DCS Labs · How we prove it

Nothing ships on our word alone.

Much of our code is written with AI. That raises the bar for evidence, it does not lower it. Every release candidate passes through the same path before we claim anything about it.

ReviewsTwo model families
VerifiersThree languages
CertifierSeparate person
01 The path

Build, review, fix, re-run, certify.

01 · BUILD

Test first

Every change starts as a failing test that describes the behaviour. A fix is done only when that test turns green and nothing else turns red.

02 · REVIEW

Two model families

Each release candidate is reviewed by AI models from two different families. Merge rule: a fresh review must find no high-severity issue.

03 · FIX

Findings become tests

Every finding is reproduced by a failing test before the code changes, so it cannot quietly come back.

04 · RE-RUN

A second machine

People who did not write the code re-run the evidence on independent hardware. Results must match.

05 · CERTIFY

A separate certifier

A cryptography certifier rules on the boundary and signs the record, never for work they built.

06 · TAG

A signed tag

Each candidate is tagged and signed, so what was reviewed is exactly what ships.

02 The numbers, with their populations

Every count says what it counts.

10,463automated tests passed on the current R-Series release candidate, 0 failed, 78 skippedfull test run · internal test run, 20 Oct 2026
215 / 215deliberate defects injected into the code, every one caught by the testsmutation testing · internal test run, 20 Oct 2026
03 Test the tests

A green suite proves nothing on its own.

A test that cannot fail is worse than no test: it reports safety that is not there. So we break our own code on purpose. Mutation testing changes a comparison, removes a check or flips a result, and the suite must catch every change. A mutant that survives is a defect in the tests.

We also look for the status that cannot report failure, and the control whose removal changes nothing. Both have caught real defects in our own work.

04 Words

What we say, and what we never say.

WE SAY

Four status words

  • In production: running for real
  • Staging: running on our staging systems, not in production
  • In development: built or being built, not yet live
  • Planned: behind a named gate
WE NEVER SAY

Before it is true

  • “Certified”, before an accredited body grants it
  • “Quantum-proof” or “unhackable”, ever
  • “Flight-qualified” or “ran in orbit”, before the evidence exists
  • A number without what it counts

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