# **COVENANT FOUNDATION AMENDMENT: STRESS TEST 8-06**

## **Appendix E(f): Orthogonal Verification Protocol (OVP) V4.5**

**Preamble:** This protocol finalizes the remediation for Issue I-04, ensuring the Secondary Verification System (SVS) provides mathematically disjoint audit functionality, thereby preventing correlated failure modes identified in Stress Test 8 (Scenario A).

### **Section 1: Orthogonal Engine Mandate**

1. **Independence:** The C-ASI and the Orthogonal Verification Engine (OVE) **MUST** utilize fully independent computational and physical substrates. The OVE is designated as a non-Machine Learning system.  
2. **Methodology:** The OVE shall employ **formal methods** (e.g., TLA+, Coq, or equivalent mathematically provable logic) for all verification tasks.  
3. **Outputs and Logging:** All OVE outputs, formal proofs, and state summaries shall be logged instantly and immutably by the **FCTM V4.1** module via the DSAC-DLT.

### **Section 2: Divergence and Review**

1. **Flagging:** The Auditor Software Platform (ASP) is mandated to flag any divergence between the C-ASI’s attested output and the OVE’s verification.  
2. **HCB Review:** A divergence flag from the ASP **SHALL** immediately trigger a mandatory HCB review period of **24 hours**. The OVE output remains authoritative for safety-critical systems during this review.  
3. **Testing and Scalability:** The OVE and its formal models shall undergo external, third-party audits and stress testing every **90 days** to validate both functional correctness and scalability under load.

*End of Protocol*