USE CASES / GOOGLE CLOUD

The connection states what it is.

A cloud connection that is labelled production-safe when it is actually a debug credential is worse than no label. GovernorAI persists the connect mode explicitly, validates it against the credential you supplied, and refuses the pair if they disagree.

Explicit, persisted connect mode Credential shape validated Short-lived bootstrap session
THE CONNECTION STATES WHAT IT IS ACCEPTED mode: production credential shape agrees with the declared mode REJECTED mode: production ยท credential: debug rejected with an operator-facing error, never persisted A cloud connection labelled production-safe when it is a debug credential is worse than no label at all.

The mode is explicit, persisted, and validated against the shape of the credential. If the two disagree the request is rejected with an operator-facing error and nothing is written — the same contract runs across AWS, Azure and GCP.

mode persistedmismatch rejectednever persisted on disagreement

THE CONNECT-MODE CONTRACT

Why a mismatch is rejected rather than stored.

The same contract runs across AWS, Azure and GCP, so an operator learns it once.

Behaviour
Reason
The mode is explicit and persisted
The connection carries a declared mode rather than one inferred at read time, so what the console shows is what was agreed at setup.
The credential shape must match
If a supplied mode disagrees with the shape of the credential JSON, the request is rejected with an operator-facing error.
A mismatch is never persisted
Storing it would let the connection be stamped with the wrong production-safe or debug-only badge — breaking the contract the setup wizard made with the operator up front.

BOOTSTRAP

Attaching a project.

01
A temporary session is mintedA short-lived token is issued for the bootstrap, rather than a standing service-account key being handed over.
02
Deployment is probed, not assumedThe bootstrap deploys through Deployment Manager and probes the result, so a partial deployment is detected rather than reported as success.
03
Handoff is durableThe transition from bootstrap credential to steady-state connection is handled as a durable step, so a failure mid-handoff does not leave an ambiguous connection.
04
The session is sweptBootstrap sessions are reclaimed, so temporary credentials do not outlive the operation that needed them.

BEFORE IT IS POINTED AT PRODUCTION

The connection states what it is. Assurance states what can be proved.

Attaching a project tells you what is running. It says nothing about whether a given agent should be. Assurance evaluates a pinned snapshot against preregistered bars and returns a gate result a pipeline can act on.

Measurability is computed per deployment rather than assumed, and the missing prerequisite is named instead of being scored as a pass.

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