# A-031

- **Artifact ID:** A-031
- **Status:** RETIRED
- **Public record:** https://record.cybersecurityhq.com/assumptions#A-031
- **Machine-record SHA-256:** `e3b08f572956f3b3b2af390f0fa7b1bfb2018b76d0b68a59ed59ca14476f740e`

## Complete structured record

```json
{
  "id": "A-031",
  "statement": "Credential compromise within a registry produces damage bounded by that registry's scope",
  "status": "RETIRED",
  "category": "Retired",
  "ledger_references": [],
  "retirement_date_bound": "2026-03-25",
  "retirement_rationale": "Retired on issuance of CHQ-P-2026-015 (snapshot date 2026-03-25), which explicitly records the retirement. CHQ-P-2026-013 (snapshot date 2026-03) records the same assumption as newly under pressure; its exact issuance day is not available, so day-level ordering against 2026-03-25 remains unresolved.",
  "supersession_pointer": "CHQ-P-2026-015",
  "related_positions": [
    "CHQ-P-2026-013",
    "CHQ-P-2026-015"
  ],
  "retirement_evidence_state": "CONFIRMED",
  "retirement_audit": "COMPLIANT — CHQ-P-2026-015 explicitly retires the assumption at CONFIRMED evidence state."
}
```