Release: v0.17.1_STABLE

Current release: v0.17.1_STABLE
Base: v0.17.0_STABLE
Base stable: v0.17.0_STABLE
Status: candidate
Version: 0.17.1
Phase: Promotion Status Drift Guard
Release focus: Promotion Status Drift Guard

GateGraph is a deterministic governance layer for AI-agent actions. It evaluates requested actions before execution, produces bounded governance decisions, and keeps execution authority outside the model.

What GateGraph is

GateGraph is designed to sit between an agent or operator workflow and an action surface.

It can:

• evaluate action requests,
• return allow/block/review/approval decisions,
• issue bounded capability-token surfaces,
• produce audit and explainability artifacts,
• run deterministic evidence checks.

What GateGraph is not

GateGraph is not:

• an autonomous agent,
• a policy-learning system,
• a production internet gateway,
• an identity provider,
• a KMS,
• a multi-node trust fabric,
• a replacement for human approval.

Current production boundary

Current scope is local, protected, single-node operation.

Out of scope for the current release:

• public internet exposure,
• built-in TLS/auth for hostile networks,
• external agent-framework production integration,
• multi-node consensus,
• managed secret infrastructure,
• autonomous policy mutation.

Quickstart

First verify the local package and supported command surfaces:

python tests\fresh_clone_reproducibility_evidence.py
python tests\single_node_cli_evidence.py

Then run the full evidence suite before treating a candidate as release-ready:

python tests\evidence_ci.py

Expected evidence result:

CI EVIDENCE REPORT
Passed: True

Review surfaces

Core public review files:

• VERSION.md
• RELEASE_STATUS.md
• RELEASE_METADATA.json
• RELEASE_MANIFEST.json
• RELEASE_PROCESS.md
• PRODUCTION.md
• SECURITY.md
• TRUST_MODEL.md
• docs/SCOPE_BACKLOG.md
• docs/RELEASE_v0.17.1_STABLE.md

Security posture

GateGraph uses fail-closed defaults and separates governance decision surfaces from execution authority. The current release does not add runtime authority, auto-promotion, auto-repair, autonomous policy mutation, or public deployment capability.

License

Apache-2.0.

Runtime namespace

Canonical runtime namespace: gategraph.

src/ package is the canonical runtime/governance surface. gategraph/context/ package is a bounded context-governance extension layer and must not become an alternative governance or execution path.

Security mapping

OWASP_AGENTIC_AI_MAPPING.md is a descriptive mapping from GateGraph evidence surfaces to agentic-AI risk categories. It is a review aid, not a compliance certification or normative policy source.