The hardware the rig EXPECTS but cannot see right now — the show's declared devices and the
ones the rig is configured for, diffed against what is actually present.
COMPUTED ON EVERY READ, never stored (operator ruling 2026-08-14: "we store defined hardware,
status is a fact about it"). A stored verdict is a derivation frozen at the instant of a
restore, and a box that establishes a minute later leaves it lying — which is exactly the
state a console must never publish.
The hardware the rig EXPECTS but cannot see right now — the show's declared devices and the ones the rig is configured for, diffed against what is actually present.
COMPUTED ON EVERY READ, never stored (operator ruling 2026-08-14: "we store defined hardware, status is a fact about it"). A stored verdict is a derivation frozen at the instant of a restore, and a box that establishes a minute later leaves it lying — which is exactly the state a console must never publish.