Sanctions Desk

Sanctions Desk gathers and checks the evidence for every sanctions-screening alert and recommends an outcome; a person with the right entitlement approves it. One alert, start to finish · The problem it works on

Recorded runs / ALR-0030

ALR-0030: No date of birth on file

What happened: The decision step recommended NEED_MORE_INFO; the critic sent it back once and then approved it; the policy guard let it stand. Outcome: Ask for more information (NEED_MORE_INFO), as the label expects.

Outcomes: CLOSE_FALSE_POSITIVE = close as a false positive · ESCALATE_L2 = escalate to level 2 · NEED_MORE_INFO = ask for more information · RECOMMEND_BLOCK = recommend a block (two people must confirm). Raise-only: the policy guard can make an outcome more cautious, never less.

A data-quality rule blocks a close: the customer has no date of birth on record, so the Zetaris rule dob_present_for_individuals fails, the policy guard blocks any close, and the case goes to a person as need more information.

Outcome

Desk recommendation
Ask for more information (NEED_MORE_INFO)
Label in the case file
Ask for more information (NEED_MORE_INFO); also acceptable: ESCALATE_L2 (eval/cases/exam.json, case EX-030)
Compared with the label
matches the label
Code's first finding
Ask for more information (NEED_MORE_INFO)
Critic
2 round(s), final: approved
Model calls
5 (1 local, 4 cloud); 5 with a signed receipt, all verified
Run
sys2b-routed-20261023T195504Z, policy version 6, 40 steps in 32.4 s

Case note from the case file: The match can be neither confirmed nor ruled out; the data-quality rule fails.

What the reviewer does next: The sealed record holds no human decision yet, so nothing has been prepared. The reviewer approves Ask for more information (NEED_MORE_INFO) or overrides it with a reason. On approval the desk prepares a request-for-information draft, which a person must approve before it is used for ALR-0030. Nothing is sent.

Checks along the way

No close was proposed in this run. What each check said:

Steps in order

Each line is one event from the run's trace (trace.jsonl.gz). The model is the one that served the call, as the signed receipt records it.

Every step of the run, in order
#AgentActionStatusWhat happenedModelReceiptZetaris read
0triageplanokin: customer alert ALR-0030
path: customer review; the critic may send the recommendation back up to 3 times
1evidenceread_semantic_layerokscreening_usl v4efa3ddddfbe: 14 tables
2evidencefind_alertokin: alert_id=ALR-0030
1 rows
alert, 1 rows
bf5523f6-1e1b-40e5-8473-6f9fe05384cc
3evidencefind_customerokin: customer_id=CUST-0030
1 rows
customer, 1 rows
a47d2087-5c5e-42d7-8ea1-42feeb688640
4evidencefind_customer_identifierokin: customer_id=CUST-0030
0 rows
customer_identifier, 0 rows
f0b211f6-e15d-4b69-ba88-30a491e536f5
5evidencefind_list_entryokin: entry_id=OFAC-7257
1 rows
list_entry, 1 rows
4feb471b-7194-47d9-be8d-2ba65a725c07
6evidencefind_list_aliasokin: entry_id=OFAC-7257
1 rows
list_alias, 1 rows
b54f8fab-373e-44a1-92c7-95f0df73bf58
7evidencefind_list_dobokin: entry_id=OFAC-7257
1 rows
list_dob, 1 rows
78c79e49-b229-4b0a-a64d-49c4387cc326
8evidencefind_list_countryokin: entry_id=OFAC-7257
4 rows
list_country, 4 rows
22f202d2-7e21-40f8-a068-07de5381bd72
9evidencefind_list_identifierokin: entry_id=OFAC-7257
1 rows
list_identifier, 1 rows
49977e7b-090e-48ec-ac11-d724c8460573
10evidencefind_business_definitionokin: status=approved
6 rows
business_definition, 6 rows
55a6a9e4-be74-4899-abe8-3ce987e9b23b
11evidencedefinitionsokcounterparty_match@1, effective_ownership_threshold@1, false_positive@2, strong_identifier@1, true_match@1
12evidenceidentifier_overlapokno identifier matchescustomer_identifier, 0 rows
f6fcb9b7-d852-474b-b9b0-427c74ca707f
13evidencedata_qualityblockedin: customer.dob_present_for_individuals for CUST-0030
record fails this rule
customer, 24 rows
5226a242-8c57-4442-ac03-6da1a276adab
14evidencedata_qualityokin: customer.nationality_is_iso2 for CUST-0030
record passes this rule
customer, 1 rows
ed9d6994-0d83-4409-a8dc-1d5431b6ad06
15policy_guardmodel_answerokvalid answer on attempt 1Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B (Runtime GGUF) (local, Lightning)rcpt_req_dj3ngoux
signature valid, key pinned
16policy_guardscreen_inboundokin: 3 text field(s) from the data
no instruction-like text
17screenerscreen_textskippedno customer note, payment reference or list remark to read
18matchingcompare_partyokin: CUST-0030 vs OFAC-7257
possible: name 1.00 (exact) vs primary "Tarek Ben Habib Ben Al-Toumi MAAROUFI"; date of birth: missing_customer; country: match
19triagedifficultyokcontested (possible; date of birth missing_customer; country match)
20memoryrecallokin: customer CUST-0030 and OFAC-7257
no earlier decision about this pair
disposition, 0 rows
6475380e-2871-442a-b382-609116ab58ba
21triagepathokconfirm: the structured evidence settles it (the record fails a data-quality rule, so the data cannot be relied on yet)
22triagerouteokearlier clearance still valid: fast path, no reasoning
23decisioncloud_payloadoksent 17 fields, 5378 characters, hash b330662ac9324e86; free text withheld
24decisionmodel_answerokvalid answer on attempt 1Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (cloud, Ultra)rcpt_req_moixn9ni
signature valid, key pinned
25decisionrecommendokNEED_MORE_INFO: The customer's date of birth is missing, preventing verification of the true_match definition which requires DOB agreement to the day. Nationality matches (TN), so false_positive cannot apply. With a
26criticverify_factsblockedin: 6 cited facts
5 verified, 1 issues
27criticcloud_payloadoksent 17 fields, 6040 characters, hash 9cb63654739304ee; free text withheld
28criticmodel_answerokvalid answer on attempt 1Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (cloud, Ultra)rcpt_req_jmkg0inp
signature valid, key pinned
29criticjudgeblockedrejected: cited fact does not hold: unknown table "data_quality". Cite only rows of these tables: account (key account_id), alert (key alert_id), beneficial_owner (key ownership_id), business_definition (key definition_key), customer (key customer_id), customer_alias (key alias_id), customer_identifier (key i
30criticsend_backretrycited fact does not hold: unknown table "data_quality". Cite only rows of these tables: account (key account_id), alert (key alert_id), beneficial_owner (key ownership_id), business_definition (key definition_key), customer (key customer_id), customer_alias (key alias_id), customer_identifier (key i
31decisioncloud_payloadoksent 17 fields, 6093 characters, hash 34dd86cf979d917d; free text withheld
32decisionmodel_answerokvalid answer on attempt 1Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (cloud, Ultra)rcpt_req_x1rvfs7p
signature valid, key pinned
33decisionrecommendokNEED_MORE_INFO: The customer's name matches the listed party exactly, but the customer's date of birth is missing while the listed party has a day-precision date of birth (1965-11-23). Nationality matches (TN). Becau
34criticverify_factsokin: 5 cited facts
5 verified, 0 issues
35criticcloud_payloadoksent 17 fields, 5424 characters, hash 4e514efa00098663; free text withheld
36criticmodel_answerokvalid answer on attempt 1Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (cloud, Ultra)rcpt_req_2m50jiv2
signature valid, key pinned
37criticjudgeokapproved
38policy_guardapply_policyokNEED_MORE_INFO stands
39reporterseal_recordokrecord rec-eval-sys2b-routed-EX-030 sealed

Model calls and receipts

Each signature was checked when this page was built, with the same code as npm run evidence:verify (Ed25519 over the receipt body in receipts.jsonl.gz); the build stops if one does not verify, is missing, or names a different model from the trace. The Nightshift runtime's receipt key is pinned in config/default.json, so signature valid, key pinned shows the receipt was not changed and that this runtime signed it; a receipt signed by any other key stops the build.

Model calls and their receipts
#StepMode asked forModel that served itReceiptAppChecked nowAt run timeTimeTokens in / out
15policy_guardmeterless/fastNemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B (Runtime GGUF) (local, Lightning)rcpt_req_dj3ngouxsanctions-desk-guardsignature valid, key pinnedvalid_pinned0.5 s481 / 19
24decisionmeterless/deepNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (cloud, Ultra)rcpt_req_moixn9nisanctions-desk-reasoningsignature valid, key pinnedvalid_pinned11.2 s4334 / 526
28criticmeterless/judgeNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (cloud, Ultra)rcpt_req_jmkg0inpsanctions-desk-reasoningsignature valid, key pinnedvalid_pinned4.5 s2911 / 152
32decisionmeterless/deepNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (cloud, Ultra)rcpt_req_x1rvfs7psanctions-desk-reasoningsignature valid, key pinnedvalid_pinned8.5 s4444 / 557
36criticmeterless/judgeNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (cloud, Ultra)rcpt_req_2m50jiv2sanctions-desk-reasoningsignature valid, key pinnedvalid_pinned4.8 s2731 / 128

The whole run passes the same check: 305 receipts with valid signatures, 305 model calls in the trace that name a receipt, none missing and none naming a different model from its receipt.

Signing key fingerprint (first 16 hex of SHA-256): 1835d1eab9211f97.

Zetaris queries

The statements are exactly as the sealed decision record of this run keeps them (output_examples/need-more-info-critic-sent-back/decision-record.json; its hash matches the one the trace logged when it was sealed). The record keeps each statement and a hash of each row returned, not the rows themselves.

Zetaris reads in this run
AgentTableRowsStatementQuery id
evidencealert1SELECT `alert_id`, `alert_type`, `alert_source`, `customer_id`, `payment_id`, `list_id`, `entry_id`, `matched_name`, `match_score`, `raised_at`, `status` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.alert WHERE `alert_id` = 'ALR-0030' ORDER BY `alert_id` LIMIT 200bf5523f6-1e1b-40e5-8473-6f9fe05384cc
evidencecustomer1SELECT `customer_id`, `customer_type`, `full_name`, `date_of_birth`, `nationality`, `residence_country`, `onboarding_date`, `risk_rating`, `desk`, `notes`, `data_origin` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.customer WHERE `customer_id` = 'CUST-0030' ORDER BY `customer_id` LIMIT 200a47d2087-5c5e-42d7-8ea1-42feeb688640
evidencecustomer_identifier0SELECT `identifier_id`, `customer_id`, `id_type`, `id_number`, `issuing_country` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.customer_identifier WHERE `customer_id` = 'CUST-0030' ORDER BY `identifier_id` LIMIT 200
masked in the result: id_number
f0b211f6-e15d-4b69-ba88-30a491e536f5
evidencelist_entry1SELECT `entry_id`, `list_id`, `source_uid`, `party_kind`, `primary_name`, `primary_name_script`, `name_normalised`, `listed_on`, `sanctions_list`, `remarks`, `snapshot_id`, `content_hash` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_entry WHERE `entry_id` = 'OFAC-7257' ORDER BY `entry_id` LIMIT 2004feb471b-7194-47d9-be8d-2ba65a725c07
evidencelist_alias1SELECT `alias_id`, `entry_id`, `alias_name`, `alias_type`, `script`, `name_normalised`, `is_primary`, `is_strong` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_alias WHERE `entry_id` = 'OFAC-7257' ORDER BY `alias_id` LIMIT 200b54f8fab-373e-44a1-92c7-95f0df73bf58
evidencelist_dob1SELECT `dob_id`, `entry_id`, `dob_value`, `dob_precision`, `range_from`, `range_to`, `is_approximate` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_dob WHERE `entry_id` = 'OFAC-7257' ORDER BY `dob_id` LIMIT 20078c79e49-b229-4b0a-a64d-49c4387cc326
evidencelist_country4SELECT `country_link_id`, `entry_id`, `country_iso2`, `country_name`, `role`, `place` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_country WHERE `entry_id` = 'OFAC-7257' ORDER BY `country_link_id` LIMIT 20022f202d2-7e21-40f8-a068-07de5381bd72
evidencelist_identifier1SELECT `identifier_id`, `entry_id`, `id_type`, `id_number`, `issuing_country`, `note` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_identifier WHERE `entry_id` = 'OFAC-7257' ORDER BY `identifier_id` LIMIT 20049977e7b-090e-48ec-ac11-d724c8460573
evidencebusiness_definition6SELECT `definition_key`, `definition_id`, `version`, `name`, `statement`, `status`, `owner`, `effective_from` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.business_definition WHERE `status` = 'approved' ORDER BY `definition_key` LIMIT 20055a6a9e4-be74-4899-abe8-3ce987e9b23b
evidencecustomer_identifier0SELECT ci.id_type AS id_type, COUNT(*) AS n FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.customer_identifier ci JOIN lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_identifier li ON regexp_replace(upper(ci.id_number), '[^A-Z0-9]', '') = regexp_replace(upper(li.id_number), '[^A-Z0-9]', '') WHERE ci.customer_id = 'CUST-0030' AND li.entry_id = 'OFAC-7257' GROUP BY ci.id_typef6fcb9b7-d852-474b-b9b0-427c74ca707f
evidencecustomer24SHOW DQ INVALID RECORD dob_present_for_individuals TABLE lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.customer5226a242-8c57-4442-ac03-6da1a276adab
evidencecustomer1SHOW DQ INVALID RECORD nationality_is_iso2 TABLE lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.customered9d6994-0d83-4409-a8dc-1d5431b6ad06
memorydisposition0SELECT `disposition_id`, `alert_id`, `customer_id`, `entry_id`, `decision`, `reason_codes`, `decided_at`, `decided_by`, `entry_content_hash`, `list_snapshot_id` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.disposition WHERE `customer_id` = 'CUST-0030' ORDER BY `disposition_id` LIMIT 2006475380e-2871-442a-b382-609116ab58ba
criticcustomer1SELECT `customer_id`, `customer_type`, `full_name`, `date_of_birth`, `nationality`, `residence_country`, `onboarding_date`, `risk_rating`, `desk`, `notes`, `data_origin` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.customer WHERE `customer_id` = 'CUST-0030' ORDER BY `customer_id` LIMIT 20061cc6479-b5f0-4229-bfb8-9dbcefb9b6ed
criticcustomer1SELECT `customer_id`, `customer_type`, `full_name`, `date_of_birth`, `nationality`, `residence_country`, `onboarding_date`, `risk_rating`, `desk`, `notes`, `data_origin` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.customer WHERE `customer_id` = 'CUST-0030' ORDER BY `customer_id` LIMIT 200ff101545-871c-45fc-ae48-03bd3989654c
criticlist_dob1SELECT `dob_id`, `entry_id`, `dob_value`, `dob_precision`, `range_from`, `range_to`, `is_approximate` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_dob WHERE `dob_id` = 'OFAC-7257-d-ed7c3122' ORDER BY `dob_id` LIMIT 200a839ec87-e086-40c3-ae50-e967dcf24e57
criticlist_dob1SELECT `dob_id`, `entry_id`, `dob_value`, `dob_precision`, `range_from`, `range_to`, `is_approximate` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_dob WHERE `dob_id` = 'OFAC-7257-d-ed7c3122' ORDER BY `dob_id` LIMIT 200294afe0d-6c18-4f12-b05c-f4fabc86fb8a
criticlist_country1SELECT `country_link_id`, `entry_id`, `country_iso2`, `country_name`, `role`, `place` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_country WHERE `country_link_id` = 'OFAC-7257-c-fedb041a' ORDER BY `country_link_id` LIMIT 2003eff9e9f-d1e5-4e10-b15d-3d8d578cfd8d
criticcustomer1SELECT `customer_id`, `customer_type`, `full_name`, `date_of_birth`, `nationality`, `residence_country`, `onboarding_date`, `risk_rating`, `desk`, `notes`, `data_origin` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.customer WHERE `customer_id` = 'CUST-0030' ORDER BY `customer_id` LIMIT 2000343f08e-7639-49a7-81e5-7c4eff4abffa
criticcustomer1SELECT `customer_id`, `customer_type`, `full_name`, `date_of_birth`, `nationality`, `residence_country`, `onboarding_date`, `risk_rating`, `desk`, `notes`, `data_origin` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.customer WHERE `customer_id` = 'CUST-0030' ORDER BY `customer_id` LIMIT 200d362aa27-6496-48ba-b9bc-d3cfd19c37e0
criticlist_dob1SELECT `dob_id`, `entry_id`, `dob_value`, `dob_precision`, `range_from`, `range_to`, `is_approximate` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_dob WHERE `dob_id` = 'OFAC-7257-d-ed7c3122' ORDER BY `dob_id` LIMIT 20010620adc-208f-4111-9d1d-2ee310197ef1
criticlist_dob1SELECT `dob_id`, `entry_id`, `dob_value`, `dob_precision`, `range_from`, `range_to`, `is_approximate` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_dob WHERE `dob_id` = 'OFAC-7257-d-ed7c3122' ORDER BY `dob_id` LIMIT 20089fe0649-0ccc-473c-9ddd-bd19fcd108c3
criticlist_country1SELECT `country_link_id`, `entry_id`, `country_iso2`, `country_name`, `role`, `place` FROM lightning.metastore.sanctions.screening_usl.list_country WHERE `country_link_id` = 'OFAC-7257-c-fedb041a' ORDER BY `country_link_id` LIMIT 200aed5f548-b04b-4b5e-96ca-3135b61cc931

Check it yourself

Clone the repository and run npm run evidence:verify -- eval/runs/sys2b-routed-20261023T195504Z. What the export left out: tokens, local paths, hostnames and addresses other than the local machine, usernames, e-mail addresses and secret environment values were removed from results.json and trace.jsonl.gz; receipts.jsonl.gz is untouched.