A candidate is not an active rule. Learning may propose; only human ratification activates governance. A promoted candidate lands quarantined in the canonical store — the Human Gate signs it into force. No candidate becomes active governance by itself. This view is read-only.
No learning candidates yet. Candidates arise from gate corrections — when an editor corrects a piece at the gate and files it as a proposed rule, it will appear here with the decision that produced it. A chief promotes a proposed candidate into the canonical rulebook store, then signs it into force on To sign.
The candidate store (rulebook_candidates) carries layer, scope, draft text, status, promoted rule id, and a gate-event provenance link. It does NOT carry activation timestamp, ratification timestamp, jurisdiction, cryptographic signature, or a candidate-origin chain beyond the gate event. These render honestly as unavailable — never fabricated. Activation truth belongs to the Human Gate under AUTHORITY.