Revocation SLA

What this covers—and what it cannot change

A revocation is a signed statement that evidence previously counted by PoV is no longer valid as submitted. The SLA defines how fast we detect, freeze only what’s affected, assemble the record, apply a fix, and resume. It never rewrites history or moves money early. Paid slices stay paid (set-off only in proven fraud); future slices wait. Settlement law remains: PoV PASS → EMT → Locked EDSD flips to Unlocked → fee → 50% burn. No EMT, no funds.

1. Risk surface

  • Attestor corrections: INSPECTOR/TERMINAL/CARRIER/DC/3PL withdraw or amend a counted attestation

  • Registry/brand changes: external serial status flips; mirror needs replacement

  • Key/role events: key compromise, role suspension

  • Late data: delayed logs change a pass outcome

  • Abuse patterns: “revocation spam” to renegotiate economics, not fix facts

2. Guardrails already in place

  • Narrow freezes: only downstream unreleased slices pause; unrelated orders continue

  • Append-only lineage: corrective EMTs/tokens link replaces: old_claim_id; nothing is erased

  • One-Claim holds: uniqueness remains; replacements consume a new claim id and link lineage

  • Paid burns are immutable: prior burn entries and receipts stand; new releases burn per normal rules

  • Role-gated revocation: only registry/brand keys or attestor keys registered in the Attestor Registry can revoke

3. The Revocation SLA

Step

Target

What happens

Detect & verify

≤ 15 min

Validate signer, role, key, and reason; dedupe/verify the PoV hash & attestation id

Freeze scope

≤ 15 min (from accept)

Mark affected stage/sub-lots FROZEN; banner + webhooks; paid slices unaffected

Dispute Pack ready

≤ 4 h

Assemble checklist, canonical bytes, file digests, revocation notice, lineage, proposed fix

Corrective submission window

≤ 24 h

Seller/attestor submits corrected doc, re-inspection booking, variance or replacement plan

Re-inspection

24–72 h

Slot with neutral (SGS/Intertek/BV) or designated role

Decision & resume

≤ 24 h (after re-inspection/files)

Mint corrective EMT / replacement mirror; unfreeze downstream slices

Mirror replacement SLA (registries)

≤ 48 h

Registry posts replacement serial/mirror; EDMA links and unfreezes

  • S1 (critical): On-Board/Customs/Arrival facts; large value slice frozen or public listing risk → fastest clocks; ops paging

  • S2 (material): Pre-Ship or listing metadata that affects next gate → normal clocks

  • S3 (informational): Non-blocking corrections → batched handling; no freeze

4. Detection → response → recovery

  • Detection: Signed pov.attestation.revoked from registered role or registry.mirror.frozen; key/role verified in the Attestor Registry. System flags: revocation_rate spike, conflicting BL/seal/containers, temp Merkle mismatch

  • Response: Freeze only dependent futures; banner with reason code. Build Dispute Pack; suggest fix paths: corrected file, re-inspection, variance schedule, or replacement EMT/mirror

  • Recovery: Accept corrective dossier; Gate PASS; corrective EMT mints (or mirror replacement posts); downstream releases resume. Append lineage on proof page (original + correction). Attestor SLA penalties (or bond slashing) apply per policy if thresholds hit; abuse → suspension/ban

5. Business impact matrix

Scenario

What you feel

What doesn’t change

Do now

PSI withdrawn (S1/S2)

Banner + FROZEN future slices

Paid slices, burns, receipts stand

Upload corrected PSI or book re-inspection; resume within SLA

BL/Seal corrected (S1)

On-Board FROZEN

Funds stay Locked

Upload amended BL + matching seal photo; PASS → corrective EMT → release

Registry serial re-issued (S2)

Token listing FROZEN

Retired/settled units stand

Registry posts replacement mirror ≤ 48h; EDMA links & unfreezes

Temp out of range (S1)

Cold-chain gate fails / FROZEN

Same brakes

Provide Merkle inclusion proofs; apply variance or replace sub-lot

Revocation spam (S2/S3)

Repeated non-substantive revokes

Settlement law intact

Governance rate-limits or penalizes; cases merged & closed

6. KPIs & SLOs

  • T_detect→freeze p95: ≤ 15 min

  • T_freeze→DisputePack p95: ≤ 4 h

  • T_corrective_submit p95: ≤ 24 h

  • T_reinspect p95: ≤ 72 h

  • T_decide→unfreeze p95: ≤ 24 h

  • Revocation rate / counted attestations: < 1% per quarter per role/lane

  • Abuse flags: revocations with “no change” corrective outcome < 0.2%

  • Compensating mirror SLA (registries): ≤ 48 h p95

Status page shows live SLA deltas per lane and per attestor/registry.

7. Governance knobs

  • Set SLA windows per severity/lane: define fallback quorum during long S1s

  • Designate neutrals: SGS/Intertek/BV, ICC expedited and re-inspection priorities

  • Set penalty bands: SLA penalties, bond sizes/slashing for bonded roles, and rate-limits on revocations per attestor

  • Define registry mirror SLA expectations: freeze→replace and publish non-compliance reports

They cannot release funds without PASS/EMT, reuse evidence, skip must-fund before shipping, or discount the 50% burn.

8. API & webhooks

  • API: POST /v1/pov/revoke — submit revocation (signed by role key); GET /v1/pov/revocations/{id} — scope, severity, SLA clocks, status; POST /v1/trade/replace · POST /v1/tokens/replace — corrective EMT/token with lineage

  • Webhooks: pov.attestation.revoked (accepted, severity, scope); trade.slice.frozen / trade.slice.unfrozen; registry.mirror.frozen / registry.mirror.replaced; sla.revocation.breached (who missed what)

9. Operator checklist

  • Treat a revocation banner as a ticket with a clock: open the Dispute Pack, choose correct / re-inspect / variance / replace

  • Keep device keys and Merkle proofs handy: cold-chain

  • Coordinate with the registry early: mirror replacements have a 48 h target

  • Plan cash: Unlocked EDSD from earlier gates can still pay in-platform; off-platform cash-out remains at schedule completion

  • Escalate abuse: governance has rate-limits and penalties for spam

Drawing

Plain recap

Revocations are corrections with clocks, not money leaks. We freeze narrowly within minutes, assemble the record within hours, and resume with a corrective EMT/mirror inside days—without touching paid slices or burns. Governance tunes the windows and penalties; the law of the rail never moves: facts → PASS → EMT → Locked→Unlocked EDSD → fee → 50% burn—or we wait. No EMT, no funds.

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