# Faultprint v8 External Validation Fix Summary 001

## Purpose

This pass applies the independent Claude external validation report to the v7 core baseline.

## External Validation Result

- Sample reviewed externally: 62 rows
- Pass: 44
- Revise label: 6
- Revise band: 2
- Revise gate: 5
- Hold for evidence: 5
- Remove: 0

## Fixes Applied in v8

- Harmonized inconsistent client gates for matched rows.
- Moved unsupported/off-anchor rows to hold_internal.
- Corrected six pathology labels.
- Downgraded two over-banded rows.
- Applied a stricter null-finding regime.
- Rewrote boundary fields that contained confidence notes, genre labels, or widening statements.
- Updated stale USDA SNAP QC source URLs from fns.usda.gov to fna.usda.gov.

## v8 Distributions

Primary pathology distribution:

- Contestability Lag: 251
- AI Authority Acceleration: 212
- Record-Authority Capture: 70
- Access Interruption Before Review: 44
- Classification Gatekeeping: 27
- Documentation Burden Transfer: 25
- Provisional Relief Reversal: 24
- Evidence-Container Illusion: 10
- Multi-Actor Handoff Diffusion: 10
- Deadline Compression: 7

Resemblance distribution:

- moderate_resemblance: 385
- elevated_resemblance: 233
- low_resemblance: 60
- high_resemblance: 2

Client-output distribution:

- client_ready: 257
- client_ready_with_caveat: 246
- hold_internal: 147
- revise_internal: 30

## Status

v8 is the first baseline hardened by an external validation pass. It should supersede v7 for report generation and further calibration.