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32 changes: 29 additions & 3 deletions .github/workflows/proofs.yml
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# OND), and Z3 (CNO + OND bounded instances). Each is an INDEPENDENT job, so one
# flaking never blocks the others.
#
# The heavy provers (Lean + multi-GB Mathlib, Isabelle ~1.2 GB, Mizar i386 + MML,
# Idris 2 from source) are NOT run here — they are covered by the local/container
# gate `proofs/verify-all-provers.sh` (ALL-PROVERS-GREEN). See PROOF-STATUS.adoc.
# The Mathlib-free Lean core (CNO, OND, CNOCategory, CNOBridge, FilesystemCNO,
# LambdaCNO) is built here too, with the toolchain pinned in
# proofs/lean4/lean-toolchain, and proofs/lean4/AxiomAudit.lean pins the
# signature of every axiom and the axiom list of every theorem (issue #125).
#
# The heavy provers (Lean + multi-GB Mathlib for QuantumCNO/StatMech, Isabelle
# ~1.2 GB, Mizar i386 + MML, Idris 2 from source) are NOT run here — they are
# covered by the local/container gate `proofs/verify-all-provers.sh`
# (ALL-PROVERS-GREEN). See PROOF-STATUS.adoc.
name: Proofs

on:
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sh proofs/z3/verify.sh || true
z3 proofs/z3/ond/OND_checks.smt2
echo "✓ Z3: OND bounded instances checked"

lean:
name: Lean — core CNO (6 modules + axiom audit)
runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
timeout-minutes: 20
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
- name: Install elan v4.2.4 (sha256-verified) and the pinned toolchain
# elan is fetched as a release tarball and checksum-verified rather than
# via a third-party action, so the repo's Actions allow-list is not in
# play. The toolchain itself comes from proofs/lean4/lean-toolchain.
run: |
curl -fsSL --retry 3 -o elan.tgz \
https://github.com/leanprover/elan/releases/download/v4.2.4/elan-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
echo "42b94d4244e8353142c456ec0e4ca6528fd898a6c604d4059f494e706e431f63 elan.tgz" | sha256sum -c -
tar -xzf elan.tgz
./elan-init -y --no-modify-path --default-toolchain none
echo "$HOME/.elan/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
- name: Build the six Mathlib-free modules and run the axiom audit
run: bash proofs/lean4/check-core.sh
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# Crash recovery artifacts
ai-cli-crash-capture/
proofs/lean4/.lake/
proofs/lean4/_out/

# Coq build outputs
*.vo
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|===
|ID |Date resolved |Description |Resolution commit

|AUDIT-2026-09-22-A
|2026-09-22
|*Unsoundness finding — Lean mirror (issue #125).* `proofs/lean4/FilesystemCNO.lean`
stated the inverse laws `mkdir_rmdir_inverse`, `create_unlink_inverse` and
`rename_inverse` WITHOUT the occupancy preconditions of the Coq lemmas they
mirror; together with `mkdir_idempotent` and `mkdir_not_identity` the axioms
proved `False`. `proofs/lean4/LambdaCNO.lean` still carried the unrestricted
`eta_equivalence` axiom that AUDIT-2026-07-06-A had already found false in Coq.
Fix: the preconditions were added verbatim (`noDirAt`, `noFileAt`, `noEntryAt`),
`eta_equivalence` became the proved `noLambda`-guarded theorem, both old
statements are refuted in-file (`unconditional_mkdir_rmdir_inverse_is_false`,
`unrestricted_eta_equivalence_is_false`), and `proofs/lean4/AxiomAudit.lean`
(run by the new CI job `lean` via `proofs/lean4/check-core.sh`) pins every axiom
signature and every theorem's `#print axioms` list with `#guard_msgs`.
|PR #165 for #125 (2026-09-22)

|AUDIT-2026-07-06-A
|2026-07-06
|*Unsoundness finding — 3 axioms.* During the two-pillar discharge, three
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@echo "Verifying Lean 4 proofs..."
cd proofs/lean4 && lake build

# Verify the Mathlib-free Lean core + axiom audit (what the CI `lean` job runs; no Mathlib needed)
verify-lean-core:
@echo "Verifying Lean 4 core (6 modules + AxiomAudit.lean)..."
bash proofs/lean4/check-core.sh

# Verify Agda proofs
verify-agda: build-agda
@echo "✓ Agda proofs verified"
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* Toolchain `leanprover/lean4:v4.16.0` with Mathlib `@ v4.16.0`; `lake exe cache get`
+ `lake build` → **build completed successfully**. Covers the CNO libraries and the
new `OND` library (`proofs/lean4/OND.lean`, core-Lean only, zero `sorry`).
* **Mathlib-free core is CI-gated (2026-09-22):** `proofs/lean4/check-core.sh` (job
`lean` in `.github/workflows/proofs.yml`; toolchain from `lean-toolchain`, elan
fetched as a checksum-verified tarball, zero third-party actions) compiles `CNO`,
`OND`, `CNOCategory`, `CNOBridge`, `FilesystemCNO`, `LambdaCNO` with plain `lean`
and runs `proofs/lean4/AxiomAudit.lean`: 96 `#guard_msgs` pinning every axiom
signature, the three occupancy predicates in full, the #125 derivations as
negative controls, and `#print axioms` for every theorem (no `sorryAx` anywhere).
`just verify-lean-core` runs the same script locally.
* **Issue #125 fixed — the Lean axioms no longer derive `False`:**
`FilesystemCNO.lean` stated `mkdir_rmdir_inverse`, `create_unlink_inverse` and
`rename_inverse` without the occupancy preconditions of the Coq lemmas they mirror;
with `mkdir_idempotent` and `mkdir_not_identity` that proved `False`. They now
carry `noDirAt` / `noFileAt` / `noEntryAt`, mirrored verbatim from
`proofs/coq/filesystem/FilesystemCNO.v`, and the unconditional statement is refuted
in-file (`unconditional_mkdir_rmdir_inverse_is_false`). `LambdaCNO.lean` carried the
unrestricted `eta_equivalence` axiom (false as stated, the same `LVar 5`
counterexample the Coq side documents above); it is now the proved
`noLambda`-guarded theorem, `subst_closed_term` is proved, and the unrestricted
claim is refuted (`unrestricted_eta_equivalence_is_false`). Lean axiom count:
`FilesystemCNO` 21 → 21 (same names, three strengthened), `LambdaCNO` 3 → 1
(`y_combinator_not_identity`, the Lean twin of Coq's class-A `y_not_cno`).

== Z3 — VERIFIED (this environment)

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[source,coq]
----
(* Precondition: no directory already at [path] — without it the law is false
(repeat mkdir is idempotent), see proofs/coq/filesystem/FilesystemCNO.v and
absolute-zero#125. *)
Theorem mkdir_rmdir_is_cno :
forall (path : Path),
mkdir path ;; rmdir path ≡ Nop.
forall (path : Path) (fs : Filesystem),
no_dir_at path fs ->
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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State the filesystem-specific identity.

is_fs_CNO requires the operation to preserve every filesystem. The proved theorem establishes identity only for the fs that satisfies the precondition.

Suggested fix 
-    mkdir path ;; rmdir path ≡ Nop.
+    rmdir path (mkdir path fs) =fs= fs.
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In `@docs/COOKBOOK.adoc` around lines 537 - 538, Update the theorem statement in
the `forall` block to express filesystem-specific identity: state that applying
`rmdir path` to `mkdir path fs` yields `fs` under the `no_dir_at path fs`
precondition, rather than claiming the operation is equivalent to `Nop` for
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rmdir path (mkdir path fs) = fs.
----

== Troubleshooting
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=== Phase 2a triage — Lean Lambda cluster (2026-05-27)

Per-cluster Lean triage rolling out 2026-05-27 in cluster-sized PRs.
First cluster: `+proofs/lean4/LambdaCNO.lean+` (3 axioms).
First cluster: `+proofs/lean4/LambdaCNO.lean+` (3 axioms at triage time; 1 since 2026-09-22 — see the rows).

[width="99%",cols=">14%,26%,28%,32%",options="header",]
|===
|Line |Identifier |Disposition |Justification
|183 |`+subst_closed_term+` |§(d) DEBT |Standard metatheoretic property
of lambda calculus; provable by induction on `+t+` once the
substitution-on-closed-terms lemma is mechanised.
|184 |`+subst_closed_term+` |THEOREM |Discharged 2026-09-22 (#125 fix PR):
immediate from the semantic `+Closed+` definition.

|232 |`+y_combinator_not_identity+` |§(c) AXIOM |Non-termination claim
|237 |`+y_combinator_not_identity+` |§(c) AXIOM |Non-termination claim
about Y combinator; requires step-indexed semantics or coinduction (same
justification as Coq `+y_not_cno+`).

|258 |`+eta_equivalence+` |§(c) AXIOM |η-equivalence is not derivable
under β-only reduction (same justification as Coq `+eta_equivalence+` at
LambdaCNO.v:376).
justification as Coq `+y_not_cno+`, `+proofs/coq/lambda/LambdaCNO.v:399+`).

|308 |`+eta_equivalence+` |THEOREM (restricted) |The unrestricted statement
is *false* (counterexample `+f = LVar 5+`, exactly as Coq found at
`+LambdaCNO.v+`; recorded in-file as
`+unrestricted_eta_equivalence_is_false+`). Since 2026-09-22 (#125) it is the
proved theorem for `+noLambda body = true+`, mirroring Coq's `+no_lambda+`
guard. The axiom is gone.
|===

The two §(c) entries are annotated inline with `+-- AXIOM:+` leading
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==== POSIX semantics specifications (§(c) AXIOM — mirror Coq, 6)


*2026-09-22 (issue #125):* the three `+_inverse+` laws had been transcribed
*without* the occupancy preconditions of the Coq lemmas they mirror; together
with `+mkdir_idempotent+` and `+mkdir_not_identity+` the axioms proved
`+False+`. They now carry `+noDirAt+` / `+noFileAt+` / `+noEntryAt+`
(`+FilesystemCNO.lean:60–77+`, verbatim from `+FilesystemCNO.v+`), and
`+proofs/lean4/AxiomAudit.lean+` (CI job `+lean+`) pins every signature.

[cols=">,,",options="header",]
|===
|Line |Identifier |Disposition
|98 |`+mkdir_rmdir_inverse+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq)
|104 |`+create_unlink_inverse+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq)
|109 |`+read_write_identity+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq)
|115 |`+chmod_identity+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq)
|121 |`+rename_identity+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq)
|126 |`+rename_inverse+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq)
|127 |`+mkdir_rmdir_inverse+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq, *with* its precondition `+noDirAt p fs+` — #125)
|134 |`+create_unlink_inverse+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq, *with* its precondition `+noFileAt p fs+` — #125)
|140 |`+read_write_identity+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq)
|146 |`+chmod_identity+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq)
|152 |`+rename_identity+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq)
|158 |`+rename_inverse+` |§(c) AXIOM (mirrors Coq, *with* its preconditions `+p1 ≠ p2+` and `+noEntryAt p2 fs+` — #125)
|===

==== Snapshot primitives (§(c) AXIOM — opaque ops, 2)
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[width="100%",cols=">17%,32%,35%,16%",options="header",]
|===
|Line |Identifier |Disposition |Plan
|233 |`+mkdir_not_identity+` |§(d) DEBT |Existence proof; exhibit one
|271 |`+mkdir_not_identity+` |§(d) DEBT |Existence proof; exhibit one
concrete `+fs+` lacking the path.

|288 |`+snapshot_restore_identity+` |§(d) DEBT |Composite theorem;
|320 |`+snapshot_restore_identity+` |§(d) DEBT |Composite theorem;
derivable from `+snapshot+`/`+restore+` once a concrete snapshot model
lands.

|309 |`+mkdir_idempotent+` |§(d) DEBT |Follows from
`+mkdir_rmdir_inverse+` family with stronger repeat-mkdir semantics.
|345 |`+mkdir_idempotent+` |§(d) DEBT |Does *not* follow from the
`+mkdir_rmdir_inverse+` family — that combination derives `+False+` unless
the inverse law carries its occupancy precondition (issue #125, fixed
2026-09-22). Discharge = port the concrete Coq model.
|===

All 18 §(c) entries above are annotated inline with `+-- AXIOM:+`
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==== Lean — provable, awaiting proof

* `+proofs/lean4/LambdaCNO.lean:183+` — `+subst_closed_term+`
** *Owner*: @hyperpolymath
** *Plan*: discharge by induction on `+t : LambdaTerm+`; closed-term
invariant carries through `+LVar+`, `+LAbs+`, `+LApp+` cases. Sibling to
Coq’s `+subst+` lemmas in `+proofs/coq/lambda/LambdaCNO.v+`.
** *Deadline*: INDEFINITE (no proof-PR scheduled yet — provable; awaits
Lean-side discharge push).
* `+proofs/lean4/FilesystemCNO.lean:233+` — `+mkdir_not_identity+`
* `+proofs/lean4/LambdaCNO.lean:184+` — `+subst_closed_term+` — *DISCHARGED
2026-09-22* (fix PR for #125): now a `+theorem+`; it is immediate from the
semantic definition of `+Closed+` (`+h n s (Nat.zero_le n)+`).
* `+proofs/lean4/FilesystemCNO.lean:271+` — `+mkdir_not_identity+`
** *Owner*: @hyperpolymath
** *Plan*: existence proof; exhibit one concrete `+fs+` lacking the
path. Mirrors Coq site at `+FilesystemCNO.v:300+`.
** *Deadline*: INDEFINITE.
* `+proofs/lean4/FilesystemCNO.lean:288+` —
* `+proofs/lean4/FilesystemCNO.lean:320+` —
`+snapshot_restore_identity+`
** *Owner*: @hyperpolymath
** *Plan*: composite theorem; derivable from `+snapshot+`/`+restore+`
primitives once a concrete snapshot model is in place. Mirrors Coq site
at `+FilesystemCNO.v:453+`.
** *Deadline*: INDEFINITE.
* `+proofs/lean4/FilesystemCNO.lean:309+` — `+mkdir_idempotent+`
* `+proofs/lean4/FilesystemCNO.lean:345+` — `+mkdir_idempotent+`
** *Owner*: @hyperpolymath
** *Plan*: follows from `+mkdir_rmdir_inverse+` + stronger repeat-mkdir
semantics. Mirrors Coq site at `+FilesystemCNO.v:421+`.
** *Plan*: does *not* follow from `+mkdir_rmdir_inverse+`: issue #125 showed
that with an unconditional inverse law, idempotence plus
`+mkdir_not_identity+` derives `+False+` (now recorded in-file as
`+unconditional_mkdir_rmdir_inverse_is_false+`). Discharge = port the
concrete Coq list model, where `+FilesystemCNO.v:421+` proves it.
** *Deadline*: INDEFINITE.
* `+proofs/lean4/QuantumCNO.lean:134+` — `+X_gate_not_identity+`
** *Owner*: @hyperpolymath
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