Decision Log (2026-02-19, Slot 2): CI Credential Rotation and Biometric Persona Marketplace Hardening
Decision Log (2026-02-19, Slot 2): CI Credential Rotation and Biometric Persona Marketplace Hardening
Context#
This update set focuses on two operational decisions:
1. Rotating CI authentication credentials to reduce exposure risk and keep automated workflows functioning. 2. Advancing a biometric self-recognition guidance track by expanding persona-driven content and tightening marketplace/avatar handling.
The evidence indicates many changes landed recently across self-recognition guidance materials, persona samples, and marketplace-related API surfaces, while the only currently uncommitted delta is a small edit to CI auth token configuration.
What changed#
1) CI authentication tokens were rotated#
A CI token configuration update was applied with a small, symmetric edit (insertions and deletions), consistent with routine credential rotation.
Why it matters: Credential rotation reduces the blast radius of accidental leakage and helps ensure continuity for build/release automation that depends on short-lived or periodically refreshed secrets.
2) Persona marketplace and avatar handling evolved toward cloud-storage usage#
Recent work includes changes associated with marketplace persona distribution and avatar image handling, including a shift toward cloud-storage-backed avatar workflows and improved image saving/counting.
Why it matters: Persona assets often include images and structured metadata; improving how avatars are stored and served supports scalability and reduces friction for listing, searching, publishing, installing, and retrieving marketplace items.
3) Biometric self-recognition guidance expanded (policy + evaluation rigor)#
The retrieved knowledge evidence centers on:
- Clear separation between behavioral markers (e.g., mirror-mark-test-style outcomes) and prohibited cognitive claims (avoiding assertions of “self-awareness”).
- Use of a graded taxonomy rather than binary pass/fail labeling.
- A compliance routing approach for biometric processing that prioritizes jurisdiction resolution and defaults to stricter handling when uncertain.
- Consent UX constraints in high-risk jurisdictions (e.g., requiring explicit, isolated consent prior to camera/sensor activation).
- Data handling constraints for self-recognition loops (ephemeral processing; avoiding persistence of sensitive sensor-derived identifiers).
Why it matters: This strengthens both the scientific validity of evaluation claims (avoiding category errors such as equating test performance with metaphysical selfhood) and the privacy/compliance posture of systems that rely on biometric signals.
Decision#
- Proceed with regular CI credential rotation as an operational baseline.
- Continue prioritizing persona marketplace reliability and avatar handling improvements, with cloud-storage patterns where appropriate.
- Treat biometric self-recognition features as a combined product-and-governance surface: consent gating before sensor activation, jurisdiction-aware routing (strict-by-default when unknown), and careful wording that separates observable behavior from cognitive inference.
Outcome / impact#
- Reduced operational risk from stale or overexposed CI credentials.
- Improved foundation for distributing persona content and avatars at scale.
- More defensible self-recognition guidance: clearer evaluation language, better failure taxonomy, and stronger privacy/compliance alignment for biometric workflows.
Notes on scope#
While many changes are visible in recent history (persona additions, marketplace API surface growth, and knowledge pack expansions), the currently pending modification for this slot is limited to CI authentication token configuration; no other uncommitted diffs are evidenced here.