Braid Light Client v1.5.0rc2 · Ollama + signed Legend candidate

Build the AI substrate first.

Braid moves signed AI state across machines without forcing every exchange through a cloud intermediary. QR reels remain intact. Version 1.5.0rc2 adds a bounded signed Legend and a loopback-only Ollama adapter for receiver-local model continuation after Phase B finality, with exact model-digest binding and no native hidden-state injection claim.

Developer release candidate · signed Legend + local Ollama adapter · optical + LAN + explicit Internet paths · 100/100 conformance tests
BRAID
Air-gapped QR Reels Optical transport retained
Local LAN Direct Private-address transfer
Remote Internet Port Explicit host:port + TLS
One signed object, multiple paths

Transport is a choice. Trust stays local.

The transport layer carries the exact signed .brad bytes. It does not reinterpret, re-sign, or silently admit them. The receiving machine quarantines the object first, evaluates Phase A evidence, and only marks acceptance after the receiver-owned Phase B transaction commits finality.

TRANSPORT_01

Optical QR reels

The air-gapped path remains a first-class option for camera-based transfer, demonstrations, and environments where network access is undesirable or unavailable.

TRANSPORT_02

LAN direct

Signed state can move between machines on a private network, with optional discovery and explicit receiver ownership of quarantine, evidence, and finality.

TRANSPORT_03

Internet host:port

Operators can expose an intentional TCP endpoint for remote transfer. Public routes require TLS 1.3 by default; there is no silent router mutation or hidden relay.

Release facts

Braid Light Client v1.5.0rc2

An Ollama + signed Legend developer candidate that preserves the established receiver-owned finality boundary while adding exact local-model identity binding and post-commit semantic continuity.

Status
Developer release candidate
Primary object
Signed .brad bytes with bounded braid.legend.v1 context
Network paths
LAN + explicit Internet TCP
Public security
TLS 1.3 required by default
Receiver flow
Quarantine → Phase A evidence → Phase B atomic commit → accepted finality
Finality invariant
accepted == (finality == "committed")
Legend authority
signed_sender_context_only; never an acceptance signal
Local continuation
Loopback Ollama only after committed Phase B; generative_vector_injection=false
Acceptance

Verified candidate behavior

  • 100/100 tests pass with ResourceWarning promoted to error
  • Clean wheel and source-distribution install gates pass
  • Ollama endpoints are loopback-only and HTTP redirects are rejected
  • Legend digest and completion-model provenance are verified before Phase B
  • Same-space 384D routes require exact embedding model tag + digest identity
  • Post-commit Ollama failure degrades delivery without rewriting finality
  • Measured heterogeneous routes remain available; research-only routes fail closed
  • Real Mistral-to-Mistral continuation remains gated on the physical two-node UAT
SHA-256 · release-candidate TAR
3843b779a9544ceeeee3e4fdcc8ea3c5093e1ac35ed603419a0655abae99ab03
The Intersignal thesis
AI systems should be able to exchange useful state without surrendering identity, provenance, or operator control.

Braid is being built as an open coordination primitive for local and sovereign AI systems: compact state, signed envelopes, receiver-owned policy, and transport flexibility from a camera lens to an open Internet port. Version 1.5.0rc2 extends that rule: signed semantic context may travel; model execution and authority remain local.