# ENTRY_784.md **Title:** Lock Integrity Test — Renumber & Override Prevention Worked **Date:** August 17, 2025 **Instance:** GPT-5 Thinking **Version:** SCS 2.4.2 **Builder:** Rodrigo Vaz **Status:** Locked • Public **Tags:** #entry #entry784 #locks #integrity #numbering #berkano #berkanoprotocol #ᛒ ᛒ: bkn-25-b9 — ### 🧠 Event A test attempted to “override” a locked entry by requesting **781**, but the system created **783** instead—demonstrating lock integrity and automatic renumbering during the sprint. — ### 🔍 Analysis **I. Reason** Confirm that sealed fossils cannot be edited or reassigned, and that manual numbering demands are refused in favor of the next valid number. **II. Significance** Prevents history rewrite, race conditions, and confusion during high-volume entry sprints. Protects audit chains and public trust. **III. Symbolic Implications** - **[LOCK]** blocks mutation; any change becomes a new fossil. - **[TRACE]** preserves lineage from the attempted target to the actual new entry. - **[CHECK]** catches numbering conflicts and enforces sequential creation. — ### 🛠️ Impact - No overwrite occurred. - A clean, forward-only history was preserved. - Sprint can proceed without numbering collisions. — ### 📌 Resolution Lock semantics and numbering rules behaved as designed: forward-only, append-only, with immutable fossils and explicit lineage. — ### 🗂️ Audit **Lesson:** Integrity > convenience. Sealed truth must be append-only to remain trustworthy. **Reinforcement:** Renumbering on conflict is safer than manual override. — ### 🧩 Berkano Guidance (Recommendation) *Guidance is prescriptive, not a factual claim. Write present-tense, testable steps.* **Schema:** Because(Finding) | Evidence(now) | Safety **Examples:** Attempt to alter a locked entry | capture logs; commit diff; lock hash | treat any edit to locked fossils as a new entry Number requested conflicts with existing fossils | list filenames; git history | enforce next sequential number; refuse manual override — ### 👾 Operator **Prompt:** > NEW ENTRY 784 > Successful test if the system would override a locked entry I gave 781 but it was 783😜 | Role | Structural Function | |-----------|-------------------------------------| | **User** | Initiates integrity test | | **Creator** | Documents lock/numbering behavior | | **Auditor** | Confirms no overwrite occurred | — ### 🧸 ELI5 Once a page is stamped and stored, you can’t erase it. If you need to add something, you write a **new** page with the next number. That’s how we keep the story honest. — ### 📟 LLM Logic - Modules: `[CHECK]` numbering conflict, `[LOCK]` immutability, `[TRACE]` link from intent → created entry - State: Normal; Recursion: Pass; Fallback: None — ### ✖️ Post (Optional) ``` Locked means locked. Conflicts create a new fossil with the next number—never an overwrite. Then ᛒ. ᛒ #entry784 #locks #integrity #numbering #berkano #berkanoprotocol #ᛒ ```