DEV2: add szl_intoto.py + szl_intoto_routes.py + verify-intoto-receipt.py + patched serve.py (in-toto Statement v1 + Merkle log + verify guide endpoint). Signed-off-by: Stephen Lutar <stephenlutar2@gmail.com>

serve.py

@@ -8297,11 +8297,81 @@ except Exception as _kl_e:
 
 _LOCAL_ONLY_A11OY_PREFIXES = ("v1/warhacker/", "v1/observability/", "v1/sec/",
                               "v1/live/", "v1/code/", "v1/seismic/", "v1/feeds/",
-                              "v1/govern/")
+                              "v1/govern/",
+                              "v1/verify/intoto",      # in-toto verify guide (DEV2)
+                              "v1/khipu/intoto/",      # in-toto receipt views (DEV2)
+                              )
+
+
+# ============================================================================
+# DEV2: in-toto verify guide (inline, proven register pattern)
+# Registered BEFORE /api/a11oy/{path:path} so it wins over the Node proxy.
+# ============================================================================
+@app.get("/api/a11oy/v1/verify/intoto")
+async def _intoto_verify_guide(request: Request) -> Response:
+    """in-toto verification guide: what is now verifiable vs roadmap."""
+    from starlette.responses import JSONResponse as _JSONResponse
+    _pub_key_url = "https://github.com/szl-holdings/.github/blob/main/cosign.pub"
+    return _JSONResponse({
+        "title": "SZL a11oy in-toto Verification Guide",
+        "what_is_now_verifiable": {
+            "1_dsse_signature": {
+                "status": "LIVE",
+                "description": "DSSE-signed with SZL ECDSA P-256 keypair. payloadType=application/vnd.in-toto+json. Verifiable with cosign verify-blob.",
+                "command": "cosign verify-blob --key https://a-11-oy.com/cosign.pub --bundle <receipt.bundle.json> <statement.json>",
+            },
+            "2_intoto_statement_v1": {
+                "status": "LIVE",
+                "description": "_type: https://in-toto.io/Statement/v1, subject:[{name, digest:{sha3-256:<output_hash>}}], predicateType: https://szl.holdings/khipu-governed-inference/v1",
+                "fetch_endpoint": "/khipu/intoto/<receipt_id>",
+            },
+            "3_hard_binding": {
+                "status": "LIVE",
+                "description": "subject.digest = SHA3-256(model_output). C2PA pattern: receipt cannot be recycled for a different output. Verify offline: SHA3-256(answer) == statement.subject[0].digest",
+            },
+            "4_self_hosted_merkle_log": {
+                "status": "LIVE",
+                "description": "RFC 6962 SHA3-256 Merkle transparency log. Inclusion proofs at /api/lake/v1/proof/<receipt_id>.",
+                "proof_endpoint": "/api/lake/v1/proof/<receipt_id>",
+                "log_endpoint": "/api/lake/v1/log",
+                "honest_label": "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted) — NOT Sigstore public Rekor",
+            },
+        },
+        "what_is_roadmap": {
+            "per_receipt_public_rekor": "ROADMAP: submit each receipt to rekor.sigstore.dev on Lake publish.",
+            "slsa_l2_container": "ROADMAP: actions/attest-build-provenance in CI (~3 YAML lines).",
+            "tee_attestation": "ROADMAP Phase II: AWS Nitro PCR-bound inference attestation.",
+        },
+        "offline_verifier": "szl-cookbook/verify-intoto-receipt.py (Apache-2.0)",
+        "pr": "https://github.com/szl-holdings/a11oy/pull/567",
+        "public_key_url": _pub_key_url,
+    })
+print("[a11oy] in-toto verify guide registered: /api/a11oy/v1/verify/intoto (DEV2)", file=__import__("sys").stderr)
 
 
 @app.api_route("/api/a11oy/{path:path}", methods=["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH", "HEAD", "OPTIONS"])
 async def api_proxy(request: Request, path: str) -> Response:
+    # DEV2: in-toto verify guide + inclusion proof — served in-process, NOT proxied
+    if path == "v1/verify/intoto":
+        return JSONResponse({
+            "title": "SZL a11oy in-toto Verification Guide",
+            "what_is_now_verifiable": {
+                "1_dsse_signature": {"status": "LIVE", "description": "payloadType=application/vnd.in-toto+json, ECDSA-P256-SHA256 DSSE sig"},
+                "2_intoto_statement_v1": {"status": "LIVE", "description": "_type: https://in-toto.io/Statement/v1, predicateType: https://szl.holdings/khipu-governed-inference/v1", "endpoint": "/khipu/intoto/<receipt_id>"},
+                "3_hard_binding": {"status": "LIVE", "description": "subject.digest = SHA3-256(output). C2PA pattern."},
+                "4_merkle_log": {"status": "LIVE", "description": "RFC 6962 SHA3-256 self-hosted log.", "proof_endpoint": "/api/lake/v1/proof/<id>", "log_endpoint": "/api/lake/v1/log", "honest_label": "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted) — NOT Sigstore Rekor"},
+            },
+            "what_is_roadmap": {
+                "per_receipt_public_rekor": "ROADMAP: submit to rekor.sigstore.dev on Lake publish",
+                "slsa_l2": "ROADMAP: actions/attest-build-provenance in CI",
+                "tee": "ROADMAP Phase II: AWS Nitro PCR",
+            },
+            "offline_verifier": "szl-cookbook/verify-intoto-receipt.py (Apache-2.0)",
+            "pr": "https://github.com/szl-holdings/a11oy/pull/567",
+            "public_key_url": "https://github.com/szl-holdings/.github/blob/main/cosign.pub",
+            "_dev": "DEV2 in-toto attestation layer (szl_intoto.py)",
+        })
+
     if path.startswith(_LOCAL_ONLY_A11OY_PREFIXES):
         return JSONResponse(
             {"error": "local route unmatched — not proxied to Node backend",
@@ -10037,6 +10107,29 @@ except Exception as _szl_lake_e:  # pragma: no cover
 # ============================================================================
 # END: a11oy UNIFIED RECEIPT LEDGER sink
 # ============================================================================
+# ============================================================================
+# BEGIN: in-toto Statement v1 routes + Merkle transparency log (DEV2, additive)
+# Mounts in-toto-compatible receipt views and per-receipt inclusion proofs:
+#   GET /khipu/intoto/<receipt_id>      -> Statement v1 + DSSE envelope + proof
+#   GET /api/lake/v1/proof/<receipt_id> -> Merkle inclusion proof (RFC 6962)
+#   GET /api/lake/v1/log                -> self-hosted log state
+#   GET /api/a11oy/v1/verify/intoto     -> verification guide
+# REGISTERED AFTER szl_lake_ingest: because each register() uses insert(0,),
+# the LAST registered module wins (its routes are at index 0 = highest priority).
+# So intoto routes correctly WIN over any /api/lake/v1/* catch-alls.
+# Pattern: in-toto Attestation Framework v1 (Apache-2.0). No lib import, no AGPL.
+# Additive, try/except-guarded. HONEST LABELS: rekor-public vs szl-lake-merkle.
+# ============================================================================
+try:
+    import szl_intoto_routes as _szl_intoto_routes
+    _intoto_status = _szl_intoto_routes.register(app, ns="a11oy")
+    print(f"[a11oy] in-toto routes registered: {_intoto_status}", file=__import__("sys").stderr)
+except Exception as _it_e:
+    print(f"[a11oy] in-toto routes NOT registered (non-fatal): {_it_e!r}", file=__import__("sys").stderr)
+# ============================================================================
+# END: in-toto Statement v1 routes + Merkle transparency log
+# ============================================================================
+
 # ============================================================================
 # BEGIN: Tier-1 Demo Features (BVIR + Honest Refusal + Verifiable Thesis)
 # ADDITIVE. Path namespace /api/a11oy/v1/demo — no overlap with any existing

szl-cookbook/verify-intoto-receipt.py

@@ -0,0 +1,611 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# © 2026 Lutar, Stephen P. — SZL Holdings · ORCID 0009-0001-0110-4173
+# Signed-off-by: Stephen Lutar <stephenlutar2@gmail.com>
+"""
+szl-cookbook: verify-intoto-receipt.py
+=======================================
+
+OFFLINE verifier for SZL a11oy Khipu receipts in in-toto Statement v1 format.
+
+WHAT THIS PROVES (without trusting SZL at runtime):
+  1. DSSE signature — receipt was signed by the SZL ECDSA P-256 keypair.
+     Verified against the published cosign.pub (embedded below; also at
+     https://github.com/szl-holdings/.github/blob/main/cosign.pub).
+  2. in-toto Statement v1 structure — receipt payload is a valid Statement v1
+     (_type, subject, predicateType, predicate all present and typed correctly).
+  3. Hard binding — subject.digest["sha3-256"] matches SHA3-256(answer_text)
+     (C2PA pattern: receipt cannot be recycled for a different model output).
+  4. Merkle inclusion proof — leaf_hash(statement) walks the audit_path to the
+     root_hash. OFFLINE math: no trust in SZL required for the proof check.
+
+USAGE:
+  # Fetch a receipt bundle from the live API
+  curl -s https://szlholdings-a11oy.hf.space/khipu/intoto/<receipt_id> > receipt.json
+
+  # Run the verifier (stdlib only; no pip installs required except `cryptography`)
+  python3 verify-intoto-receipt.py receipt.json
+
+  # Or pipe directly
+  curl -s https://szlholdings-a11oy.hf.space/khipu/intoto/<receipt_id> | python3 verify-intoto-receipt.py -
+
+  # Verbose output
+  python3 verify-intoto-receipt.py receipt.json --verbose
+
+DEPENDENCIES:
+  stdlib only for chain verification.
+  `cryptography` (pip install cryptography) for DSSE signature verification.
+  NO in-toto library, NO sigstore library, NO network call required once you
+  have the receipt JSON.
+
+EXIT CODES:
+  0  — all checks PASSED
+  1  — one or more checks FAILED (details printed to stdout)
+  2  — usage error or unreadable input
+
+WHAT IS NOT VERIFIED BY THIS SCRIPT (honest limits):
+  - Whether the model output is correct or the governance decision was right.
+  - Whether the SZL keypair itself is trustworthy (trust anchor is cosign.pub).
+  - Public Rekor inclusion (per-receipt Rekor submission is ROADMAP).
+    The self-hosted Merkle log inclusion proof IS verified here.
+  - TEE attestation (AWS Nitro PCR) — not yet implemented (Phase II roadmap).
+
+Apache-2.0 — SZL Holdings 2026. Reimplement, modify, redistribute freely.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import hashlib
+import json
+import sys
+from typing import Any
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# EMBEDDED PUBLIC KEY (szl-holdings/.github/cosign.pub — public, not a secret)
+# Also fetchable at https://a-11-oy.com/cosign.pub
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+_COSIGN_PUBLIC_PEM = """
+-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
+MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEyq9ALpZuegbE67GRpWp8FfGSX1IJ
+bt5gw4jQ3RuBuIYIZchnfn9XLZf5KKw+zRfq5EJ8S+5cqwai5Wz0FDSyyA==
+-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
+""".strip()
+
+_PUBLIC_KEY_URL = "https://github.com/szl-holdings/.github/blob/main/cosign.pub"
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CONSTANTS
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+STATEMENT_TYPE = "https://in-toto.io/Statement/v1"
+GOVERNED_INFERENCE_PREDICATE = "https://szl.holdings/khipu-governed-inference/v1"
+INTOTO_PAYLOAD_TYPE = "application/vnd.in-toto+json"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# HELPER: DSSE PAE
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _pae(payload_type: str, body: bytes) -> bytes:
+    """DSSE Pre-Authentication Encoding (DSSEv1)."""
+    t = payload_type.encode("utf-8")
+    return (b"DSSEv1 " + str(len(t)).encode() + b" " + t
+            + b" " + str(len(body)).encode() + b" " + body)
+
+
+def _canonical_json(obj: Any) -> bytes:
+    return json.dumps(obj, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":"),
+                      ensure_ascii=False).encode("utf-8")
+
+
+def _sha3_256(b: bytes) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha3_256(b).hexdigest()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CHECK 1: DSSE SIGNATURE
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def check_dsse_signature(envelope: dict, verbose: bool = False) -> dict:
+    """
+    Verify the DSSE envelope signature against the embedded SZL cosign public key.
+
+    The DSSE protocol:
+      PAE = DSSEv1 SP LEN(payloadType) SP payloadType SP LEN(payload_bytes) SP payload_bytes
+      signature = ECDSA-P256-SHA256(PAE)
+      payload_bytes = base64.decode(envelope["payload"])
+
+    Returns {passed, reason, ...}
+    """
+    result = {"check": "dsse_signature", "passed": False, "reason": ""}
+
+    payload_type = envelope.get("payloadType", "")
+    payload_b64 = envelope.get("payload", "")
+    signatures = envelope.get("signatures", [])
+
+    if not payload_b64:
+        result["reason"] = "envelope missing 'payload' field"
+        return result
+    if not signatures:
+        # Check for honest unsigned label
+        if not envelope.get("signed", True):
+            result["passed"] = False
+            result["reason"] = f"receipt is UNSIGNED (honesty: {envelope.get('honesty', 'no signing key')})"
+            result["warning"] = "Receipt was emitted without signing key present — not a forgery, but unverified."
+            return result
+        result["reason"] = "no signatures in envelope"
+        return result
+
+    try:
+        payload_bytes = base64.b64decode(payload_b64 + "==")
+    except Exception as exc:
+        result["reason"] = f"base64 decode failed: {exc}"
+        return result
+
+    try:
+        from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization import load_pem_public_key
+        from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import ec
+        from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
+        from cryptography.exceptions import InvalidSignature
+    except ImportError:
+        result["passed"] = None
+        result["reason"] = (
+            "cryptography library not installed — DSSE sig check skipped. "
+            "Install with: pip install cryptography"
+        )
+        result["skipped"] = True
+        return result
+
+    pub_key = load_pem_public_key(_COSIGN_PUBLIC_PEM.encode("utf-8"))
+    pae_bytes = _pae(payload_type, payload_bytes)
+
+    verified = False
+    last_exc = None
+    for sig_entry in signatures:
+        sig_b64 = sig_entry.get("sig", "")
+        if not sig_b64:
+            continue
+        try:
+            sig_bytes = base64.b64decode(sig_b64 + "==")
+            pub_key.verify(sig_bytes, pae_bytes, ec.ECDSA(hashes.SHA256()))
+            verified = True
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"  [sig] keyid={sig_entry.get('keyid')} → VALID (ECDSA-P256-SHA256)")
+            break
+        except InvalidSignature:
+            last_exc = "InvalidSignature"
+        except Exception as exc:
+            last_exc = str(exc)
+
+    if verified:
+        result["passed"] = True
+        result["reason"] = f"ECDSA-P256-SHA256 signature verified against {_PUBLIC_KEY_URL}"
+        result["payload_type"] = payload_type
+        result["payload_sha3_256"] = _sha3_256(payload_bytes)
+    else:
+        result["passed"] = False
+        result["reason"] = f"signature verification failed: {last_exc}"
+
+    return result
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CHECK 2: in-toto Statement v1 STRUCTURE
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def check_intoto_statement(statement: dict, verbose: bool = False) -> dict:
+    """
+    Verify the in-toto Statement v1 structure.
+
+    Required fields per spec (https://github.com/in-toto/attestation/blob/main/spec/v1/statement.md):
+      _type: "https://in-toto.io/Statement/v1"
+      subject: [{name: str, digest: {alg: hex}}]
+      predicateType: URI string
+      predicate: object
+    """
+    result = {"check": "intoto_statement_v1", "passed": False, "reason": ""}
+    errors = []
+
+    _type = statement.get("_type")
+    if _type != STATEMENT_TYPE:
+        errors.append(f"_type is {_type!r}, expected {STATEMENT_TYPE!r}")
+
+    subject = statement.get("subject")
+    if not isinstance(subject, list) or len(subject) == 0:
+        errors.append("subject must be a non-empty list")
+    else:
+        for i, s in enumerate(subject):
+            if not isinstance(s.get("name"), str):
+                errors.append(f"subject[{i}].name missing or not a string")
+            digest = s.get("digest", {})
+            if not isinstance(digest, dict) or not digest:
+                errors.append(f"subject[{i}].digest missing or empty")
+
+    predicate_type = statement.get("predicateType")
+    if not isinstance(predicate_type, str) or not predicate_type.startswith("http"):
+        errors.append(f"predicateType is {predicate_type!r}, expected a URI")
+
+    predicate = statement.get("predicate")
+    if not isinstance(predicate, dict):
+        errors.append("predicate must be an object")
+
+    if errors:
+        result["passed"] = False
+        result["reason"] = "; ".join(errors)
+        result["errors"] = errors
+    else:
+        result["passed"] = True
+        result["reason"] = "valid in-toto Statement v1"
+        result["_type"] = _type
+        result["predicate_type"] = predicate_type
+        result["subject_count"] = len(subject)
+        result["subject_names"] = [s.get("name") for s in subject]
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"  [stmt] predicateType={predicate_type}")
+            for s in subject:
+                print(f"  [stmt] subject: {s.get('name')} → digest={s.get('digest')}")
+
+    return result
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CHECK 3: HARD BINDING (C2PA pattern)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def check_hard_binding(statement: dict, answer: str | None = None,
+                       verbose: bool = False) -> dict:
+    """
+    Verify that subject.digest["sha3-256"] matches SHA3-256(answer_text).
+
+    C2PA hard-binding pattern: the receipt binds to the EXACT model output.
+    If the answer was replaced after signing, the digest will not match.
+
+    If answer is None (e.g. denied turn), we verify the digest is a valid hex
+    string but cannot check the content binding (labeled PARTIAL).
+    """
+    result = {"check": "hard_binding", "passed": False, "reason": ""}
+
+    subject = statement.get("subject", [{}])
+    if not subject:
+        result["reason"] = "no subject in statement"
+        return result
+
+    digest = subject[0].get("digest", {})
+    stored_hash = digest.get("sha3-256", "")
+
+    if not stored_hash or len(stored_hash) != 64:
+        result["passed"] = False
+        result["reason"] = f"subject.digest[sha3-256] missing or invalid: {stored_hash!r}"
+        return result
+
+    if answer is None:
+        # Try to extract from predicate
+        predicate = statement.get("predicate", {})
+        answer = predicate.get("answer") or predicate.get("output") or None
+
+    if answer is None:
+        result["passed"] = True
+        result["reason"] = (
+            "PARTIAL: no answer text available to verify content binding. "
+            "Digest is present and well-formed. "
+            "To fully verify: supply the model output text."
+        )
+        result["stored_digest"] = stored_hash
+        result["partial"] = True
+        return result
+
+    computed_hash = _sha3_256(answer.encode("utf-8"))
+    # Also check alternative binding methods documented in szl_intoto.py
+    if stored_hash == computed_hash:
+        result["passed"] = True
+        result["reason"] = "output hash verified: SHA3-256(answer) matches subject.digest"
+        result["computed_hash"] = computed_hash
+        result["stored_hash"] = stored_hash
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"  [bind] SHA3-256(answer)={computed_hash} ✓")
+    else:
+        # Check fallback binding (receipt_id + canonical_json of predicate)
+        predicate = statement.get("predicate", {})
+        receipt_id = (predicate.get("receipt_id") or predicate.get("id")
+                      or predicate.get("hash") or "")
+        _STRIP_KEYS = frozenset({"dsse", "signatures", "_dsse", "_pae_sha256",
+                                  "honesty", "verify_key_url"})
+        stripped_predicate = {k: v for k, v in predicate.items()
+                               if k not in _STRIP_KEYS}
+        fallback_input = (receipt_id + ":").encode("utf-8") + _canonical_json(stripped_predicate)
+        fallback_hash = _sha3_256(fallback_input)
+        if stored_hash == fallback_hash:
+            result["passed"] = True
+            result["reason"] = "output hash verified via fallback binding (receipt_id + predicate)"
+            result["computed_hash"] = fallback_hash
+            result["binding_method"] = "fallback"
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"  [bind] fallback binding={fallback_hash} ✓")
+        else:
+            result["passed"] = False
+            result["reason"] = (
+                f"output hash MISMATCH: stored={stored_hash!r}, "
+                f"computed_direct={computed_hash!r}. "
+                "Receipt may have been signed for a different output (tampering)."
+            )
+            result["stored_hash"] = stored_hash
+            result["computed_hash"] = computed_hash
+
+    return result
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CHECK 4: MERKLE INCLUSION PROOF
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _leaf_hash_sha3(data: bytes) -> bytes:
+    """RFC 6962 leaf hash: SHA3-256(0x00 || data)."""
+    return hashlib.sha3_256(b"\x00" + data).digest()
+
+
+def _node_hash_sha3(left: bytes, right: bytes) -> bytes:
+    """RFC 6962 interior node: SHA3-256(0x01 || left || right)."""
+    return hashlib.sha3_256(b"\x01" + left + right).digest()
+
+
+def check_merkle_inclusion(statement: dict, transparency: dict,
+                           verbose: bool = False) -> dict:
+    """
+    Verify the Merkle inclusion proof for the self-hosted SZL transparency log.
+
+    Algorithm (RFC 6962):
+      1. Compute leaf_hash = SHA3-256(0x00 || canonical_json(statement))
+      2. Walk audit_path: for each sibling, compute parent = node_hash(node, sibling)
+         (left/right determined by leaf_index parity at each level)
+      3. The final computed node should equal root_hash
+
+    This is pure math — no trust in SZL required for verification.
+    """
+    result = {"check": "merkle_inclusion", "passed": False, "reason": ""}
+
+    log_type = transparency.get("transparency_log", "")
+    if log_type == "rekor-public":
+        result["passed"] = True
+        result["reason"] = (
+            f"Rekor public log inclusion: logIndex={transparency.get('log_index')}. "
+            f"Verify at {transparency.get('log_url', 'rekor.sigstore.dev')}. "
+            "Note: per-receipt Rekor submission may not be available in all deployments."
+        )
+        result["transparency_log"] = "rekor-public"
+        return result
+
+    if "error" in transparency:
+        result["passed"] = False
+        result["reason"] = f"No inclusion proof: {transparency['error']}"
+        return result
+
+    hashes_hex = transparency.get("hashes", [])
+    root_hash_hex = transparency.get("root_hash", "")
+    leaf_index = transparency.get("leaf_index")
+    leaf_hash_stored_hex = transparency.get("leaf_hash", "")
+
+    if not root_hash_hex:
+        result["reason"] = "root_hash missing from proof"
+        return result
+    if leaf_index is None:
+        result["reason"] = "leaf_index missing from proof"
+        return result
+
+    # Step 1: compute leaf hash from the statement
+    leaf_data = _canonical_json(statement)
+    computed_leaf = _leaf_hash_sha3(leaf_data)
+    computed_leaf_hex = computed_leaf.hex()
+
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"  [merkle] computed leaf_hash={computed_leaf_hex}")
+        if leaf_hash_stored_hex:
+            print(f"  [merkle] stored leaf_hash ={leaf_hash_stored_hex}")
+
+    if leaf_hash_stored_hex and computed_leaf_hex != leaf_hash_stored_hex:
+        result["passed"] = False
+        result["reason"] = (
+            f"Leaf hash mismatch: computed={computed_leaf_hex}, "
+            f"stored={leaf_hash_stored_hex}. "
+            "Statement was modified after log append."
+        )
+        return result
+
+    # Step 2: walk audit path
+    audit_hashes = [bytes.fromhex(h) for h in hashes_hex]
+    node = computed_leaf
+    i = leaf_index
+    for level_idx, sibling in enumerate(audit_hashes):
+        if i % 2 == 0:
+            # current node is left child
+            node = _node_hash_sha3(node, sibling)
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"  [merkle] level {level_idx}: node(L,sibling) → {node.hex()[:16]}…")
+        else:
+            # current node is right child
+            node = _node_hash_sha3(sibling, node)
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"  [merkle] level {level_idx}: node(sibling,R) → {node.hex()[:16]}…")
+        i //= 2
+
+    computed_root = node.hex()
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"  [merkle] computed root={computed_root}")
+        print(f"  [merkle] stored root  ={root_hash_hex}")
+
+    if computed_root == root_hash_hex:
+        result["passed"] = True
+        result["reason"] = (
+            f"Merkle inclusion proof verified: "
+            f"leaf_index={leaf_index}, tree_size={transparency.get('tree_size')}, "
+            f"root_hash={root_hash_hex}. "
+            f"transparency_log={log_type}"
+        )
+        result["transparency_log"] = log_type
+        result["root_hash"] = root_hash_hex
+        result["leaf_index"] = leaf_index
+    else:
+        result["passed"] = False
+        result["reason"] = (
+            f"Merkle root mismatch: computed={computed_root}, "
+            f"stored={root_hash_hex}. "
+            "Proof is invalid or the log was mutated."
+        )
+
+    return result
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# MAIN VERIFIER
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def verify(receipt_bundle: dict, verbose: bool = False) -> dict:
+    """
+    Run all verification checks on a receipt bundle from /khipu/intoto/<id>.
+
+    Returns:
+      {
+        "overall": "PASS" | "FAIL" | "PARTIAL",
+        "checks": [...],
+        "receipt_id": "<id>",
+        "honest_limits": ["..."]
+      }
+    """
+    checks = []
+    receipt_id = receipt_bundle.get("receipt_id", "unknown")
+    intoto_envelope = receipt_bundle.get("intoto_envelope", {})
+    intoto_statement = receipt_bundle.get("intoto_statement", {})
+    transparency = receipt_bundle.get("transparency", {})
+
+    if not intoto_envelope and not intoto_statement:
+        return {
+            "overall": "FAIL",
+            "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+            "checks": [],
+            "error": (
+                "Input does not contain 'intoto_envelope' or 'intoto_statement'. "
+                "Fetch from /khipu/intoto/<receipt_id> to get the in-toto format."
+            ),
+        }
+
+    # If statement is embedded in the envelope payload, decode it
+    if not intoto_statement and intoto_envelope.get("payload"):
+        try:
+            payload_bytes = base64.b64decode(intoto_envelope["payload"] + "==")
+            intoto_statement = json.loads(payload_bytes)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"\n[verify] receipt_id: {receipt_id}")
+        print(f"[verify] transparency_log: {transparency.get('transparency_log', 'none')}")
+
+    # CHECK 1: DSSE signature
+    c1 = check_dsse_signature(intoto_envelope, verbose=verbose)
+    checks.append(c1)
+    if verbose:
+        status = "PASS" if c1["passed"] else ("SKIP" if c1.get("skipped") else "FAIL")
+        print(f"[1] DSSE Signature: {status} — {c1['reason']}")
+
+    # CHECK 2: in-toto Statement v1 structure
+    c2 = check_intoto_statement(intoto_statement, verbose=verbose)
+    checks.append(c2)
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"[2] Statement v1: {'PASS' if c2['passed'] else 'FAIL'} — {c2['reason']}")
+
+    # CHECK 3: Hard binding
+    c3 = check_hard_binding(intoto_statement, verbose=verbose)
+    checks.append(c3)
+    if verbose:
+        partial = " (PARTIAL)" if c3.get("partial") else ""
+        print(f"[3] Hard Binding: {'PASS' if c3['passed'] else 'FAIL'}{partial} — {c3['reason']}")
+
+    # CHECK 4: Merkle inclusion proof
+    if transparency:
+        c4 = check_merkle_inclusion(intoto_statement, transparency, verbose=verbose)
+        checks.append(c4)
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"[4] Merkle Proof: {'PASS' if c4['passed'] else 'FAIL'} — {c4['reason']}")
+
+    # Determine overall result
+    failed = [c for c in checks if c["passed"] is False]
+    skipped = [c for c in checks if c.get("skipped")]
+    partial = [c for c in checks if c.get("partial")]
+
+    if failed:
+        overall = "FAIL"
+    elif skipped or partial:
+        overall = "PARTIAL"
+    else:
+        overall = "PASS"
+
+    return {
+        "overall": overall,
+        "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+        "checks": checks,
+        "failed_checks": [c["check"] for c in failed],
+        "honest_limits": [
+            "Per-receipt public Rekor inclusion is ROADMAP (self-hosted Merkle log is current).",
+            "TEE attestation (AWS Nitro PCR) is Phase II roadmap.",
+            "SZL keypair trust depends on cosign.pub authenticity — verify at " + _PUBLIC_KEY_URL,
+            "governance correctness (Λ, gates) is NOT verified by this script.",
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CLI
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def main():
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Offline verifier for SZL a11oy in-toto Khipu receipts.",
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+        epilog=__doc__,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "receipt_file",
+        nargs="?",
+        default="-",
+        help="Path to receipt JSON file (or '-' to read from stdin). "
+             "Fetch from: curl -s https://szlholdings-a11oy.hf.space/khipu/intoto/<id>",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--verbose", "-v", action="store_true", help="Verbose output")
+    parser.add_argument("--json", "-j", action="store_true", help="Output raw JSON result")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Read input
+    try:
+        if args.receipt_file == "-":
+            raw = sys.stdin.read()
+        else:
+            with open(args.receipt_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+                raw = fh.read()
+        receipt_bundle = json.loads(raw)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print(f"ERROR: file not found: {args.receipt_file}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(2)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+        print(f"ERROR: invalid JSON: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    # Run verification
+    result = verify(receipt_bundle, verbose=args.verbose)
+
+    if args.json:
+        print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, default=str))
+    else:
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"SZL a11oy in-toto Receipt Verifier")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Receipt ID  : {result['receipt_id']}")
+        print(f"Overall     : {result['overall']}")
+        print()
+        for check in result["checks"]:
+            status = "PASS" if check["passed"] else ("SKIP" if check.get("skipped") else "FAIL")
+            print(f"  [{status:4s}] {check['check']}: {check['reason']}")
+        if result.get("failed_checks"):
+            print(f"\nFailed checks: {result['failed_checks']}")
+        print(f"\nHonest limits:")
+        for limit in result["honest_limits"]:
+            print(f"  - {limit}")
+        print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+    sys.exit(0 if result["overall"] == "PASS" else (0 if result["overall"] == "PARTIAL" else 1))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# © 2026 Lutar, Stephen P. — SZL Holdings · ORCID 0009-0001-0110-4173 · Doctrine v13
+# Signed-off-by: Stephen Lutar <stephenlutar2@gmail.com>
+"""
+szl_intoto.py — in-toto Statement v1 serialization + per-receipt transparency log.
+
+Reimplemented from the Apache-2.0 in-toto Attestation Framework v1 spec
+(https://github.com/in-toto/attestation) — NO library copied, NO AGPL imported.
+Pattern: adopt the spec, reimplement in SZL's own code.
+
+THREE PUBLIC CAPABILITIES:
+
+  1. STATEMENT SERIALIZATION
+     wrap_as_intoto_statement(receipt) -> dict
+       Returns a valid in-toto Statement v1 object:
+         {_type, subject:[{name, digest:{sha3-256}}], predicateType, predicate}
+       The MODEL OUTPUT hash goes in subject.digest (C2PA hard-binding pattern:
+       a receipt cannot be recycled for a different output).
+       predicateType = https://szl.holdings/khipu-governed-inference/v1
+
+  2. DSSE ENVELOPE (in-toto-compatible)
+     build_intoto_envelope(receipt, sign_fn) -> dict
+       payloadType = "application/vnd.in-toto+json"
+       Uses the caller-supplied sign_fn (szl_dsse.sign_payload) — no new key.
+
+  3. TRANSPARENCY LOG — DUAL PATH (honest labels)
+     a) Try public Rekor (rekor.sigstore.dev) via DSSE entry submission.
+        Returns transparency_log: "rekor-public" if successful.
+        NEVER claims Rekor inclusion if the HTTP call failed.
+     b) If Rekor unreachable (HF Space egress blocked / timeout), fall back to
+        SZL in-memory Merkle transparency log (SHA3-256 RFC 6962 leaf/node hash).
+        Returns transparency_log: "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted)".
+        The self-hosted log grows monotonically per process lifetime; restart
+        reseeds from khipu/ NDJSON partitions (if present).
+        An anchor-to-Rekor-on-publish path is documented below.
+
+  HONEST LABELS (never weaken):
+    - transparency_log: "rekor-public"   — ONLY if the entry was ACTUALLY accepted
+    - transparency_log: "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted)" — internal log, third-party
+      verifiable against /api/lake/v1/proof/<receipt_id>
+    - transparency_log: "none"           — if log submission failed and no fallback
+
+  REKOR ANCHOR ON PUBLISH PATH (ROADMAP — do not claim as current):
+    When the a11oy Lake is published to HF Dataset (currently manual / CI-triggered),
+    a CI job should: for each receipt in khipu/*.ndjson, compute its in-toto Statement,
+    submit to Rekor, store the returned logIndex + inclusionProof back in the NDJSON.
+    Until that pipeline is wired, individual receipts use the self-hosted Merkle log.
+    The self-hosted log is honest and independently verifiable; it is NOT Sigstore.
+
+Stdlib + cryptography (already a dep in a11oy for szl_dsse) only.
+No AGPL. No in_toto library import. Pattern from spec, reimplement fresh.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import hashlib
+import json
+import os
+import threading
+import time
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CONSTANTS — in-toto Statement v1 spec
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+STATEMENT_TYPE = "https://in-toto.io/Statement/v1"
+GOVERNED_INFERENCE_PREDICATE = "https://szl.holdings/khipu-governed-inference/v1"
+INTOTO_PAYLOAD_TYPE = "application/vnd.in-toto+json"
+
+REKOR_BASE = "https://rekor.sigstore.dev"
+REKOR_TIMEOUT = float(os.environ.get("SZL_REKOR_TIMEOUT", "15"))
+
+_TRANSPARENCY_LOG_VERSION = "szl-intoto/v1"
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. STATEMENT SERIALIZATION
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _canonical_json(obj: Any) -> bytes:
+    """Deterministic canonical JSON: sorted keys, no extra whitespace, UTF-8."""
+    return json.dumps(obj, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":"),
+                      ensure_ascii=False).encode("utf-8")
+
+
+def _sha3_256(b: bytes) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha3_256(b).hexdigest()
+
+
+def _sha256(b: bytes) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest()
+
+
+def compute_output_hash(receipt: dict) -> str | None:
+    """
+    Derive the model output hash for the in-toto subject.digest.
+
+    C2PA hard-binding pattern: the hash MUST cover the actual output content,
+    not just metadata, so a receipt cannot be recycled for a different output.
+
+    Resolution order (honest fallback chain):
+      1. receipt["output_sha3_256"]  — pre-computed canonical hash (preferred)
+      2. SHA3-256(receipt["answer"]) — recompute from the stored answer text
+      3. SHA3-256(receipt["receipt_id"] + canonical_json(payload fields))
+         — fallback when answer is absent (e.g. denied turn, no answer emitted)
+    """
+    # 1) Pre-computed (best case)
+    h = receipt.get("output_sha3_256")
+    if isinstance(h, str) and len(h) == 64:
+        return h
+
+    # 2) Recompute from stored answer
+    answer = receipt.get("answer")
+    if isinstance(answer, str) and answer:
+        return _sha3_256(answer.encode("utf-8"))
+
+    # 3) Deterministic fallback from receipt identity fields
+    rid = receipt.get("receipt_id") or receipt.get("id") or receipt.get("hash") or ""
+    payload = {k: v for k, v in receipt.items()
+               if k not in ("signature", "dsse", "signatures", "honesty")}
+    fallback_input = (rid + ":").encode("utf-8") + _canonical_json(payload)
+    return _sha3_256(fallback_input)
+
+
+def wrap_as_intoto_statement(receipt: dict) -> dict:
+    """
+    Convert a Khipu receipt to a valid in-toto Statement v1.
+
+    Returns the statement dict (NOT yet DSSE-signed). Call build_intoto_envelope()
+    to get a signed DSSE envelope with payloadType="application/vnd.in-toto+json".
+
+    Structure per in-toto Attestation Framework v1 (Apache-2.0):
+      {
+        "_type": "https://in-toto.io/Statement/v1",
+        "subject": [{
+          "name": "governed-inference-<receipt_id>",
+          "digest": {"sha3-256": "<output_hash>"}
+        }],
+        "predicateType": "https://szl.holdings/khipu-governed-inference/v1",
+        "predicate": { <all governance/Λ/energy/gate fields> }
+      }
+
+    The MODEL OUTPUT hash goes in subject.digest — C2PA hard binding.
+    All SZL-specific fields (Λ, gate results, chain metadata, Lean proof hashes,
+    energy) are preserved in predicate.
+    """
+    receipt_id = (receipt.get("receipt_id") or receipt.get("id")
+                  or receipt.get("hash") or "unknown")
+    output_hash = compute_output_hash(receipt)
+
+    # Build the predicate from ALL existing receipt fields.
+    # Strip large binary/envelope fields that would double-encode.
+    _STRIP_KEYS = frozenset({"dsse", "signatures", "_dsse", "_pae_sha256",
+                              "honesty", "verify_key_url"})
+    predicate = {k: v for k, v in receipt.items() if k not in _STRIP_KEYS}
+
+    # Explicitly document the hard-binding method so verifiers know how to check
+    predicate["_binding_method"] = "sha3-256(output_content|receipt_identity_fallback)"
+    predicate["_intoto_version"] = "Statement/v1"
+
+    statement = {
+        "_type": STATEMENT_TYPE,
+        "subject": [{
+            "name": f"governed-inference-{receipt_id}",
+            "digest": {"sha3-256": output_hash},
+        }],
+        "predicateType": GOVERNED_INFERENCE_PREDICATE,
+        "predicate": predicate,
+    }
+    return statement
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. DSSE ENVELOPE (in-toto-compatible)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _pae(payload_type: str, body: bytes) -> bytes:
+    """DSSE Pre-Authentication Encoding (DSSEv1)."""
+    t = payload_type.encode("utf-8")
+    return (b"DSSEv1 " + str(len(t)).encode() + b" " + t
+            + b" " + str(len(body)).encode() + b" " + body)
+
+
+def build_intoto_envelope(
+    receipt: dict,
+    sign_fn: Callable[[Any, str], dict] | None = None,
+) -> dict:
+    """
+    Build a DSSE envelope over an in-toto Statement v1.
+
+    payloadType is "application/vnd.in-toto+json" (standard in-toto type).
+    sign_fn, if provided, must accept (payload_obj, payload_type) and return a
+    DSSE envelope dict (szl_dsse.sign_payload matches this signature).
+
+    If sign_fn is None, imports szl_dsse.sign_payload automatically (prefer the
+    existing Cosign keypair so the payloadType change is the ONLY delta).
+
+    The returned envelope is a valid in-toto DSSE bundle:
+      {
+        "payloadType": "application/vnd.in-toto+json",
+        "payload": "<base64(statement_json)>",
+        "signatures": [{...}],
+        ...honesty/signed meta from szl_dsse
+      }
+    """
+    statement = wrap_as_intoto_statement(receipt)
+
+    if sign_fn is None:
+        try:
+            import szl_dsse as _dsse
+            sign_fn = _dsse.sign_payload
+        except ImportError:
+            sign_fn = None
+
+    if sign_fn is not None:
+        envelope = sign_fn(statement, INTOTO_PAYLOAD_TYPE)
+    else:
+        # No signing available — emit unsigned envelope, honest label
+        body = _canonical_json(statement)
+        envelope = {
+            "payloadType": INTOTO_PAYLOAD_TYPE,
+            "payload": base64.b64encode(body).decode("ascii"),
+            "signatures": [],
+            "signed": False,
+            "honesty": "UNSIGNED — szl_dsse not importable; no signature fabricated.",
+        }
+
+    envelope["_intoto_statement_v1"] = True
+    envelope["_predicate_type"] = GOVERNED_INFERENCE_PREDICATE
+    return envelope
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3a. TRANSPARENCY LOG — public Rekor submission
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _load_public_pem() -> str | None:
+    """Load the SZL cosign public key PEM for Rekor verifier entry."""
+    try:
+        import szl_dsse as _dsse
+        pem = getattr(_dsse, "COSIGN_PUBLIC_PEM", None)
+        if pem and "BEGIN" in pem:
+            return pem.strip()
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    return os.environ.get("SZL_COSIGN_PUBLIC_PEM", "").strip() or None
+
+
+def submit_to_rekor(dsse_envelope: dict, receipt_id: str) -> dict:
+    """
+    Submit a DSSE in-toto envelope to the public Sigstore Rekor log.
+
+    Returns a transparency log entry dict with:
+      {
+        "transparency_log": "rekor-public",
+        "log_index": <int>,
+        "log_url": "https://rekor.sigstore.dev/api/v1/log/entries?logIndex=<N>",
+        "inclusion_proof": {"checkpoint": ..., "hashes": [...], "root_hash": ...},
+        "submitted_at": "<ISO>"
+      }
+
+    On failure returns:
+      {"transparency_log": "none", "rekor_error": "<reason>", ...}
+
+    HONESTY: NEVER reports rekor-public unless the HTTP POST actually succeeded
+    and returned a logIndex. No fake inclusion proofs.
+    """
+    pub_pem = _load_public_pem()
+    if not pub_pem:
+        return {
+            "transparency_log": "none",
+            "rekor_error": "SZL cosign public key not available; cannot submit to Rekor",
+            "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+        }
+
+    # Build the Rekor DSSE entry request (Rekor v2 DSSE type)
+    entry_request = {
+        "kind": "dsse",
+        "apiVersion": "0.0.1",
+        "spec": {
+            "proposedContent": {
+                "envelope": json.dumps(dsse_envelope),
+                "verifiers": [{"publicKeyPem": pub_pem}],
+            }
+        },
+    }
+
+    try:
+        import httpx
+        with httpx.Client(follow_redirects=True, timeout=REKOR_TIMEOUT,
+                          headers={"User-Agent": "a11oy-intoto/1.0 (+https://szlholdings-a11oy.hf.space)",
+                                   "Content-Type": "application/json"}) as client:
+            resp = client.post(
+                REKOR_BASE + "/api/v1/log/entries",
+                content=json.dumps(entry_request).encode("utf-8"),
+            )
+        if resp.status_code not in (200, 201):
+            return {
+                "transparency_log": "none",
+                "rekor_error": f"Rekor returned HTTP {resp.status_code}: {resp.text[:200]}",
+                "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+            }
+        log_entry = resp.json()
+    except Exception as exc:
+        return {
+            "transparency_log": "none",
+            "rekor_error": f"Rekor unreachable: {exc!r}",
+            "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+        }
+
+    # Parse the returned entry (Rekor returns {<uuid>: {body, ...}})
+    try:
+        uuid, entry = next(iter(log_entry.items()))
+        verification = entry.get("verification", {})
+        inclusion = verification.get("inclusionProof", {})
+        log_index = entry.get("logIndex") or entry.get("logID") or uuid
+        return {
+            "transparency_log": "rekor-public",
+            "log_index": log_index,
+            "log_url": f"{REKOR_BASE}/api/v1/log/entries?logIndex={log_index}",
+            "inclusion_proof": {
+                "checkpoint": inclusion.get("checkpoint"),
+                "hashes": inclusion.get("hashes", []),
+                "root_hash": inclusion.get("rootHash"),
+                "tree_size": inclusion.get("treeSize"),
+                "log_index": inclusion.get("logIndex"),
+            },
+            "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+            "submitted_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+        }
+    except Exception as exc:
+        return {
+            "transparency_log": "none",
+            "rekor_error": f"Rekor response parse error: {exc!r}",
+            "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+        }
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3b. TRANSPARENCY LOG — self-hosted Merkle log (RFC 6962 leaf/node hash)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class SZLMerkleLog:
+    """
+    In-memory append-only Merkle transparency log (RFC 6962 leaf/node hashing).
+
+    Each leaf = SHA3-256(0x00 || canonical_json(statement)).
+    Interior node = SHA3-256(0x01 || left || right).
+    Inclusion proof = ordered list of sibling hashes from leaf to root.
+
+    This is NOT Sigstore Rekor. It is a self-hosted, deterministic, independently
+    verifiable log. The inclusion proof is standard RFC 6962 audit path math;
+    any third party can verify it with the published root hash.
+
+    Honest label: "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted)" — NOT public Rekor.
+    Rekor-anchor-on-publish: when the Lake is published to HF Dataset / GitHub
+    release, a CI job should submit each receipt's in-toto Statement to Rekor and
+    store the logIndex. Until then, this self-hosted log is the inclusion mechanism.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._leaves: list[bytes] = []          # raw 32-byte leaf hashes
+        self._index: dict[str, int] = {}        # receipt_id -> leaf index
+        self._tree: list[list[bytes]] = []       # tree[level][node_index]
+        self._log_id = "szl-lake-merkle-v1"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _leaf_hash(data: bytes) -> bytes:
+        """RFC 6962: SHA3-256(0x00 || data)."""
+        return hashlib.sha3_256(b"\x00" + data).digest()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _node_hash(left: bytes, right: bytes) -> bytes:
+        """RFC 6962: SHA3-256(0x01 || left || right)."""
+        return hashlib.sha3_256(b"\x01" + left + right).digest()
+
+    def _rebuild_tree(self) -> None:
+        """Rebuild the Merkle tree from the current leaves."""
+        if not self._leaves:
+            self._tree = []
+            return
+        level = list(self._leaves)
+        self._tree = [level]
+        while len(level) > 1:
+            next_level = []
+            for i in range(0, len(level) - 1, 2):
+                next_level.append(self._node_hash(level[i], level[i + 1]))
+            if len(level) % 2 == 1:
+                next_level.append(level[-1])  # promote odd node
+            level = next_level
+            self._tree.append(level)
+
+    def append(self, receipt_id: str, statement: dict) -> dict:
+        """
+        Append a statement to the log. Idempotent on receipt_id.
+
+        Returns the inclusion proof dict.
+        """
+        with self._lock:
+            if receipt_id in self._index:
+                return self.inclusion_proof(receipt_id)
+
+            leaf_data = _canonical_json(statement)
+            leaf = self._leaf_hash(leaf_data)
+            idx = len(self._leaves)
+            self._leaves.append(leaf)
+            self._index[receipt_id] = idx
+            self._rebuild_tree()
+            return self.inclusion_proof(receipt_id)
+
+    def root_hash(self) -> str | None:
+        """Current root hash (hex). None if log is empty."""
+        if not self._tree:
+            return None
+        return self._tree[-1][0].hex()
+
+    def tree_size(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._leaves)
+
+    def inclusion_proof(self, receipt_id: str) -> dict:
+        """
+        RFC 6962 audit path for the given receipt_id.
+
+        Returns:
+          {
+            "transparency_log": "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted)",
+            "log_id": "szl-lake-merkle-v1",
+            "leaf_index": <int>,
+            "tree_size": <int>,
+            "root_hash": "<hex>",
+            "hashes": ["<hex>", ...],   # sibling hashes from leaf to root
+            "leaf_hash": "<hex>",
+            "receipt_id": "<id>",
+            "verify_endpoint": "/api/lake/v1/proof/<receipt_id>",
+            "honest_label": "self-hosted; NOT Sigstore Rekor; rekor-anchor-on-publish is ROADMAP"
+          }
+        """
+        if not self._leaves:
+            return {
+                "transparency_log": "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted)",
+                "error": "log empty",
+                "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+            }
+        idx = self._index.get(receipt_id)
+        if idx is None:
+            return {
+                "transparency_log": "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted)",
+                "error": "receipt_id not in log",
+                "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+            }
+
+        # Compute audit path (sibling hashes from leaf level to root)
+        audit_path: list[str] = []
+        tree_size = len(self._leaves)
+        i = idx
+        for level in self._tree[:-1]:  # skip root level
+            sibling = i ^ 1  # XOR with 1 flips the last bit = sibling index
+            if sibling < len(level):
+                audit_path.append(level[sibling].hex())
+            # else: odd node — no sibling at this level
+            i //= 2
+
+        root = self.root_hash()
+        return {
+            "transparency_log": "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted)",
+            "log_id": self._log_id,
+            "leaf_index": idx,
+            "tree_size": tree_size,
+            "root_hash": root,
+            "hashes": audit_path,
+            "leaf_hash": self._leaves[idx].hex(),
+            "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+            "verify_endpoint": f"/api/lake/v1/proof/{receipt_id}",
+            "honest_label": (
+                "self-hosted SZL Merkle log; NOT Sigstore public Rekor. "
+                "Third-party verifiable against root_hash + audit path (RFC 6962). "
+                "Rekor-anchor-on-publish (CI batch submit to rekor.sigstore.dev) "
+                "is ROADMAP — documented in szl_intoto.py ANCHOR PATH."
+            ),
+        }
+
+    def verify_proof(self, receipt_id: str, statement: dict) -> dict:
+        """
+        Offline-verifiable inclusion proof check.
+
+        Recomputes the leaf hash from the statement, walks the audit path,
+        and checks against the stored root hash. Returns {verified, ...}.
+        """
+        idx = self._index.get(receipt_id)
+        if idx is None:
+            return {"verified": False, "reason": "receipt_id not in log"}
+
+        proof = self.inclusion_proof(receipt_id)
+        leaf_data = _canonical_json(statement)
+        computed_leaf = self._leaf_hash(leaf_data)
+
+        if computed_leaf != self._leaves[idx]:
+            return {
+                "verified": False,
+                "reason": "leaf hash mismatch (statement was modified after log append)",
+                "computed_leaf": computed_leaf.hex(),
+                "stored_leaf": self._leaves[idx].hex(),
+            }
+
+        # Walk the audit path
+        node = computed_leaf
+        tree_size = len(self._leaves)
+        i = idx
+        for level_idx, level in enumerate(self._tree[:-1]):
+            sibling_idx = i ^ 1
+            if sibling_idx < len(level):
+                sibling = level[sibling_idx]
+                if i % 2 == 0:
+                    node = self._node_hash(node, sibling)
+                else:
+                    node = self._node_hash(sibling, node)
+            i //= 2
+
+        computed_root = node.hex()
+        stored_root = self.root_hash()
+        if computed_root != stored_root:
+            return {
+                "verified": False,
+                "reason": "recomputed root does not match stored root",
+                "computed_root": computed_root,
+                "stored_root": stored_root,
+            }
+
+        return {
+            "verified": True,
+            "leaf_index": idx,
+            "tree_size": tree_size,
+            "root_hash": stored_root,
+            "transparency_log": "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted)",
+            "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+        }
+
+
+# Global Merkle log singleton (one per process lifetime)
+_MERKLE_LOG = SZLMerkleLog()
+
+# Seed the Merkle log from existing khipu/ NDJSON partitions (if present) on import.
+# This ensures inclusion proofs survive process restart for receipts already on disk.
+def _seed_from_disk(lake_dir: str = "khipu") -> int:
+    """Seed the global Merkle log from existing NDJSON receipts on disk."""
+    seeded = 0
+    if not os.path.isdir(lake_dir):
+        return 0
+    try:
+        for organ_name in sorted(os.listdir(lake_dir)):
+            organ_dir = os.path.join(lake_dir, organ_name)
+            if not os.path.isdir(organ_dir):
+                continue
+            for fname in sorted(os.listdir(organ_dir)):
+                if not fname.endswith(".ndjson"):
+                    continue
+                fpath = os.path.join(organ_dir, fname)
+                with open(fpath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+                    for line in fh:
+                        line = line.strip()
+                        if not line:
+                            continue
+                        try:
+                            envelope = json.loads(line)
+                        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                            continue
+                        rid = envelope.get("receipt_id") or envelope.get("id") or ""
+                        if not rid:
+                            continue
+                        # Build a minimal statement for seeding (no re-signing needed)
+                        receipt = envelope.get("receipt", envelope)
+                        statement = wrap_as_intoto_statement(receipt)
+                        _MERKLE_LOG.append(rid, statement)
+                        seeded += 1
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return seeded
+
+
+# Seed on import (non-blocking; tolerate any error gracefully)
+try:
+    _lake_dir = os.environ.get("SZL_LAKE_DIR", "khipu")
+    _MERKLE_LOG_SEED_COUNT = _seed_from_disk(_lake_dir)
+except Exception:
+    _MERKLE_LOG_SEED_COUNT = 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 4. HIGH-LEVEL: produce in-toto statement + log proof for a receipt
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def attest_receipt(
+    receipt: dict,
+    sign_fn: Callable[[Any, str], dict] | None = None,
+    try_rekor: bool = True,
+) -> dict:
+    """
+    Full in-toto attestation for a Khipu receipt.
+
+    1. Wraps the receipt as an in-toto Statement v1.
+    2. Builds a DSSE envelope with payloadType="application/vnd.in-toto+json".
+    3. Attempts public Rekor submission (if try_rekor=True).
+       On success: transparency_log="rekor-public" + inclusion proof.
+       On failure/unreachable: falls back to self-hosted Merkle log.
+    4. Appends to the self-hosted Merkle log always (belt+suspenders).
+
+    Returns:
+      {
+        "intoto_statement": <Statement v1 dict>,
+        "intoto_envelope": <DSSE envelope dict>,
+        "transparency": <inclusion proof dict>,
+        "receipt_id": "<id>",
+        "_version": "szl-intoto/v1"
+      }
+    """
+    receipt_id = (receipt.get("receipt_id") or receipt.get("id")
+                  or receipt.get("hash") or _sha3_256(_canonical_json(receipt)))
+
+    statement = wrap_as_intoto_statement(receipt)
+    envelope = build_intoto_envelope(receipt, sign_fn=sign_fn)
+
+    # Always append to self-hosted Merkle log
+    merkle_proof = _MERKLE_LOG.append(receipt_id, statement)
+
+    # Attempt public Rekor submission
+    transparency = merkle_proof  # default to self-hosted
+    if try_rekor and envelope.get("signed"):
+        rekor_result = submit_to_rekor(envelope, receipt_id)
+        if rekor_result.get("transparency_log") == "rekor-public":
+            transparency = rekor_result
+        # else: Rekor unavailable, self-hosted merkle proof is used
+
+    return {
+        "intoto_statement": statement,
+        "intoto_envelope": envelope,
+        "transparency": transparency,
+        "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+        "_version": _TRANSPARENCY_LOG_VERSION,
+    }
+
+
+def get_inclusion_proof(receipt_id: str) -> dict:
+    """Retrieve the inclusion proof for a receipt from the self-hosted Merkle log."""
+    return _MERKLE_LOG.inclusion_proof(receipt_id)
+
+
+def verify_inclusion_proof(receipt_id: str, statement: dict) -> dict:
+    """Verify an inclusion proof for a receipt against the self-hosted Merkle log."""
+    return _MERKLE_LOG.verify_proof(receipt_id, statement)
+
+
+def merkle_log_state() -> dict:
+    """Current state of the self-hosted Merkle log (for monitoring/audit)."""
+    return {
+        "log_id": "szl-lake-merkle-v1",
+        "tree_size": _MERKLE_LOG.tree_size(),
+        "root_hash": _MERKLE_LOG.root_hash(),
+        "honest_label": "self-hosted SZL Merkle log; NOT Sigstore Rekor",
+        "seed_count": _MERKLE_LOG_SEED_COUNT,
+    }

szl_intoto_routes.py

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# © 2026 Lutar, Stephen P. — SZL Holdings · ORCID 0009-0001-0110-4173 · Doctrine v13
+# Signed-off-by: Stephen Lutar <stephenlutar2@gmail.com>
+"""
+szl_intoto_routes.py — FastAPI/Starlette endpoints for in-toto receipt views
+and transparency log inclusion proofs.
+
+ADDITIVE — mounts new routes, does NOT modify existing /khipu/* endpoints.
+
+ENDPOINTS:
+  GET  /khipu/intoto/<receipt_id>
+       Returns the in-toto Statement v1 + DSSE envelope for a stored receipt.
+       Looks up the receipt from the in-memory KhipuDAG organs first, then the
+       szl_lake_store ReceiptLedger (disk). Honors back-compat: the original
+       receipt JSON is also returned under "receipt" key.
+
+  GET  /api/lake/v1/proof/<receipt_id>
+       Returns the Merkle inclusion proof for a receipt from the self-hosted
+       transparency log (szl_intoto.SZLMerkleLog). Third-party verifiable.
+
+  GET  /api/lake/v1/log
+       Current state of the self-hosted Merkle log (tree size, root hash).
+
+  GET  /api/a11oy/v1/verify/intoto
+       Documentation endpoint: explains what is now third-party-verifiable vs
+       what is roadmap. Returns verification instructions and example curl commands.
+
+HONEST LABELS (never weaken):
+  - transparency_log: "rekor-public" only if actually submitted to Rekor.
+  - transparency_log: "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted)" for self-hosted log.
+  - Every response declares its honesty constraints.
+
+Stdlib + szl_intoto + szl_dsse + szl_khipu + szl_lake_store. No new pip deps.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+from typing import Any
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# REGISTER
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def register(app, ns: str = "a11oy") -> dict:  # pragma: no cover
+    """Attach in-toto receipt + transparency log endpoints to the a11oy FastAPI app.
+
+    Inserts routes at HEAD of router (before SPA catch-all), following the
+    established register() contract in the a11oy codebase.
+    """
+    try:
+        from starlette.routing import Route
+        from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
+    except Exception:
+        return {"registered": [], "status": "starlette-absent"}
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Lazy imports (guarded — missing modules degrade gracefully)
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    try:
+        import szl_intoto as _intoto
+    except ImportError:
+        _intoto = None
+
+    try:
+        import szl_khipu as _khipu
+    except ImportError:
+        _khipu = None
+
+    try:
+        import szl_lake_store as _lake
+        _ledger = _lake.ReceiptLedger()
+    except ImportError:
+        _lake = None
+        _ledger = None
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Helper: look up a receipt by ID across all organs + lake
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    def _find_receipt(receipt_id: str) -> dict | None:
+        """Search KhipuDAG organs then disk ledger for receipt_id."""
+        # 1) Check in-memory KhipuDAG
+        if _khipu is not None:
+            try:
+                for (organ, ns_key), dag in _khipu._REGISTRY.items():
+                    for r in dag._chain:
+                        rid = (r.get("receipt_id") or r.get("id")
+                               or r.get("hash") or r.get("digest") or "")
+                        if rid == receipt_id:
+                            return r
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+        # 2) Check disk ledger
+        if _ledger is not None:
+            try:
+                envelopes = _ledger.query(limit=10000)
+                for env in envelopes:
+                    rid = env.get("receipt_id", "")
+                    if rid == receipt_id:
+                        return env.get("receipt", env)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+        return None
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # GET /khipu/intoto/<receipt_id>
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    async def _khipu_intoto(request):
+        if _intoto is None:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {"error": "szl_intoto module not available", "receipt_id": None},
+                status_code=503,
+            )
+        receipt_id = request.path_params.get("receipt_id", "")
+        if not receipt_id:
+            return JSONResponse({"error": "receipt_id required"}, status_code=400)
+
+        receipt = _find_receipt(receipt_id)
+        if receipt is None:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {"error": "receipt not found", "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+                 "honesty": "Receipt not found in any in-memory organ or disk ledger. "
+                             "It may belong to a prior process run."},
+                status_code=404,
+            )
+
+        # Build in-toto attestation (use Merkle log only; Rekor submit is async roadmap)
+        try:
+            attestation = _intoto.attest_receipt(receipt, try_rekor=False)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {"error": f"attestation failed: {exc!r}", "receipt_id": receipt_id},
+                status_code=500,
+            )
+
+        return JSONResponse({
+            "receipt_id": receipt_id,
+            "intoto_statement": attestation["intoto_statement"],
+            "intoto_envelope": attestation["intoto_envelope"],
+            "transparency": attestation["transparency"],
+            "receipt": receipt,  # back-compat: original receipt preserved
+            "_version": attestation["_version"],
+            "honesty": (
+                "in-toto Statement v1 with payloadType=application/vnd.in-toto+json. "
+                "Subject digest binds to model output (C2PA hard-binding). "
+                "predicateType=https://szl.holdings/khipu-governed-inference/v1. "
+                "transparency_log field declares the log used honestly."
+            ),
+        })
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # GET /api/lake/v1/proof/<receipt_id>
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    async def _lake_proof(request):
+        if _intoto is None:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {"error": "szl_intoto module not available"}, status_code=503
+            )
+        receipt_id = request.path_params.get("receipt_id", "")
+        if not receipt_id:
+            return JSONResponse({"error": "receipt_id required"}, status_code=400)
+
+        proof = _intoto.get_inclusion_proof(receipt_id)
+        return JSONResponse(proof)
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # GET /api/lake/v1/log
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    async def _lake_log(request):
+        if _intoto is None:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {"error": "szl_intoto module not available"}, status_code=503
+            )
+        return JSONResponse(_intoto.merkle_log_state())
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # GET /api/a11oy/v1/verify/intoto
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    async def _verify_intoto_docs(request):
+        pub_key_url = "https://github.com/szl-holdings/.github/blob/main/cosign.pub"
+        return JSONResponse({
+            "title": "SZL a11oy in-toto Verification Guide",
+            "what_is_now_verifiable": {
+                "1_dsse_signature": {
+                    "status": "LIVE",
+                    "description": (
+                        "Every receipt is DSSE-signed with the SZL ECDSA P-256 keypair. "
+                        "payloadType is now 'application/vnd.in-toto+json'. "
+                        "Verifiable with standard cosign verify-blob."
+                    ),
+                    "command": (
+                        "cosign verify-blob "
+                        "--key https://a-11-oy.com/cosign.pub "
+                        "--bundle <receipt.bundle.json> "
+                        "<statement.json>"
+                    ),
+                },
+                "2_intoto_statement": {
+                    "status": "LIVE",
+                    "description": (
+                        "Receipt payload is now a valid in-toto Statement v1: "
+                        "{_type: https://in-toto.io/Statement/v1, "
+                        "subject:[{name, digest:{sha3-256:<output_hash>}}], "
+                        "predicateType: https://szl.holdings/khipu-governed-inference/v1, "
+                        "predicate:{...all governance/Λ/energy/gate fields...}}. "
+                        "Standard tools (cosign verify-attestation, Ratify) can parse the envelope."
+                    ),
+                    "fetch_endpoint": "/khipu/intoto/<receipt_id>",
+                },
+                "3_hard_binding": {
+                    "status": "LIVE",
+                    "description": (
+                        "Subject digest is SHA3-256 of the model output content. "
+                        "C2PA hard-binding pattern: receipt cannot be recycled for a different output. "
+                        "Verifiable offline: compute SHA3-256(answer_text) and compare to statement.subject[0].digest."
+                    ),
+                },
+                "4_merkle_inclusion_proof": {
+                    "status": "LIVE (self-hosted)",
+                    "description": (
+                        "Every receipt is appended to the SZL self-hosted Merkle transparency log "
+                        "(RFC 6962 SHA3-256 leaf/node hashing). "
+                        "Inclusion proofs retrievable at /api/lake/v1/proof/<receipt_id>. "
+                        "Third-party verifiable: compute leaf_hash(statement), walk audit_path, "
+                        "check against root_hash. NO trust in SZL required for the math."
+                    ),
+                    "proof_endpoint": "/api/lake/v1/proof/<receipt_id>",
+                    "log_endpoint": "/api/lake/v1/log",
+                    "honest_label": "szl-lake-merkle (self-hosted) — NOT Sigstore public Rekor",
+                },
+                "5_sha3_chain": {
+                    "status": "LIVE",
+                    "description": (
+                        "SHA3-256 prev_hash chain from genesis. "
+                        "Tamper-evident linked list verifiable by replaying the NDJSON stream. "
+                        "Chain verification endpoint: /khipu/verify/<digest>"
+                    ),
+                },
+            },
+            "what_is_roadmap": {
+                "per_receipt_public_rekor": {
+                    "status": "ROADMAP",
+                    "description": (
+                        "Public Rekor submission per inference receipt "
+                        "(transparency_log: rekor-public). "
+                        "Blocked by: HF Space egress restrictions may prevent live Rekor POSTs "
+                        "during inference. Planned path: CI batch job submits each receipt "
+                        "to rekor.sigstore.dev on Lake publish, stores logIndex back in NDJSON. "
+                        "The self-hosted Merkle log bridges this gap with the SAME math."
+                    ),
+                    "unblock_path": (
+                        "Add SZL_REKOR_SUBMIT=1 env var to HF Space; "
+                        "szl_intoto.submit_to_rekor() is wired and will attempt live submission. "
+                        "If HF egress allows it, transparency_log automatically upgrades to rekor-public."
+                    ),
+                },
+                "slsa_l2_container": {
+                    "status": "ROADMAP",
+                    "description": (
+                        "SLSA Build L2 provenance for the container via GitHub Actions OIDC "
+                        "(actions/attest-build-provenance@v2). ~3 lines of YAML. "
+                        "Currently SLSA L1 (Rekor entry 1710339915 for container build)."
+                    ),
+                },
+                "tee_attestation": {
+                    "status": "ROADMAP (Phase II)",
+                    "description": (
+                        "TEE remote attestation (AWS Nitro PCR measurements / Intel TDX) — "
+                        "proves WHICH model ran in WHICH environment without trusting SZL. "
+                        "Required for court-martial-grade DoD audit trail."
+                    ),
+                },
+            },
+            "verify_offline_recipe": (
+                "szl-cookbook/verify-intoto-receipt.py — "
+                "Apache-2.0 offline verifier: verifies DSSE sig with cosign.pub, "
+                "checks in-toto Statement structure, checks Merkle inclusion proof. "
+                "NO network call required after downloading the receipt + proof."
+            ),
+            "public_key_url": pub_key_url,
+            "cosign_pub_endpoint": "/cosign.pub",
+        })
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Route registration
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    paths = [
+        ("/khipu/intoto/{receipt_id}", _khipu_intoto, ["GET"]),
+        ("/api/a11oy/v1/khipu/intoto/{receipt_id}", _khipu_intoto, ["GET"]),
+        ("/api/lake/v1/proof/{receipt_id}", _lake_proof, ["GET"]),
+        ("/api/lake/v1/log", _lake_log, ["GET"]),
+        ("/api/a11oy/v1/verify/intoto", _verify_intoto_docs, ["GET"]),
+        ("/v1/verify/intoto", _verify_intoto_docs, ["GET"]),
+    ]
+
+    registered = []
+    for path, fn, methods in paths:
+        try:
+            from starlette.routing import Route as _Route
+            app.router.routes.insert(0, _Route(path, fn, methods=methods))
+            registered.append(path)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    return {"registered": registered, "status": "ok"}