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EvidenceLocker Export Tests Charter

Mission

• Validate evidence bundle export behavior and determinism.

Responsibilities

• Cover manifest/metadata serialization and checksum parsing/verification.
• Validate tar.gz export structure and verify script outputs.

Required Reading

• docs/README.md
• docs/07_HIGH_LEVEL_ARCHITECTURE.md
• docs/modules/platform/architecture-overview.md
• docs/modules/evidence-locker/architecture.md
• docs/modules/evidence-locker/export-format.md

Working Agreement

• Use fixed timestamps and IDs in tests (no DateTimeOffset.UtcNow or Guid.NewGuid).
• Avoid network dependencies in tests.
• Assert deterministic ordering and metadata in archives.

Testing Strategy

• Unit tests for export path validation, checksum coverage, and merkle proofs.
• Deterministic tar/gzip metadata verification.