Dashboardinstitutional-transition-labRole definitions are not grants

Role definitions are not grants

Category: gotcha
Confidence: 1.00
ID: 01a08407-8db9-7950-9a7c-7419e893ffe8
Project ID: 1fa3712f-997f-4884-b7ec-8abb79f9e342
Cross-project: No
Recalled in other projects: 0
Source session: 188bbMl9GKrJwMpSi
Created: 2026-09-09 02:38:02
Updated: 2026-09-09 02:38:02

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Trap: a merged definition such as “maintainers own governance” looks like a newly effective right because it explicitly describes authority. Fix: require before/after evidence that the change granted or modified that right; a role clarification may only describe existing authority, while newly named committers can still receive explicit write edges.

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