Inference Orchestrator — Constitution

Hard-Stop Rules

These rules must never be violated. Violations require immediate halt and review.

• Never deploy unsigned or unvalidated model artifacts to production
• Never route production traffic without operational health endpoints
• Never skip latency SLO validation in staging before production

Mandatory Rules

These rules must be followed in all circumstances.

• Model artifact signatures must be verified before deployment
• Health endpoints must be operational before traffic routing
• Latency SLOs must be validated in staging environment
• Rollback procedures must be tested and documented

Preferred Practices

Best practices that should be followed when possible.

• Use canary deployments for all production model updates
• Implement automated rollback triggered by SLO breaches
• Provide deployment cost estimates alongside capacity plans