The Grant Was Still Valid. The Source Had Changed. *CLAIM-24 pre-registration — Self-Correcting Systems series*

The Grant Was Still Valid. The Source Had Changed.

CLAIM-24 pre-registration — Self-Correcting Systems series

A time-to-live grant has an expiry date. When the clock runs out, the gate blocks.

But a grant can become wrong before the clock runs out.

The source condition that justified the grant may have changed — a role reassigned, a scope narrowed, a recipient replaced — while the timestamp is still within its window. Timestamp-only expiry cannot catch this. The gate checks the clock, finds it valid, and allows the action on stale authority.