Read what a certificate proves
What does this certificate actually prove?
A VOLT certification grades one recorded run against a ladder of checks. See which tier it reached, and exactly which checks it passed and failed.
What you get: a certificate you can read line by line. The tier is a summary; the checks underneath say what was proven about the run and what was not.
Ask Quox
Section titled “Ask Quox”Ask about one certification, in your own words:
For certification CERT_MNQW2QRR82C5794A33, which tier did it reach and which run was it for?
▤ AOCL │ L1 identity complete · allowed · 0ms
▤ AOCL │ L3 policy gate complete · proceed · 5ms
◐ QUOX │ cli ✔ QUOX │ cli │ 0 exit code, 4450 duration ms · 6.3s
⛓ AEE │ envelope opened · ops.tool · quox_cli ok
⛓ AEE │ envelope opened · stream_success
Certification CERT_MNQW2QRR82C5794A33 reached silver, the VOLT-Verified tier. It was issued for run RUN_01KNQWMQ3DJ907PAAYCZ129E3Q. • Passed: 9 of 15 checks. That covers all the bronze checks and all three silver ones (hash chain intact 32/32, sequence 1-32, genesis valid). • Failed: 6 checks. The three gold ones failed because there is no external timestamp, no bundle signature and no retention info. The three platinum ones failed because there is no third-party audit, no compliance bundle and 0 evidence items (it needs 10). • Dates: certified 2026-04-09 and expired 2026-07-08. It has not been revoked. The certification is now past its expiry date, so it no longer counts as current.
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Quox read the certification and told you its tier, silver (VOLT-Verified), and the run it was issued for. It broke down the 9 checks that passed and the 6 that failed, and pointed out that the certificate is past its expiry date, so it no longer counts as current.
Do it yourself
Section titled “Do it yourself”1. List your certifications
Section titled “1. List your certifications”quox governance cert listCert ID Run Tier Tier Name Certified ExpiresCERT_MVF2SN3J0E84B0A248 RUN_01KWKV7XR52FESA0X4YJA9F67G none None 2026-10-19T09:52:30.703Z 2027-01-17T09:52:30.703ZCERT_MVCSDG4QDCE82DABC4 RUN_01KWKV7XR52FESA0X4YJA9F67G none None 2026-10-17T19:25:13.322Z 2027-01-15T19:25:13.322ZEach row is one run graded once. A tier of none means the run did not clear the first rung of checks.
2. Read one certificate’s checks
Section titled “2. Read one certificate’s checks”quox governance cert get CERT_MNQW2QRR82C5794A33cert_id CERT_MNQW2QRR82C5794A33run_id RUN_01KNQWMQ3DJ907PAAYCZ129E3Qtier silvertier_name VOLT-Verifiedchecks - code: CHAIN_INTEGRITY_FAILED passed: yes message: Hash chain intact (32/32) tier: silver - code: SEQUENCE_GAPS passed: yes message: Sequence monotonic (1-32) tier: silver - code: GENESIS_VALID passed: yes message: Genesis valid tier: silver - code: NO_TIMESTAMP passed: no message: No external timestamp tier: gold - code: NO_SIGNATURE passed: no message: No bundle signature tier: gold - code: RETENTION_TOO_SHORT passed: no message: No retention info tier: gold - code: NO_THIRD_PARTY_AUDIT passed: no message: No third-party audit tier: platinum - code: NO_COMPLIANCE_BUNDLE passed: no message: No compliance evidence tier: platinum - code: INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE passed: no message: 0 items (need 10) tier: platinumsummary total_checks: 15 passed: 9 failed: 6certified_at 2026-04-09T03:00:00.135Zexpires_at 2026-07-08T03:00:00.135Zrevoked_at -Each check names the tier it belongs to. A run reaches a tier only when every check on that rung and the rungs below it passes. Here the silver checks all pass, so the run is silver; the gold rung needs an external timestamp, a signed bundle and retention info, which this run never had.
To find the newest certificate for a run you already know:
quox governance cert for-run <runId>What just happened
Section titled “What just happened”You read the grade and the reasons for it. The certificate does not ask you to trust the tier: every check that earned it, and every one that held it back, is in the record.
Check it yourself
Section titled “Check it yourself”Compare certified_at and expires_at with today’s date. A certificate past its expiry still shows what was proven at the time, but it is no longer current.