# HyperTwist Phase J-EF validation podium-state ledgers and bounded ongoing-state confederation implementation packet

Date: 2026-06-01

`Phase J-EF` is now landed locally as the one-hundred-thirty-sixth bounded
validation seam in the first-party HyperTwist runtime-evidence ladder.

## Landed surfaces

- validation podium-state ledger contract
- validation ongoing-state confederation boundary
- bundled runtime accessors for both surfaces
- focused automation coverage for the new contract and boundary

## Implementation notes

- added podium-state ledger contract data, ids, lookup seams, and bundled
  runtime accessors
- added ongoing-state confederation boundary data, ids, lookup seams, and
  bundled runtime accessors
- extended the validation benchmark reference bundle and structural-validity
  contract with the new bounded seam
- kept package ownership first-party and runtime-evidence scoped

## Guardrails preserved

- keep validation podium-state and ongoing-state confederation posture
  first-party and runtime-evidence local
- do not widen into generic podium-state platforms or ongoing confederation
  systems
- do not widen into cross-product ongoing confederation ownership or podium
  orchestration
- do not widen into release-gate authority or public leaderboard logic

## Ladder status

- `Phase J-A` through `Phase J-EF` are now landed as the first bounded
  validation and benchmarking ladder
- the current deliberate next seam is:
- `Phase J-EK` validation pulpit-state packets and bounded ongoing-state caucus
