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Trust-State Standard Releases

Canonical publication archive and cryptographic verification records.

Current Release

Trust-State Standard™ v2.5.1

Status: Published Standard

Publication Date: August 21, 2026

Document ID: TSS-2026-v2.5.1

Supersedes: Trust-State Standard™ v2.5.0

Version 2.5.1 is a targeted determinism and interoperability hardening release of the Trust-State Standard.

The release strengthens deterministic handling of Rule-State dependencies, evaluation-path equivalence, unknown and out-of-schema attributes, cross-profile governance-state reliance, and associated conformance test vectors.

The core Trust-State architecture and three Conformance Profiles remain unchanged.

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SHA-256 Verification

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The SHA-256 value above verifies the integrity of the canonical PDF. Any modification to the published file will result in a different cryptographic hash.

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Layer 0

Layer 0 is Consequence

The Trust-State Standard recognizes consequence as the foundational condition giving rise to governance requirements.

Governance does not create consequence. Governance determines the conditions under which consequence-bearing actions, execution pathways, or state transitions may be permitted to occur.

The Trust-State Standard governs the deterministic conditions under which consequence-bearing digital action becomes admissible, executable, and independently verifiable.

Archived Releases

Trust-State Standard™ v2.5.0

Status: Superseded Canonical Release

Publication Date: August 21, 2026

Document ID: TSS-2026-v2.5.0

Published baseline release. Superseded by Trust-State Standard v2.5.1 and retained for historical verification, prior conformance claims, and deterministic replay against the applicable release.

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Earlier Releases

Trust-State Standard v1.2

Publication Date: June 12, 2026

Historical canonical release retained as part of the Trust-State Standard publication record.

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Trust-State Standard v1.1

Publication Date: June 8, 2026

Historical canonical release retained as part of the Trust-State Standard publication record.

Trust-State Standard v1.0

Publication Date: February 2026

Initial release of the Trust-State Standard.