# Format freeze: Email Edition template, a derived presentation of the Research Update (masthead; Executive Brief with a This week's changes block; 1 Principal Finding; 2 The Board with a complete condition table, a subsection per changed condition and a reclassification-trigger subsection; 3 Other Ma

- **Artifact ID:** CHQ-FMT-2026-002
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Status:** IN FORCE
- **Public record:** https://record.cybersecurityhq.com/governance/chq-fmt-2026-002
- **Machine-record SHA-256:** `185f48ae7867d78ec54bb94484dd93b40022296038909f5986eb3fe119384cb5`

## Complete structured record

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  "title": "Format freeze: Email Edition template, a derived presentation of the Research Update (masthead; Executive Brief with a This week's changes block; 1 Principal Finding; 2 The Board with a complete condition table, a subsection per changed condition and a reclassification-trigger subsection; 3 Other Ma",
  "class": "RULE",
  "version": "1.0",
  "effective": "2026-10-27",
  "published": "2026-10-27",
  "status": "IN FORCE",
  "status_detail": "FROZEN 2026-10-27 by DM; applies from the Issue 44 email. Does NOT amend or replace CHQ-FMT-2026-001, which continues to govern the record document. OPEN QUESTION referred to the Q4 audit: whether introducing a derived public edition is itself a public-surface change requiring ratification at an issue under STAB clause 4; recorded as declared and in force, and if the audit rules otherwise it is ratified retroactively at Issue 45 with nothing published changed.",
  "rule": "Format freeze: Email Edition template, a derived presentation of the Research Update (masthead; Executive Brief with a This week's changes block; 1 Principal Finding; 2 The Board with a complete condition table, a subsection per changed condition and a reclassification-trigger subsection; 3 Other Material Developments; 4 Forecast Register with per-entry benchmark kinds and a resolved-entry scorecard carrying probabilities and both Brier scores; 5 Implications for Security Leadership; Record Integrity and Qualifications; registry invitation; footer)",
  "scope": "Carries ten standing rules, including: no em or en dashes; markdown only; no internal registry identifiers beyond condition and forecast IDs; every printed number carries its qualification in the same issue; a deleted disclosure is not a moved disclosure; candidate controls are never written as implemented; gate results and ratifications written only from recorded results; the board table always complete. Five build checks run before any send.",
  "authority": "DM ratified 2026-10-27"
}
```