Function record_standing 

pub fn record_standing(
    root: &Path,
    sha: &str,
    record: &GateRecord,
    gate: &GateCoverage,
) -> Standing

2026-09-26: Where a record measured at its own commit stands relative to sha. The gate verdict (record_still_stands) and record agreement (agreement::standing_at) both read this, so they cannot disagree about a record.

A diff whose invalidating paths are all excused by the record’s closure attestation (super::closure::excuses) still stands; the closure can only narrow the path boundary. A record also needs the recipe it served to be what its gate serves at sha (super::recipe_closure::recipe_standing).