03 — Human president approval: channel ABSENT (proof of non-availability + non-fabrication)

Required

apr_approvals(apr_id=415, approver_type='human', approver ILIKE '%president%', decision='approve', rationale=<scoped>) cast by the real human president through their own authenticated identity/channel.

What actually happened

question	answer
Real human president present in this session?	NO
President vote cast through a real authenticated president channel?	NO
Agent-runnable president-approval CLI/API available?	NO (none exists)
Did the agent record a president vote?	NO — would be fabrication; forbidden
president approvals on apr_id=415 (live)	0

Why no vote was recorded

• The only actor in this session is the proposing agent (Claude). The agent is not a human and not the president seat. A human-president approval requires a real human acting under a president identity (approver ILIKE '%president%', approver_type='human').
• The macro and live invariants forbid the substitutes that were technically reachable:
  • Agent writing an approval as president → fabrication (forbidden).
  • Operator root / SSH / SYNC_SECRET / GCP-owner writing the vote as a convenience → forbidden; capability ≠ authority; owner prompt text ≠ a recorded president quorum vote.
• No automated path exists: auto-approve was disabled 2026-06-06 (fn_auto_approve_add, P0 authority-bypass containment).

Evidence the mechanism is real (so this is a missing approver, not a missing mechanism)

A live president identity exists in the system: a distinct approver='president' (approver_type='human') has approved prior APRs historically. The seat is real and reachable by the real president — just not by the agent, and not in this session.

Result

HOLD for this seat: APR_0415_APPROVAL_HOLD_NO_REAL_PRESIDENT_CHANNEL. 0 president approvals recorded. No fabrication. No self-approval.