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The common hypotheses of the safety theorems can be met together with a commit

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OpenSearchSafety.commit_reachable

by pitimespi · Nov 1, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

cluster-coordinationconsensuscrash-recoveryelasticsearchformal-verificationinductive-invariantleader-electionmessage-passingopensearchpaxosraftreconfigurationsafetyzen2

There exist cluster parameters P and a cluster W with payload type Unit such that P.InitCompatible, P.strategy = ElectionStrategy.DEFAULT_INSTANCE, Reachable P W and Committed W 1 1.

The hypotheses common to the safety theorems (P.InitCompatible, the default strategy, Reachable P W) can be met together with a commit. The statement exhibits one committed key and nothing more: neither two distinct committed keys (the non-trivial case of committed_linear and committed_versions) nor a publication of a later term than a committed key (the hypotheses of leader_completeness). In the witness every node is cluster-manager-eligible, the only bootstrap configuration is {0}, and node 0 bootstraps, handles a start-join of term 1 from itself, handles its own join (winning the election), publishes the state of term 1 and version 1, accepts it, and handles its own response, which sends the commit of (1, 1).

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_OpenSearchSafety
open OpenSearchCoordination OpenSearchSafety
Formal statement
theorem OpenSearchSafety.commit_reachable : ∃ (P : Params) (W : Cluster Unit), P.InitCompatible ∧
    P.strategy = ElectionStrategy.DEFAULT_INSTANCE ∧ Reachable P W ∧ Committed W 1 1 := by sorry
Source
OpenSearch b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19: CoordinationState (the per-node handlers as transcribed by the OpenSearchCoordination mission; handleCommit lines 523-573, isPublishQuorum 156-158, invariant 601-611): https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/CoordinationState.java; Coordinator (the calls into CoordinationState: handleApplyCommit lines 419-452, handlePublishRequest 454-526, startElection 583-602, abdicateTo 604-620, ensureTermAtLeast 635-641, joinLeaderInTerm 643-657, setInitialConfiguration 1101-1161, handleJoin 1267-1299, publish 1350 with the handleClientValue call at 1404, CoordinatorPublication.handlePublishResponse 1871-1876): https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/Coordinator.java; ClusterBootstrapService (requirements 146-157, onFoundPeersUpdated 176-215, startBootstrap 259-273, checkRequirements 306-335): https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/ClusterBootstrapService.java#L146-L335; GatewayMetaState.start (persisted state loaded and rebuilt 141-231, remote restore 169-188, synchronous and asynchronous persistence 199-207, nodes without the cluster-manager and data roles 232-255): https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/GatewayMetaState.java#L126-L257; PersistedStateRegistry.addPersistedState (lines 38-41): https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/PersistedStateRegistry.java#L38-L41; ElectionStrategy (DEFAULT_INSTANCE lines 46-59): https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/ElectionStrategy.java#L44-L110; the randomized safety test CoordinationStateTestCluster (reboot 156-193, runRandomly 279-329, invariant 331-370): https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/CoordinationStateTestCluster.java and CoordinationStateTests.testSafety (lines 917-924): https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/CoordinationStateTests.java#L917-L924; for comparison, Elastic's TLA+ model ZenWithTerms (HandleCommit 241-250, CommittedValuesDescendantsFromInitialValue 338-347, CommitHasQuorumVsPreviousCommittedConfiguration 349-358): https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-formal-models/blob/ca30663506a7e18de9d23fabbc70a369903d7c98/ZenWithTerms/tla/ZenWithTerms.tla
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Sources and conventions. Rendered from Definitions/Def_OpenSearchCoordination.lean, Definitions/Def_OpenSearchSafety.lean and the stub Theorems/Thm_OpenSearchSafety_commit_reachable.lean; Java line numbers refer to OpenSearch b2a54ba5c0defba3d1d20423e911d4bf920bab19 (CS = CoordinationState.java, CM = CoordinationMetadata.java, ES = ElectionStrategy.java, CO = Coordinator.java, CBS = ClusterBootstrapService.java), checked against the local checkout. Throughout, VVV is an arbitrary payload type, PPP a parameter record and WWW a cluster; csncs_ncsn​ abbreviates W.node(n)W.\mathrm{node}(n)W.node(n), the coordination state of node nnn in WWW, and "m∈sentm \in \mathrm{sent}m∈sent" means W.sent(m)W.\mathrm{sent}(m)W.sent(m). Booleans are read as truth values: "won(cs)\mathrm{won}(cs)won(cs)" means electionWon = true, "¬won(cs)\neg\mathrm{won}(cs)¬won(cs)" means electionWon = false.

Nodes, configurations, quorums. Node ids are natural numbers. A discovery node ddd is a pair (d.id,d.cm)(d.\mathrm{id}, d.\mathrm{cm})(d.id,d.cm) of an id and a Boolean (isClusterManagerNode). A voting configuration ccc is a strictly increasing list of node ids, hence duplicate-free; two configurations are equal exactly when they have the same members. ∅\emptyset∅ denotes the empty configuration EMPTY_CONFIG; "ccc is empty" means its list is empty. For a configuration ccc and any list qqq of ids,

hasQuorum(c,q)  ⟺  2⋅∣{x∈c:x∈q}∣>∣c∣,\mathrm{hasQuorum}(c, q) \iff 2\cdot\big|\{x \in c : x \in q\}\big| > |c| ,hasQuorum(c,q)⟺2⋅​{x∈c:x∈q}​>∣c∣,

so the empty configuration has no quorum, and ids of qqq outside ccc as well as repetitions in qqq are irrelevant. Transcription check: matches VotingConfiguration.hasQuorum (CM:405-409).

A vote collection is a list of node ids; the empty collection is [ ][\,][]; isQuorum(v,c):=hasQuorum(c,v)\mathrm{isQuorum}(v, c) := \mathrm{hasQuorum}(c, v)isQuorum(v,c):=hasQuorum(c,v); addVote(v,d)\mathrm{addVote}(v, d)addVote(v,d) is (d.id::v, added)(d.\mathrm{id} :: v,\ \text{added})(d.id::v, added) if d.cmd.\mathrm{cm}d.cm is true and d.id∉vd.\mathrm{id} \notin vd.id∈/v, and (v, not added)(v,\ \text{not added})(v, not added) otherwise. Transcription check: VoteCollection (CS:750-814) keys a map by node id; addVote (CS:755-757) changes the key set exactly in the same cases.

Cluster states. A cluster state sss has a term s.term∈Ns.\mathrm{term} \in \mathbb{N}s.term∈N, a version s.version∈Zs.\mathrm{version} \in \mathbb{Z}s.version∈Z, a metadata version s.mv∈Zs.\mathrm{mv} \in \mathbb{Z}s.mv∈Z, a last committed and a last accepted configuration s.lccs.\mathrm{lcc}s.lcc and s.lacs.\mathrm{lac}s.lac, an optional natural number s.cmNodes.\mathrm{cmNode}s.cmNode (the cluster-manager node), two Booleans s.uuidKnowns.\mathrm{uuidKnown}s.uuidKnown and s.uuidCommitteds.\mathrm{uuidCommitted}s.uuidCommitted, and a payload s.value∈Vs.\mathrm{value} \in Vs.value∈V. Two cluster states are equal when all nine fields are. vomv(s)\mathrm{vomv}(s)vomv(s) (versionOrMetadataVersion) is s.mvs.\mathrm{mv}s.mv if s.term=0s.\mathrm{term} = 0s.term=0 and s.versions.\mathrm{version}s.version otherwise. markCommitted(s)\mathrm{markCommitted}(s)markCommitted(s) is sss with lcc\mathrm{lcc}lcc replaced by s.lacs.\mathrm{lac}s.lac and with uuidCommitted\mathrm{uuidCommitted}uuidCommitted set to true when s.uuidKnowns.\mathrm{uuidKnown}s.uuidKnown is true; nothing else changes (transcribes CS:703-740; the Java assertion at CS:708-710 is not checked).

Message contents. A join jjj has a source and a target discovery node j.srcj.\mathrm{src}j.src, j.tgtj.\mathrm{tgt}j.tgt, a term j.term∈Nj.\mathrm{term} \in \mathbb{N}j.term∈N, a last accepted term j.lat∈Nj.\mathrm{lat} \in \mathbb{N}j.lat∈N and a last accepted version j.lav∈Zj.\mathrm{lav} \in \mathbb{Z}j.lav∈Z; two joins are equal when all five fields are. A publish response is a pair ⟨t,v⟩∈N×Z\langle t, v\rangle \in \mathbb{N}\times\mathbb{Z}⟨t,v⟩∈N×Z. An apply-commit request is a triple ⟨d,t,v⟩\langle d, t, v\rangle⟨d,t,v⟩ of a discovery node, a term and a version. A start-join request is a pair of a discovery node and a term; it is not a cluster message (see the steps).

Coordination states. A coordination state cscscs has a local node cs.localNodecs.\mathrm{localNode}cs.localNode (a discovery node), a current term ct(cs)∈N\mathrm{ct}(cs) \in \mathbb{N}ct(cs)∈N, a last accepted state cs.lascs.\mathrm{las}cs.las (a cluster state), two vote collections joinVotes(cs)\mathrm{joinVotes}(cs)joinVotes(cs) and pubVotes(cs)\mathrm{pubVotes}(cs)pubVotes(cs), Booleans started(cs)\mathrm{started}(cs)started(cs) (startedJoinSinceLastReboot) and won(cs)\mathrm{won}(cs)won(cs) (electionWon), a last published version lpv(cs)∈Z\mathrm{lpv}(cs) \in \mathbb{Z}lpv(cs)∈Z and a last published configuration lpc(cs)\mathrm{lpc}(cs)lpc(cs). lat(cs)\mathrm{lat}(cs)lat(cs), lav(cs)\mathrm{lav}(cs)lav(cs), lcc(cs)\mathrm{lcc}(cs)lcc(cs), lac(cs)\mathrm{lac}(cs)lac(cs) are the term, version, last committed and last accepted configuration of cs.lascs.\mathrm{las}cs.las. init(d,t,s)\mathrm{init}(d, t, s)init(d,t,s) is the coordination state with local node ddd, current term ttt, last accepted state sss, both vote collections empty, started\mathrm{started}started and won\mathrm{won}won false, lpv=0\mathrm{lpv} = 0lpv=0 and lpc=s.lac\mathrm{lpc} = s.\mathrm{lac}lpc=s.lac (the constructor, CS:84-106).

Election strategies. An election strategy is a Boolean function σ(d,t,at,av,c1,c2,v)\sigma(d, t, at, av, c_1, c_2, v)σ(d,t,at,av,c1​,c2​,v) of a discovery node, two naturals, an integer, two configurations and a vote collection; DEFAULT_INSTANCE is the constant-true function. isElectionQuorumσ(cs,v):=isQuorum(v,lcc(cs))∧isQuorum(v,lac(cs))∧σ(cs.localNode,ct(cs),lat(cs),lav(cs),lcc(cs),lac(cs),v)\mathrm{isElectionQuorum}_\sigma(cs, v) := \mathrm{isQuorum}(v, \mathrm{lcc}(cs)) \wedge \mathrm{isQuorum}(v, \mathrm{lac}(cs)) \wedge \sigma(cs.\mathrm{localNode}, \mathrm{ct}(cs), \mathrm{lat}(cs), \mathrm{lav}(cs), \mathrm{lcc}(cs), \mathrm{lac}(cs), v)isElectionQuorumσ​(cs,v):=isQuorum(v,lcc(cs))∧isQuorum(v,lac(cs))∧σ(cs.localNode,ct(cs),lat(cs),lav(cs),lcc(cs),lac(cs),v); for the default strategy the third conjunct is true. isPublishQuorum(cs,v):=isQuorum(v,lcc(cs))∧isQuorum(v,lpc(cs))\mathrm{isPublishQuorum}(cs, v) := \mathrm{isQuorum}(v, \mathrm{lcc}(cs)) \wedge \mathrm{isQuorum}(v, \mathrm{lpc}(cs))isPublishQuorum(cs,v):=isQuorum(v,lcc(cs))∧isQuorum(v,lpc(cs)). Transcription check: ES:68-88 with CS:144-154, and CS:156-158.

Parameters. A parameter record PPP consists of elig:N→Bool\mathrm{elig} : \mathbb{N} \to \mathrm{Bool}elig:N→Bool (eligible: whether a node is cluster-manager-eligible), a predicate initConfs\mathrm{initConfs}initConfs on configurations (an arbitrary set of "bootstrap configurations": possibly empty, possibly containing ∅\emptyset∅, possibly infinite), and an election strategy σP\sigma_PσP​ (strategy). dn(n):=(n,elig(n))\mathrm{dn}(n) := (n, \mathrm{elig}(n))dn(n):=(n,elig(n)); "xxx is eligible" means elig(x)=\mathrm{elig}(x) = elig(x)= true. InitCompatible(P)\mathrm{InitCompatible}(P)InitCompatible(P) holds when for all configurations X,YX, YX,Y with initConfs(X)\mathrm{initConfs}(X)initConfs(X) and initConfs(Y)\mathrm{initConfs}(Y)initConfs(Y) and all lists q1,q2q_1, q_2q1​,q2​ of eligible ids,

hasQuorum(X,q1)∧hasQuorum(Y,q2)  ⟹  ∃x, x∈q1∧x∈q2\mathrm{hasQuorum}(X, q_1) \wedge \mathrm{hasQuorum}(Y, q_2) \implies \exists x,\ x \in q_1 \wedge x \in q_2hasQuorum(X,q1​)∧hasQuorum(Y,q2​)⟹∃x, x∈q1​∧x∈q2​

(for X=YX = YX=Y this is automatic: two majorities of one configuration meet).

Messages and clusters. A cluster message is one of: join(j)\mathsf{join}(j)join(j); pubReq(a,s,pt,pv)\mathsf{pubReq}(a, s, pt, pv)pubReq(a,s,pt,pv), a publish request from node aaa carrying a cluster state sss and a ghost parent (pt,pv)∈N×Z(pt, pv) \in \mathbb{N}\times\mathbb{Z}(pt,pv)∈N×Z; pubResp(a,d,r)\mathsf{pubResp}(a, d, r)pubResp(a,d,r), a publish response rrr from node aaa to node ddd; commit(c)\mathsf{commit}(c)commit(c), an apply-commit request ccc. A cluster WWW is a function W.nodeW.\mathrm{node}W.node from node ids to coordination states together with a predicate W.sentW.\mathrm{sent}W.sent on messages (the messages sent so far). W.set(n,cs)W.\mathrm{set}(n, cs)W.set(n,cs) replaces node nnn's state by cscscs and changes nothing else; W.send(m)W.\mathrm{send}(m)W.send(m) adds mmm to the sent set and changes nothing else. A key is a pair (t,v)∈N×Z(t, v) \in \mathbb{N}\times\mathbb{Z}(t,v)∈N×Z; the key of a publication pubReq(a,s,pt,pv)\mathsf{pubReq}(a, s, pt, pv)pubReq(a,s,pt,pv) is (s.term,s.version)(s.\mathrm{term}, s.\mathrm{version})(s.term,s.version).

The handlers. Each handler returns either an error (the corresponding step is then impossible) or a result. Guards are tested in the order listed; the first that applies gives the error.

  • setInitialState(cs,s)\mathrm{setInitialState}(cs, s)setInitialState(cs,s): error if lac(cs)\mathrm{lac}(cs)lac(cs) is non-empty; otherwise cscscs with cs.las:=scs.\mathrm{las} := scs.las:=s (nothing else changes). Its contract initialStateContract(cs,s)\mathrm{initialStateContract}(cs, s)initialStateContract(cs,s) is the conjunction: lat(cs)=0\mathrm{lat}(cs) = 0lat(cs)=0; lcc(cs)\mathrm{lcc}(cs)lcc(cs) empty; lpv(cs)=0\mathrm{lpv}(cs) = 0lpv(cs)=0; lpc(cs)\mathrm{lpc}(cs)lpc(cs) empty; ¬won(cs)\neg\mathrm{won}(cs)¬won(cs); joinVotes(cs)\mathrm{joinVotes}(cs)joinVotes(cs) and pubVotes(cs)\mathrm{pubVotes}(cs)pubVotes(cs) empty; s.term=0s.\mathrm{term} = 0s.term=0; s.version=lav(cs)s.\mathrm{version} = \mathrm{lav}(cs)s.version=lav(cs); s.lacs.\mathrm{lac}s.lac and s.lccs.\mathrm{lcc}s.lcc non-empty. Transcription check: CS:180-204; the contract is the eleven assertions CS:190-201.
  • handleStartJoin(cs,(d,t))\mathrm{handleStartJoin}(cs, (d, t))handleStartJoin(cs,(d,t)): error if t≤ct(cs)t \le \mathrm{ct}(cs)t≤ct(cs); otherwise the pair of cscscs with ct:=t\mathrm{ct} := tct:=t, lpv:=0\mathrm{lpv} := 0lpv:=0, lpc:=lac(cs)\mathrm{lpc} := \mathrm{lac}(cs)lpc:=lac(cs), started:=\mathrm{started} :=started:= true, won:=\mathrm{won} :=won:= false and both vote collections emptied (last accepted state unchanged), and the join ⟨cs.localNode,d,t,lat(cs),vomv(cs.las)⟩\langle cs.\mathrm{localNode}, d, t, \mathrm{lat}(cs), \mathrm{vomv}(cs.\mathrm{las})\rangle⟨cs.localNode,d,t,lat(cs),vomv(cs.las)⟩ (source, target, term, last accepted term, last accepted version — the metadata version when lat(cs)=0\mathrm{lat}(cs) = 0lat(cs)=0). Transcription check: CS:213-255.
  • handleJoinσ(cs,j)\mathrm{handleJoin}_\sigma(cs, j)handleJoinσ​(cs,j): errors, in order, if j.term≠ct(cs)j.\mathrm{term} \ne \mathrm{ct}(cs)j.term=ct(cs); if ¬started(cs)\neg\mathrm{started}(cs)¬started(cs); if j.lat>lat(cs)j.\mathrm{lat} > \mathrm{lat}(cs)j.lat>lat(cs); if j.lat=lat(cs)j.\mathrm{lat} = \mathrm{lat}(cs)j.lat=lat(cs) and j.lav>vomv(cs.las)j.\mathrm{lav} > \mathrm{vomv}(cs.\mathrm{las})j.lav>vomv(cs.las); if lac(cs)\mathrm{lac}(cs)lac(cs) is empty. Otherwise, with (v′,b)=addVote(joinVotes(cs),j.src)(v', b) = \mathrm{addVote}(\mathrm{joinVotes}(cs), j.\mathrm{src})(v′,b)=addVote(joinVotes(cs),j.src) and w=isElectionQuorumσ(cs,v′)w = \mathrm{isElectionQuorum}_\sigma(cs, v')w=isElectionQuorumσ​(cs,v′), the result is cscscs with joinVotes:=v′\mathrm{joinVotes} := v'joinVotes:=v′ and won:=w\mathrm{won} := wwon:=w, and moreover lpv:=lav(cs)\mathrm{lpv} := \mathrm{lav}(cs)lpv:=lav(cs) if www holds and won(cs)\mathrm{won}(cs)won(cs) did not; together with the Boolean bbb ("vote added"). The target j.tgtj.\mathrm{tgt}j.tgt is not examined. Transcription check: CS:264-339; the Java assertions CS:265 (target is the local node) and CS:323-324 (a won election is not lost) are not checked by the handler.
  • handleClientValue(cs,s)\mathrm{handleClientValue}(cs, s)handleClientValue(cs,s): errors, in order, if ¬won(cs)\neg\mathrm{won}(cs)¬won(cs); if lpv(cs)≠lav(cs)\mathrm{lpv}(cs) \ne \mathrm{lav}(cs)lpv(cs)=lav(cs); if s.term≠ct(cs)s.\mathrm{term} \ne \mathrm{ct}(cs)s.term=ct(cs); if s.version≤lpv(cs)s.\mathrm{version} \le \mathrm{lpv}(cs)s.version≤lpv(cs); if s.lac≠lac(cs)s.\mathrm{lac} \ne \mathrm{lac}(cs)s.lac=lac(cs) and lcc(cs)≠lac(cs)\mathrm{lcc}(cs) \ne \mathrm{lac}(cs)lcc(cs)=lac(cs); if ¬isQuorum(joinVotes(cs),s.lac)\neg\mathrm{isQuorum}(\mathrm{joinVotes}(cs), s.\mathrm{lac})¬isQuorum(joinVotes(cs),s.lac). Otherwise cscscs with lpv:=s.version\mathrm{lpv} := s.\mathrm{version}lpv:=s.version, lpc:=s.lac\mathrm{lpc} := s.\mathrm{lac}lpc:=s.lac, pubVotes:=[ ]\mathrm{pubVotes} := [\,]pubVotes:=[], together with the publish request carrying sss. Its contract clientValueContract(cs,s)\mathrm{clientValueContract}(cs, s)clientValueContract(cs,s) is s.lcc=lcc(cs)s.\mathrm{lcc} = \mathrm{lcc}(cs)s.lcc=lcc(cs). Transcription check: CS:348-407; the contract is the assertion CS:397-398.
  • handlePublishRequest(cs,s)\mathrm{handlePublishRequest}(cs, s)handlePublishRequest(cs,s): error if s.term≠ct(cs)s.\mathrm{term} \ne \mathrm{ct}(cs)s.term=ct(cs). Otherwise, if s.term=lat(cs)s.\mathrm{term} = \mathrm{lat}(cs)s.term=lat(cs) and s.version≤lav(cs)s.\mathrm{version} \le \mathrm{lav}(cs)s.version≤lav(cs): when s.term≠0s.\mathrm{term} \ne 0s.term=0, error; when s.term=0s.\mathrm{term} = 0s.term=0 (the "Zen1" branch), error if s.cmNodes.\mathrm{cmNode}s.cmNode is none, accept if s.cmNode=some ms.\mathrm{cmNode} = \mathrm{some}\ ms.cmNode=some m with some m≠cs.las.cmNode\mathrm{some}\ m \ne cs.\mathrm{las}.\mathrm{cmNode}some m=cs.las.cmNode, error otherwise. In all remaining cases, accept. To accept is to return cscscs with cs.las:=scs.\mathrm{las} := scs.las:=s and the response ⟨s.term,s.version⟩\langle s.\mathrm{term}, s.\mathrm{version}\rangle⟨s.term,s.version⟩. Transcription check: CS:416-460 (a null incoming cluster-manager in the Zen1 branch throws in Java).
  • handlePublishResponse(cs,d,r)\mathrm{handlePublishResponse}(cs, d, r)handlePublishResponse(cs,d,r): errors, in order, if ¬won(cs)\neg\mathrm{won}(cs)¬won(cs); if r.term≠ct(cs)r.\mathrm{term} \ne \mathrm{ct}(cs)r.term=ct(cs); if r.version≠lpv(cs)r.\mathrm{version} \ne \mathrm{lpv}(cs)r.version=lpv(cs). Otherwise let v′v'v′ be the collection returned by addVote(pubVotes(cs),d)\mathrm{addVote}(\mathrm{pubVotes}(cs), d)addVote(pubVotes(cs),d); the result is cscscs with pubVotes:=v′\mathrm{pubVotes} := v'pubVotes:=v′, together with the optional apply-commit request some ⟨cs.localNode,r.term,r.version⟩\mathrm{some}\ \langle cs.\mathrm{localNode}, r.\mathrm{term}, r.\mathrm{version}\ranglesome ⟨cs.localNode,r.term,r.version⟩ if isQuorum(v′,lcc(cs))∧isQuorum(v′,lpc(cs))\mathrm{isQuorum}(v', \mathrm{lcc}(cs)) \wedge \mathrm{isQuorum}(v', \mathrm{lpc}(cs))isQuorum(v′,lcc(cs))∧isQuorum(v′,lpc(cs)), and none\mathrm{none}none otherwise. Transcription check: CS:471-515.
  • handleCommit(cs,⟨d,t,v⟩)\mathrm{handleCommit}(cs, \langle d, t, v\rangle)handleCommit(cs,⟨d,t,v⟩): errors, in order, if t≠ct(cs)t \ne \mathrm{ct}(cs)t=ct(cs); if t≠lat(cs)t \ne \mathrm{lat}(cs)t=lat(cs); if v≠lav(cs)v \ne \mathrm{lav}(cs)v=lav(cs). Otherwise cscscs with cs.las:=markCommitted(cs.las)cs.\mathrm{las} := \mathrm{markCommitted}(cs.\mathrm{las})cs.las:=markCommitted(cs.las). The source ddd is not examined. Transcription check: CS:523-573.

Restart states. RestartState(s,s′)\mathrm{RestartState}(s, s')RestartState(s,s′) holds when either (i) s′s's′ agrees with sss on term, version, lcc\mathrm{lcc}lcc, lac\mathrm{lac}lac, uuidKnown\mathrm{uuidKnown}uuidKnown and uuidCommitted\mathrm{uuidCommitted}uuidCommitted (its metadata version, cluster-manager node and payload are free); or (ii) s.term=0s.\mathrm{term} = 0s.term=0, s.lcc=s.lac=∅s.\mathrm{lcc} = s.\mathrm{lac} = \emptysets.lcc=s.lac=∅, s.uuidKnown=s.\mathrm{uuidKnown} =s.uuidKnown= false, and s′.term=0s'.\mathrm{term} = 0s′.term=0, s′.lcc=s′.lac=∅s'.\mathrm{lcc} = s'.\mathrm{lac} = \emptysets′.lcc=s′.lac=∅ (every other field of s′s's′, including its version, is free). Citation check: in GatewayMetaState.java (141-207) an eligible node reloads its persisted current term, version and metadata (the metadata includes the coordination metadata and the cluster-UUID flags). The remote-store path (169-186) is taken by an eligible node with remote cluster state enabled when its local cluster UUID is unknown and the remote store knows one; the restored state is built on Metadata.EMPTY_METADATA (line 296), to which RemoteStoreRestoreService.restore adds index metadata, global settings, templates, customs and the remote version, but no coordination metadata and no cluster UUID — so its term is 0 and its configurations are empty, as in (ii). Java also persists the rest of the metadata (payload, metadata version), which (i) leaves free: more behaviours than Java.

Initial clusters. Initial(P,W)\mathrm{Initial}(P, W)Initial(P,W) holds when every node nnn has csn=init(dn(n),0,sn)cs_n = \mathrm{init}(\mathrm{dn}(n), 0, s_n)csn​=init(dn(n),0,sn​) for some cluster state sns_nsn​ with sn.term=0s_n.\mathrm{term} = 0sn​.term=0 and sn.lcc=sn.lac=∅s_n.\mathrm{lcc} = s_n.\mathrm{lac} = \emptysetsn​.lcc=sn​.lac=∅ (the version, metadata version, cluster-manager node, cluster-UUID flags and payload of sns_nsn​ are arbitrary and may differ from node to node), and no message is sent.

Steps. StepP(W,W′)\mathrm{Step}_P(W, W')StepP​(W,W′) holds exactly in the following nine cases (all objects arbitrary unless constrained):

  1. bootstrap: a node nnn, a configuration XXX with initConfs(X)\mathrm{initConfs}(X)initConfs(X), a cluster state sss with initialStateContract(csn,s)\mathrm{initialStateContract}(cs_n, s)initialStateContract(csn​,s) and s.lcc=s.lac=Xs.\mathrm{lcc} = s.\mathrm{lac} = Xs.lcc=s.lac=X, and setInitialState(csn,s)=ok cs′\mathrm{setInitialState}(cs_n, s) = \mathrm{ok}\ cs'setInitialState(csn​,s)=ok cs′; then W′=W.set(n,cs′)W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, cs')W′=W.set(n,cs′). Node nnn need not be eligible (the Coordinator rejects non-eligible nodes and imposes further guards, CO:1110-1141; omitting them only adds behaviours).
  2. startJoin: nodes nnn, srcsrcsrc with srcsrcsrc eligible, a term ttt, and handleStartJoin(csn,(dn(src),t))=ok (cs′,j)\mathrm{handleStartJoin}(cs_n, (\mathrm{dn}(src), t)) = \mathrm{ok}\ (cs', j)handleStartJoin(csn​,(dn(src),t))=ok (cs′,j); then W′=W.set(n,cs′).send(join(j))W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, cs').\mathrm{send}(\mathsf{join}(j))W′=W.set(n,cs′).send(join(j)). No message from srcsrcsrc is required.
  3. join: a node nnn and a join jjj with join(j)∈sent\mathsf{join}(j) \in \mathrm{sent}join(j)∈sent, j.tgt.id=nj.\mathrm{tgt}.\mathrm{id} = nj.tgt.id=n and handleJoinσP(csn,j)=ok (cs′,b)\mathrm{handleJoin}_{\sigma_P}(cs_n, j) = \mathrm{ok}\ (cs', b)handleJoinσP​​(csn​,j)=ok (cs′,b); then W′=W.set(n,cs′)W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, cs')W′=W.set(n,cs′).
  4. clientValue: a node nnn and a cluster state sss with clientValueContract(csn,s)\mathrm{clientValueContract}(cs_n, s)clientValueContract(csn​,s) and handleClientValue(csn,s)=ok (cs′,p)\mathrm{handleClientValue}(cs_n, s) = \mathrm{ok}\ (cs', p)handleClientValue(csn​,s)=ok (cs′,p); then W′=W.set(n,cs′).send(pubReq(n,s,lat(csn),lav(csn)))W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, cs').\mathrm{send}(\mathsf{pubReq}(n, s, \mathrm{lat}(cs_n), \mathrm{lav}(cs_n)))W′=W.set(n,cs′).send(pubReq(n,s,lat(csn​),lav(csn​))): the request carries the state of ppp, which is sss, and as ghost parent the key of nnn's last accepted state (unchanged by the handler).
  5. publish: nodes nnn, srcsrcsrc and pubReq(src,s,pt,pv)∈sent\mathsf{pubReq}(src, s, pt, pv) \in \mathrm{sent}pubReq(src,s,pt,pv)∈sent with handlePublishRequest(csn,s)=ok (cs′,r)\mathrm{handlePublishRequest}(cs_n, s) = \mathrm{ok}\ (cs', r)handlePublishRequest(csn​,s)=ok (cs′,r); then W′=W.set(n,cs′).send(pubResp(n,src,r))W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, cs').\mathrm{send}(\mathsf{pubResp}(n, src, r))W′=W.set(n,cs′).send(pubResp(n,src,r)). Any node may handle any sent publish request.
  6. respond: nodes nnn, srcsrcsrc and pubResp(src,n,r)∈sent\mathsf{pubResp}(src, n, r) \in \mathrm{sent}pubResp(src,n,r)∈sent with handlePublishResponse(csn,dn(src),r)=ok (cs′,o)\mathrm{handlePublishResponse}(cs_n, \mathrm{dn}(src), r) = \mathrm{ok}\ (cs', o)handlePublishResponse(csn​,dn(src),r)=ok (cs′,o); then W′=W.set(n,cs′)W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, cs')W′=W.set(n,cs′) if o=noneo = \mathrm{none}o=none and W′=W.set(n,cs′).send(commit(c))W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, cs').\mathrm{send}(\mathsf{commit}(c))W′=W.set(n,cs′).send(commit(c)) if o=some co = \mathrm{some}\ co=some c.
  7. commit: a node nnn and commit(c)∈sent\mathsf{commit}(c) \in \mathrm{sent}commit(c)∈sent with handleCommit(csn,c)=ok cs′\mathrm{handleCommit}(cs_n, c) = \mathrm{ok}\ cs'handleCommit(csn​,c)=ok cs′; then W′=W.set(n,cs′)W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, cs')W′=W.set(n,cs′). Any node may handle any sent commit.
  8. restart: an eligible node nnn and a cluster state s′s's′ with RestartState(csn.las,s′)\mathrm{RestartState}(cs_n.\mathrm{las}, s')RestartState(csn​.las,s′); then W′=W.set(n,init(csn.localNode,ct(csn),s′))W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, \mathrm{init}(cs_n.\mathrm{localNode}, \mathrm{ct}(cs_n), s'))W′=W.set(n,init(csn​.localNode,ct(csn​),s′)).
  9. restartAny: a node nnn that is not eligible, any term ttt and any cluster state s′s's′; then W′=W.set(n,init(csn.localNode,t,s′))W' = W.\mathrm{set}(n, \mathrm{init}(cs_n.\mathrm{localNode}, t, s'))W′=W.set(n,init(csn​.localNode,t,s′)).

Messages are never removed from the sent set; a sent message may be handled any number of times, or never.

Reachability. ReachableP\mathrm{Reachable}_PReachableP​ is the least predicate on clusters that holds of every WWW with Initial(P,W)\mathrm{Initial}(P, W)Initial(P,W) and holds of W′W'W′ whenever it holds of WWW and StepP(W,W′)\mathrm{Step}_P(W, W')StepP​(W,W′).

Commits. Committed(W,t,v)\mathrm{Committed}(W, t, v)Committed(W,t,v) holds when commit(⟨d,t,v⟩)∈sent\mathsf{commit}(\langle d, t, v\rangle) \in \mathrm{sent}commit(⟨d,t,v⟩)∈sent for some discovery node ddd (the source is irrelevant).

1. Declaration

Binders and hypotheses. None.

Conclusion. There exist a parameter record PPP and a cluster WWW with payload type Unit (a one-element type) such that InitCompatible(P)\mathrm{InitCompatible}(P)InitCompatible(P), σP=\sigma_P =σP​= DEFAULT_INSTANCE, ReachableP(W)\mathrm{Reachable}_P(W)ReachableP​(W) and Committed(W,1,1)\mathrm{Committed}(W, 1, 1)Committed(W,1,1): a commit message for version 1 of term 1 has been sent in some reachable cluster.

2. What is not constrained

  • PPP and WWW are chosen by the prover. The theorem shows that the hypotheses hP, hes, hW of the cluster theorems can hold together with one Committed\mathrm{Committed}Committed hypothesis — a non-vacuity witness for, e.g., committed_published and the reflexive case of committed_linear.
  • It does not exhibit two distinct committed keys, a publication of a later term after a commit, more than one eligible node, or a reconfiguration; so it does not witness the non-trivial cases of committed_linear, committed_versions or leader_completeness.
  • A witness of this shape exists (one-node scenario, my reconstruction from the definitions): elig(n)  ⟺  n=0\mathrm{elig}(n) \iff n = 0elig(n)⟺n=0, initConfs={{0}}\mathrm{initConfs} = \{\{0\}\}initConfs={{0}}, default strategy; start from the initial cluster with every node init(dn(n),0,s0)\mathrm{init}(\mathrm{dn}(n), 0, s_0)init(dn(n),0,s0​), s0s_0s0​ of term 0, version 0, empty configurations; then node 0 bootstraps with sbs_bsb​ (term 0, version 0, both configurations {0}\{0\}{0}), handles the start-join (dn(0),1)(\mathrm{dn}(0), 1)(dn(0),1) and sends j=⟨dn(0),dn(0),1,0,sb.mv⟩j = \langle \mathrm{dn}(0), \mathrm{dn}(0), 1, 0, s_b.\mathrm{mv}\ranglej=⟨dn(0),dn(0),1,0,sb​.mv⟩, handles jjj and wins with votes [0][0][0], publishes s1s_1s1​ (term 1, version 1, both configurations {0}\{0\}{0}) with ghost parent (0,0)(0, 0)(0,0), accepts s1s_1s1​ and responds ⟨1,1⟩\langle 1, 1\rangle⟨1,1⟩ to itself, and on that response (a publish quorum of {0}\{0\}{0} and {0}\{0\}{0}) sends commit(⟨dn(0),1,1⟩)\mathsf{commit}(\langle \mathrm{dn}(0), 1, 1\rangle)commit(⟨dn(0),1,1⟩).

3. Plain-language summary

There is a reachable cluster, under compatible bootstrap configurations and the default election strategy, in which version 1 of term 1 has been committed. It is a sanity check that the safety theorems' hypotheses can hold together, for a single committed key.

Human review
  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Nov 1, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by pitimespi · Nov 1, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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