Evidence standard
Public reference · six labels

Read the claim,
then read its evidence.

Streamwake uses explicit labels to describe the evidence and delivery state behind a statement. Every business, marketing, sales, and client-facing technical claim should carry a label; an unlabeled claim should not be treated as verified fact.

Claim status labels: see definitions.

Read this first

Evidence status is not operational status.
These labels qualify claims about what Streamwake does, has tested, or may build. They do not replace the operational states shown by a live status badge, such as operational, degraded, or down.
01
PRODUCTION
Live, deployed, customer-facing behavior that is currently supported.
PRODUCTION

Worked example

PRODUCTION — The public GET /api/badges/demo-public/state endpoint serves a JSON status payload for the seeded demo-public badge; this verifies that endpoint surface without claiming every Streamwake workflow is production-ready.

02
TESTED
Exercised successfully in a repeatable test, fixture, or controlled evaluation with its conditions stated.
TESTED

Worked example

TESTED — A repeatable route test exercises GET /api/badges/[slug]/state against a controlled fixture and checks the payload shape; this is not a blanket production guarantee.

03
BETA
Available to a limited pilot or invited audience while feedback and reliability are still being evaluated.
BETA

Worked example

BETA — Illustrative label: an invited pilot team can use a new incident-review workflow while Streamwake collects feedback and evaluates reliability before wider release.

04
PLANNED
Intended future work on the stated roadmap that is not available today.
PLANNED

Worked example

PLANNED — Illustrative label: Streamwake plans to add exportable evidence bundles in a future product iteration; this is not a delivery promise or committed date.

05
CONCEPTUAL
A design idea or possible future direction with no availability or roadmap promise.
CONCEPTUAL

Worked example

CONCEPTUAL — Illustrative label: a viewer-impact map that traces recovery from edge signal to playback session is a possible design direction, not an available feature.

06
UNSUBSTANTIATED
A claim without sufficient verifiable evidence that must not be presented as fact.
UNSUBSTANTIATED

Worked example

UNSUBSTANTIATED — “Streamwake eliminates every streaming incident before viewers notice” is an overbroad claim with no sufficient evidence here and should not be published as fact.

Reliability Evaluation Program

Three labels for evaluation readiness.

These labels sit alongside the six claim-status labels above. They describe the maturity of a named ingestion workflow, not the operational state of a service and not a promise that every customer path is production-ready.

PROSPECTIVE
PROSPECTIVE
A documented evidence contract that is ready to scope with a customer, but is not represented as a currently connected production workflow.

Worked boundary

PROSPECTIVE — CDN edge logs or DRM telemetry can be evaluated when the customer agrees the fields, redaction boundary, transport, and scenario-specific recovery threshold.

IN EVAL
IN EVAL
A named workflow is being exercised against an agreed scenario, fixtures, or controlled customer evidence; the result remains bounded by those conditions.

Worked boundary

IN EVAL — Transcoder exports or OTT player telemetry may support a current evaluation readout without implying coverage of every asset, device, audience, or production failure mode.

IN PRODUCTION
IN PRODUCTION
The workflow is currently supported for a customer-facing production use case with its operational boundaries understood and documented.

Worked boundary

IN PRODUCTION — Use this label only when the named ingestion path is live and supported for the stated production scope; a successful evaluation alone does not qualify.

Standing rule

If the label is missing, pause the claim.

Ask what evidence supports the statement, what conditions were tested, and whether the delivery state is current. Add the explicit label before the claim reaches a customer, prospect, or public audience.