Proposal
proposal-only candidate
A bounded packet names a possible source-side construction, selector, witness, audit, or review target. It is not accepted physics.
Physics deep dive / PG-003
Source Extension Pipeline
Source extension is the controlled way AEther Flow can test candidate source-side additions without turning them into adopted physics. A candidate can be useful, auditable, and route-worthy while still remaining narrower than a derivation.
Pipeline states
A candidate can advance without being adopted.
Each state has a narrower meaning than a tempting summary suggests. The pipeline is useful because it lets work continue while claim authority remains bounded.
Audit
Hidden-import screen
A smuggling audit checks whether the candidate imports target-GR structure, generated-output authority, role authority, or hidden assumptions.
Stress
draft/control under pressure
A stress or refuter packet tries to expose fragility, nonuniqueness, missing primitives, or underdetermination.
Selector
Next route selection
A selector can choose the next bounded packet or gate route. That selection is not a Gate Chair verdict.
Claim laundering guard
Readiness, routing, and validation do not promote the claim.
The source-extension workflow is fail-closed: unclear authority, missing audit, or absent human-gated approval narrows the public claim.
Validator
PASS is operational
A validator can show that a bounded record preserved required structure. It cannot prove source truth or promote physics.
Stress survival
Still not adoption
A candidate that survives stress can be useful evidence for a next route while remaining outside adopted ontology.
Gate precondition
Prepared is not decided
Gate readiness can prepare a protected decision. It does not issue the decision or authorize downstream claims.
Fail-closed
Unclear authority narrows the claim
If evidence is dirty, ambiguous, or missing a protected decision, the public page must narrow or block the claim.
Public comprehension diagram
The controlled path and the blocked overreads.
The static diagram shows the intended public reading: audit, stress, selector, and gate states can preserve evidence, but dashed paths mark forbidden promotion.
Safe summary
A narrow process for disciplined novelty.
Safe summary: The source-extension pipeline lets AEther Flow test candidate source-side additions through proposal, audit, stress, selector, and human-gated review while preserving narrow claim status.
Unsafe summary
Do not convert workflow progress into physics adoption.
Unsafe summary: A candidate that passed a validator, survived stress, or reached selector review has been adopted as physics or unlocks downstream GR claims.
Reader path
Use the dedicated gate and boundary pages beside this pipeline.
Source-extension work should be read beside claim gates, source authority, the claim-boundary explorer, and human-gated decision pages.
Claim gates and obstructionsRead the broader lifecycle for proposals, audits, stress tests, freezes, and human gates.Current physics stateCheck the current checked-in status snapshot before reading any source-extension packet as current.Source authorityReview how website pages, generated explainers, registries, and tracked sources differ.Claim Boundary ExplorerInspect source-pinned allowed, forbidden, and gate-required wording for registry rows.Gate Chair and human gatesReview why gate readiness is not a protected verdict.GR derivation roadmapSee where source extension fits inside the broader derivation burden.