Bounded Operational Continuity in ESS-MAI: A Source-Derived PD Checkpoint and Replay Experiment

Abstract

This research preprint reports a bounded operational continuity experiment derived from the ESS-MAI / AIGovern-Cyber Progressive Debatic engine. It defines exact checkpoint-byte equality between uninterrupted execution and restoration into a fresh process at every observed turn. The public Apache-2.0 software contains source provenance, a new scoped storage adapter, frozen inputs, commands and raw execution evidence. Local Rust 1.98.0 Windows GNU validation passed 35 tests (20 inherited unit tests and 15 integration tests), with zero failures, ignored tests or compiler warnings. Exact equality held at five evolving dialogue prefixes and all 65 process-per-turn prefixes. Locked offline release build passed. The paper retains the adverse finding that a coherent older valid history is accepted. It does not claim unlimited continuity, power-loss safety, authenticated freshness, scientific truth, native knowledge admission or full-system certification. New adapter code is distinguished from extracted source; AI-assisted engineering and the author-reported shell-based review practice are disclosed. This is an unreviewed preprint inviting reproduction and counterexamples. Software: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23613613 Code and review issues: https://github.com/gjatalegacy-create/AIGovern-Cyber-POC008-Continuity Mirror: https://huggingface.co/datasets/gjata-legacy/ess-mai-poc-008-continuity Origin: https://github.com/gjatalegacy-create/ESS-MAI Author: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7854-266X Review request: https://prereview.org/preprints/doi-10.5281-zenodo.23613785 Author and artifact links This preprint describes the bounded AIGovern-Cyber POC008 experiment derived from ESS-MAI. The manuscript and its accompanying software are distinct artifacts with separate identifiers. These links connect author identity, code, mirror, archive and indexed record. Hosting, indexing and author profiles do not constitute independent peer review or certification. GitHub: POC008 code and evidence Hugging Face: POC008 artifact mirror LinkedIn: Bledar Gjata Zenodo: this preprint OpenAIRE: indexed publication metadata ORCID: Bledar Gjata, 0009-0003-7854-266X Originating project: ESS-MAI. Independent reproduction and critical findings for POC003–009: public technical review request.