Keep obligations created by draft terms in the draft state

MANIFEST.yaml

@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ files:
 
   - path: scripts/lib/obligation-first.js
     role: tooling
-    hash: sha256:8ea2c5010e3ff91c3cda8e9398a40c4c2ac83baa712337b1b88250c32f11c041
+    hash: sha256:868310c404cbd0eab87e045541de95c23a2b9e67194495bc0efa130c1e3319fd
     note: scripts/lib/obligation-first.js
 
   - path: scripts/lib/temporal-status.js
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ files:
 
   - path: tests/source-admission.test.js
     role: code
-    hash: sha256:d2ec25e0a18c9c83b9ec505fedecf776f2b5971b4f4de24102273681467f45b2
+    hash: sha256:0d13f401800e2b95eea010905c6eea6c1c8081ed10d518dc8836931b5c4a6106
     note: Source admission policy and producer-gate regressions
 
   - path: tests/publication-state.test.js

docs/MANIFEST.yaml

@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ files:
 
   - path: scripts/lib/obligation-first.js
     role: tooling
-    hash: sha256:8ea2c5010e3ff91c3cda8e9398a40c4c2ac83baa712337b1b88250c32f11c041
+    hash: sha256:868310c404cbd0eab87e045541de95c23a2b9e67194495bc0efa130c1e3319fd
     note: scripts/lib/obligation-first.js
 
   - path: scripts/lib/temporal-status.js
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ files:
 
   - path: tests/source-admission.test.js
     role: code
-    hash: sha256:d2ec25e0a18c9c83b9ec505fedecf776f2b5971b4f4de24102273681467f45b2
+    hash: sha256:0d13f401800e2b95eea010905c6eea6c1c8081ed10d518dc8836931b5c4a6106
     note: Source admission policy and producer-gate regressions
 
   - path: tests/publication-state.test.js

docs/api/v1/of/obligations.json

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
       "anchors": [
         "https://everyailaw.com/obligation-category/transparency.json"
       ],
-      "lifecycle_status": "unknown",
-      "operative_status": "unknown",
-      "enforcement_status": "unknown",
+      "lifecycle_status": "draft",
+      "operative_status": "future",
+      "enforcement_status": "unsignaled",
       "jurisdiction": {
         "@type": "of:Jurisdiction",
         "territorial_scope": [

docs/api/v1/of/records/utah-mental-health-chatbot-disclosure-2026q2-first-session-disclose-genai-on-first-session.json

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
   "anchors": [
     "https://everyailaw.com/obligation-category/transparency.json"
   ],
-  "lifecycle_status": "unknown",
-  "operative_status": "unknown",
-  "enforcement_status": "unknown",
+  "lifecycle_status": "draft",
+  "operative_status": "future",
+  "enforcement_status": "unsignaled",
   "jurisdiction": {
     "@type": "of:Jurisdiction",
     "territorial_scope": [

docs/obligation/utah-mental-health-chatbot-disclosure-2026q2-first-session-disclose-genai-on-first-session.json

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
   "anchors": [
     "https://everyailaw.com/obligation-category/transparency.json"
   ],
-  "lifecycle_status": "unknown",
-  "operative_status": "unknown",
-  "enforcement_status": "unknown",
+  "lifecycle_status": "draft",
+  "operative_status": "future",
+  "enforcement_status": "unsignaled",
   "jurisdiction": {
     "@type": "of:Jurisdiction",
     "territorial_scope": [

scripts/lib/obligation-first.js

@@ -347,7 +347,12 @@ function buildObligationRecords(config, data) {
             const detail = provisionDetails.get(mapping.id);
             const provision = detail ? detail.provision : {};
             const recordId = concreteObligationId(mapping.id, obligationId);
-            const lifecycle = primary.lifecycle_status || provision.status || container?.status;
+            // A concrete obligation created only by a draft or proposed term is
+            // itself unissued: the term's state overrides the definition's
+            // generic lifecycle so a draft-derived duty never reads as operative.
+            const termStatus = provision.status || container?.status;
+            const draftCreated = ['draft', 'proposed'].includes(normalizeStatus(termStatus));
+            const lifecycle = draftCreated ? termStatus : primary.lifecycle_status || termStatus;
             records.push(withEvidenceBoundary(compact({
                 '@context': recordContext(config),
                 '@type': obligationType(primary.group),
@@ -359,8 +364,8 @@ function buildObligationRecords(config, data) {
                 applicability: provision.scope ? [`scope:${provision.scope}`] : undefined,
                 anchors: sourceOwnedAnchors(mapping).obligationAnchors.length ? sourceOwnedAnchors(mapping).obligationAnchors : undefined,
                 lifecycle_status: normalizeStatus(lifecycle),
-                operative_status: primary.operative_status || container?.operative_status || operativeStatus(lifecycle, force),
-                enforcement_status: primary.enforcement_status || container?.enforcement_status || enforcementStatus({ status: lifecycle, type: container?.type }, force),
+                operative_status: (draftCreated ? undefined : primary.operative_status) || container?.operative_status || operativeStatus(lifecycle, force),
+                enforcement_status: (draftCreated ? undefined : primary.enforcement_status) || container?.enforcement_status || enforcementStatus({ status: lifecycle, type: container?.type }, force),
                 jurisdiction: typedJurisdiction(container?.jurisdiction),
                 ...provenance(config, container?.official_url, provision.sections || mapping.source_heading, primary.last_verified || provision.verified || container?.last_verified, instrumentCitation(container || {})),
                 'pub:primary_id': obligationId,

tests/fixtures/of-contract-fingerprint.json

@@ -1894,9 +1894,9 @@
         "present": 35
       },
       "enforcement_status": {
-        "explicit_unknown": 31,
+        "explicit_unknown": 30,
         "missing": 0,
-        "populated": 4,
+        "populated": 5,
         "present": 35
       },
       "evidence_type": {
@@ -1910,15 +1910,15 @@
         "present": 35
       },
       "lifecycle_status": {
-        "explicit_unknown": 28,
+        "explicit_unknown": 27,
         "missing": 0,
-        "populated": 7,
+        "populated": 8,
         "present": 35
       },
       "operative_status": {
-        "explicit_unknown": 31,
+        "explicit_unknown": 30,
         "missing": 0,
-        "populated": 4,
+        "populated": 5,
         "present": 35
       },
       "projection_basis": {

tests/source-admission.test.js

@@ -421,3 +421,32 @@ test('Obligation-First issuance determinations exclude original drafts even when
     const ids = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'docs/api/v1/of/determinations.json'), 'utf8')).determinations.map(record => record['pub:id']);
     assert.equal(ids.includes('us-ut-oaip-jia-2026-001-issuance'), false);
 });
+
+test('an obligation created only by a draft or proposed term keeps the draft state', () => {
+    const config = { url: 'https://publedge.org/' };
+    const evidence = path => ({ kind: 'instrument', native_path: path, native_file_sha256: '1'.repeat(64), canonical_unit: null, canonical_sha256: '2'.repeat(64), admission_status: 'legacy-unreviewed', review_packet_sha256: null, retained_primary_sha256: null, unresolved_review_state: 'unknown', unresolved: null });
+    // The shared definition declares an operative lifecycle; only the creating term decides whether this concrete duty is issued.
+    const primary = { id: 'example-duty', name: 'Example duty', group: 'requirement', lifecycle_status: 'operative', operative_status: 'operative', enforcement_status: 'enforced', _body: '## Summary\n\nExample.\n', _evidence_input: { ...evidence('data/examples/obligations/example-duty.md'), kind: 'obligation-definition' } };
+    const project = container => {
+        const mapping = { id: 'example-mapping', regulation: container.id, obligations: ['example-duty'], source_heading: 'Summary', _evidence_input: { ...evidence('data/examples/mapping/index.yml'), kind: 'mapping-entry' } };
+        return obligationFirst.buildObligationFirstRecords(config, { containers: [container], primaries: [primary], authorities: [], mappingIndex: [mapping] }).obligations[0];
+    };
+    const base = { id: 'us-ut-oaip-jia-2099-001', type: 'jia', jurisdiction: 'us-ut', authority: 'utah-oaip', _evidence_input: evidence(JIA_FILE) };
+
+    for (const status of ['draft', 'proposed']) {
+        const duty = project({ ...base, status });
+        assert.equal(duty.lifecycle_status, status, `${status} creator must keep the duty ${status}`);
+        assert.notEqual(duty.operative_status, 'operative');
+        assert.notEqual(duty.enforcement_status, 'enforced');
+    }
+
+    // Negative control: an issued creator leaves the definition's own state in place.
+    const issued = project({ ...base, type: 'rma', status: 'enforcing' });
+    assert.ok(!['draft', 'proposed'].includes(issued.lifecycle_status));
+    assert.equal(issued.operative_status, 'operative');
+    assert.equal(issued.enforcement_status, 'enforced');
+
+    // The emitted JIA duty matches its draft term.
+    const emitted = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'docs/api/v1/of/records/utah-mental-health-chatbot-disclosure-2026q2-first-session-disclose-genai-on-first-session.json'), 'utf8'));
+    assert.deepEqual([emitted.lifecycle_status, emitted.operative_status, emitted.enforcement_status], ['draft', 'future', 'unsignaled']);
+});