Development log

A transparent record of progress.

AnimusLab maintains a public, chronological log of research releases, regulatory contributions, infrastructure milestones, and institutional decisions. Transparency is a precondition for trust, not a marketing posture.

Entries
8
Window
Mar — Aug 2026
Cadence
Event-driven
Policy
Never retracted
08
Release

anchor-audit v6.0.1 published to PyPI

Production release of the core deterministic governance kernel (PyPI package: anchor-audit). Includes Rust PyO3 AST scanner, Click CLI suite (init, check, verify-sync, drift, sync, heal), and @anchor.guard decorator runtime interception.

07
Infrastructure

Sovereign control plane portals deployed

Stood up multi-tenant subdomain portals: admin.animuslab.dev (Node Whitelist Cockpit), hub.animuslab.dev (Real-Time Violation Stream), and oversight.animuslab.dev (Gated Mission Replay Engine with zero-knowledge file path redaction).

06
Release

Canon v0.1.0 released

First production version of the governance knowledge integrity engine. Includes SHA-256 state tracking, evidence package generation, and append-only ledger functionality.

05
Policy

Financial Stability Board consultation response submitted

Formal submission regarding deterministic runtime governance requirements for AI systems in systemic financial infrastructure.

04
Research

Anchor governance mappings expanded

Added comprehensive AST rule sets for OWASP Top 10, enabling stricter compile-time verification.

03
Case study

Knight Capital case study published

Detailed forensic modelling of authority overreach using historical incident data to test runtime containment boundaries.

02
Publication

Anchor preprint published on Zenodo

Released the foundational paper: “Anchor: A Federated Governance Engine for Agentic Systems.”

01
Institution

AnimusLab Constitution v1.0 finalized

Established the institutional charter defining principles of truth over optics, evidence supremacy, and long-term continuity.

Log maintained continuously · Corrections appended, never removed