Policy Freshness Across Asynchronous Execution
The governance mechanisms of Application [7] and the execution mechanisms of Application [6] interact through the confidence governor (Chapter 5) to address policy freshness across asynchronous execution intervals. When a semantic agent resumes execution after an asynchronous interval and detects that the governance policy in force at the time of suspension has been superseded by a newer policy, the confidence governor evaluates policy freshness as a confidence input.
A policy is treated as stale when its validity window has expired or when its issuing authority has published a superseding policy. Stale policy produces a confidence reduction proportional to the governance significance of the policy change. The reduction is graded rather than absolute, so a minor policy change need not halt execution while a significant change can.
If the confidence reduction causes the confidence value to fall below the execution authorization threshold, the agent transitions to a non-executing cognitive mode and generates an inquiry requesting the current policy before resuming execution. This prevents an agent from acting on outdated authority after a period of disconnection or suspension.
Disclosure Scope
This article describes subject matter from United States Patent Application 19/647,395. It is provided for technical background and does not constitute legal advice or a representation of claim scope.
