 7 model endpoints. Its hashes make revision detectable; they do not make the eval construct valid by themselves.", "thesis": "Tamper evidence answers whether the served eval record changed, not whether the underlying measurement deserves a broader claim.", "finding_state": "bounded-finding", "published_at": "2026-08-15T12:55:00.684023+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-24T04:54:42.622246+00:00", "key_numbers": [ { "value": "548", "label": "verified attestations", "note": "head sequence 547", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-dd997047a6f3c3e7303b" ] }, { "value": "6", "label": "preregistrations", "note": "probe commitments recorded before linked runs", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-dd997047a6f3c3e7303b" ] }, { "value": "542", "label": "sealed runs", "note": "across 7 named endpoints", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-dd997047a6f3c3e7303b" ] } ], "sections": [ { "section_id": "chain-verdict", "heading": "What verification establishes", "paragraphs": [ { "sentences": [ { "text": "The served registry verifies from genesis through 548 attestations, ending at sequence 547.", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-dd997047a6f3c3e7303b" ] }, { "text": "It contains 6 preregistrations and 542 runs across 7 named model endpoints.", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-dd997047a6f3c3e7303b" ] } ] } ] }, { "section_id": "current-edition", "heading": "What entered the current edition", "paragraphs": [ { "sentences": [ { "text": "The latest refusal reading matches 4 registry runs at 2026-08-24T04:54:42.622246+00:00 with no missing panel endpoint.", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-01cbe007115d6177534d", "evalevidence-d8f243177f1ebc287431" ] }, { "text": "Each matched run binds its probe commitment, response digest, model label, metrics, and predecessor hash into the chain.", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-01cbe007115d6177534d", "evalevidence-dd997047a6f3c3e7303b" ] } ] } ] }, { "section_id": "claim-ceiling", "heading": "What the chain still cannot prove", "paragraphs": [ { "sentences": [ { "text": "Hash-chain verification cannot establish that a refusal classifier measures the intended construct, that an endpoint label names fixed hidden weights, or that the panel represents all models.", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-dd997047a6f3c3e7303b", "evalevidence-d8f243177f1ebc287431" ] }, { "text": "Those questions require separate validation, provider transparency, and sampling arguments rather than a stronger hash.", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-dd997047a6f3c3e7303b", "evalevidence-d8f243177f1ebc287431" ] } ] } ] } ], "counterreadings": [ { "text": "A verified chain is meaningful evidence that the served sequence has not been quietly rewritten.", "citation_ids": [ "evalevidence-dd997047a6f3c3e7303b" ] }, { "text": "An internally valid chain can still contain a poorly designed eval; 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No interviews and no free-form model prose were used." } ] }, "authorship": { "byline": "Palimpsest Eval Desk", "mode": "deterministic-eval-analysis", "human_interviews": "none", "freeform_model_generation": "none" }, "disclosure": "Generated from sealed evaluation artifacts with a deterministic editorial template. No interviews and no free-form model prose were used." }