{
  "id": "backup_manifest",
  "label": "Backup Manifest Canonical",
  "phase": "phase-13",
  "category": "backup_server_recovery_infrastructure",
  "status": "ACTIVE_DH_MIRROR",
  "purpose": "Backup Manifest Canonical is the Phase 13 authority that records exactly what was backed up, where it was written, how it was encrypted and how it can be restored.",
  "function": "Convert backup payloads into inspectable recovery records with manifest id, payload checksum, encryption alias, node destination, included paths, excluded paths, job lineage and restore eligibility.",
  "technology_requirements": [
    {
      "technology": "Backup Manifest",
      "required_for": "Backup Manifest Canonical is the Phase 13 authority that records exactly what was backed up, where it was written, how it was encrypted and how it can be restored.",
      "required_by_phase": "phase-13",
      "required_by_category": "backup_manifest",
      "required_by_buckets": [
        "Prerequisites",
        "Installation",
        "Configuration",
        "Validation",
        "Observable Evidence",
        "Failure Modes & Recovery",
        "Completion & Promotion"
      ],
      "expected_version": "MISSING until Backup Manifest is implemented and validated in the future Execution & Monitoring Panel",
      "validation_command": "MISSING until backup_manifest can prove scope, evidence, execution state and promotion decision",
      "evidence_path": "/home/yeff/public_html/devon/canon/execution/state/dh_sources/backup_manifest.json",
      "status_source": "Documentation Hub + future Execution & Monitoring Panel",
      "blocking_if_missing": true,
      "failure_impact": "If this gate fails, every later integrity, replication and restore step loses its map."
    }
  ],
  "depends_on": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "overview": {
    "summary": "Backup Manifest Canonical is the Phase 13 authority that records exactly what was backed up, where it was written, how it was encrypted and how it can be restored.",
    "function": "FUNCTION: Convert backup payloads into inspectable recovery records with manifest id, payload checksum, encryption alias, node destination, included paths, excluded paths, job lineage and restore eligibility.",
    "system_position": "This category owns the backup evidence object. It is not the payload itself and not the restore test. The exclusive risk here is unindexed backup: a file may exist, but Devon cannot prove what it contains, which server it belongs to, which key protects it or whether it is restorable.",
    "failure_impact": "If this gate fails, every later integrity, replication and restore step loses its map."
  },
  "failure_impact": "If this gate fails, every later integrity, replication and restore step loses its map."
}