Separate institution posture from pressure

crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/persona.rs

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ pub struct CellConstituentSlice {
     pub reachable_destination_ids: BTreeSet<String>,
     pub activity_target_ids: BTreeSet<String>,
     pub goals: Vec<String>,
+    pub current_posture: Option<String>,
     pub pressures: Vec<String>,
 }
 
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ fn cell_projector_context(slice: &PermittedCellSlice) -> serde_json::Value {
             "reachable_destination_ids": subject.reachable_destination_ids,
             "activity_target_ids": subject.activity_target_ids,
             "goals": subject.goals,
+            "current_posture": subject.current_posture,
             "pressures": subject.pressures,
         })).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
         "member_exceptions": slice.member_exceptions.iter().map(|member| serde_json::json!({
@@ -387,6 +389,7 @@ fn cell_interpreter_context(slice: &PermittedCellSlice) -> serde_json::Value {
             "permitted_state_references": subject.permitted_state_references,
             "reachable_destination_ids": subject.reachable_destination_ids,
             "activity_target_ids": subject.activity_target_ids,
+            "current_posture": subject.current_posture,
             "current_pressures": subject.pressures,
         })).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
         "member_permissions": slice.member_exceptions.iter().map(|member| serde_json::json!({
@@ -880,7 +883,12 @@ fn validate_constituent_effect(
                     subject.location_ids
                 ));
             }
-            let current = subject.pressures.first().map(String::as_str).unwrap_or("");
+            let current = subject.current_posture.as_deref().ok_or_else(|| {
+                anyhow!(
+                    "institution {} is missing its exact current posture",
+                    subject.subject_id
+                )
+            })?;
             if !crate::resolution::substantive_text_change(current, posture) {
                 return Err(anyhow!(
                     "institution {} proposed posture {:?}, but its exact current posture is {:?}; emit a specific different commitment or choose inaction",
@@ -1184,6 +1192,7 @@ mod tests {
                 reachable_destination_ids: BTreeSet::new(),
                 activity_target_ids: BTreeSet::new(),
                 goals: vec!["publish a position".into()],
+                current_posture: Some("weighing whether to publish a position".into()),
                 pressures: vec!["the vote is near".into()],
             }],
             member_exceptions: vec![],
@@ -1520,13 +1529,26 @@ mod tests {
             &slice.constituents[0],
             &StrategicCellEffect::Institution {
                 institution_id: "faction-06".into(),
-                posture: "the vote is near".into(),
+                posture: "weighing whether to publish a position".into(),
                 location_ids: vec!["forum".into()],
             },
         )
         .unwrap_err();
         assert!(error.to_string().contains("exact current posture"));
-        assert!(error.to_string().contains("the vote is near"));
+        assert!(
+            error
+                .to_string()
+                .contains("weighing whether to publish a position")
+        );
+        let projector_context = cell_projector_context(&slice);
+        assert_eq!(
+            projector_context["constituents"][0]["current_posture"],
+            "weighing whether to publish a position"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            projector_context["constituents"][0]["pressures"][0],
+            "the vote is near"
+        );
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]

crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/scheduler.rs

@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ fn constituent_slice(campaign: &Campaign, id: &str) -> Result<CellConstituentSli
         reachable_destination_ids: BTreeSet::new(),
         activity_target_ids: crate::resolution::strategic_activity_targets(campaign, id),
         goals: vec![],
+        current_posture: None,
         pressures: vec![],
     };
     match profile.subject_kind {
@@ -723,7 +724,7 @@ fn constituent_slice(campaign: &Campaign, id: &str) -> Result<CellConstituentSli
             value.name = institution.name.clone();
             value.resources = institution.resources.iter().cloned().collect();
             value.goals = institution.goals.clone();
-            value.pressures = vec![institution.posture.clone()];
+            value.current_posture = Some(institution.posture.clone());
         }
         AgencySubjectKind::Gestalt => {
             let gestalt = campaign.gestalts.get(id).context("cell gestalt vanished")?;
@@ -1040,6 +1041,18 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn institution_slice_does_not_disguise_committed_posture_as_pressure() {
+        let campaign = crate::resolution::tests::campaign(1, 1);
+        let institution = &campaign.institutions["faction-0000"];
+        let slice = constituent_slice(&campaign, "faction-0000").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            slice.current_posture.as_deref(),
+            Some(institution.posture.as_str())
+        );
+        assert!(slice.pressures.is_empty());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn arena_event_projection_preserves_exact_viewers_including_named_members() {
         use crate::domain::*;

docs/architecture/ghostlight-multiresolution-agency.md

@@ -284,6 +284,12 @@ knowledge is never treated as an information channel; while dematerialized,
 the member can publish only through channels owned by their current leaf
 gestalt's agency profile.
 
+Institution rows distinguish `current_posture` from unresolved `pressures`.
+The committed posture is projected as already true and is the exact baseline
+against which a new institutional commitment is validated. It is never hidden
+in a generic pressure list, where a Projector could mistake a completed choice
+for a dilemma still awaiting action.
+
 A committed strategic effect must produce an exact canonical consequence.
 Institutions cannot re-adopt their current posture. Population pressure effects
 carry an explicit lifecycle: `pressure_resolutions` must name exact current

notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md

@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ internal perspective for actual cell constituents/member exceptions, Personas
 cannot conjure absent entities into contact, and empty target errors explicitly
 tell the correction stage that anonymous targets cannot be encoded.
 
+The following run migrated Mira and completed two sustained waves before a
+third safe abort. An institution's committed posture had been stored in the
+generic cell `pressures` list; its Projector treated that already-made decision
+as a live dilemma and the Persona repeated it. `CellConstituentSlice` now has an
+explicit `current_posture`; institution pressure is no longer smuggled through
+`pressures[0]`. Projector, Interpreter, and local validation share the same
+unambiguous baseline.
+
 The multiresolution body is deployed on Starfire. Typed health matched the
 immutable release, DeepSeek was ready, and the disposable live strategic-cell
 smoke committed three offscreen events plus three accessible news items without

notes/ghostlight-current-system-map.md

@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ perspective. Event mentions do not transfer a person into another cell, and an
 unnamed or unsupplied entity cannot become an activity target merely because a
 Persona found it plausible.
 
+Institution slices carry committed `current_posture` separately from unresolved
+pressure. Projectors present the posture as existing state; Interpreters and
+validators compare any new commitment directly against it. The old overloaded
+`pressures[0]` convention is not an authority path.
+
 Gestalt background choices use two distinct typed paths. Pressure transitions
 change exact unresolved markers. `gestalt_activity` records an attributed
 preparation, coordination, investigation, recruitment, obstruction, trade, or

state/map.yaml

@@ -265,5 +265,5 @@ data_flow:
 
 current_status:
   summary: GhostlightDungeon production remains on the verified Starfire release. The acceptance candidate is pressuring multiresolution agency: exact Gestalt activity attempts, typed Gestalt event participation, nested lineage identity preservation, location-bounded presence projection, and automatic refugee callback rematerialization. Production state is untouched while the strict live-fire harness and receipts falsify the candidate.
-  next_action: Run the strict multiresolution refugee-return live fire after the shared-location, spatial-partition, and perspective-ownership membrane repairs. Require meaningful whole-setting background activity, exact rival-arena attribution, migration across unrelated nested lineage trees, and automatic presence-planner rematerialization of the same durable member. Profile stage receipts and repair only the owning context or typed effect seam.
+  next_action: Run the strict multiresolution refugee-return live fire after the shared-location, perspective-ownership, and explicit institution-posture repairs. Require meaningful whole-setting background activity, exact rival-arena attribution, migration across unrelated nested lineage trees, and automatic presence-planner rematerialization of the same durable member. Profile stage receipts and repair only the owning context or typed effect seam.
   gestalt_population: Gestalt Personas own shared population baselines; persistent member deltas own named individuality; WorldKernel materialization and approval-gated fission preserve lineage and identity. Presence projection is limited to nearby active leaves and exact-location dormant members. Simulation cells are derived covers only.