# ESTHER-RP-001 v0.8.1

Title: Centered Agency Under Persistent Uncertainty
Author: Ivan Kotov
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6002-9845
Language: English
Publication date: 2026-07-19
Version DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21443105
Concept DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21443104
Zenodo record: https://zenodo.org/records/21443105
Project page: https://ivankotov.eu/publications/esther-rp-001/
Machine-readable entry: https://ivankotov.eu/esther-rp-001.json
Publication status: https://ivankotov.eu/publications/esther-rp-001/PUBLICATION_STATUS.json
GitHub repository: https://github.com/Kot141078/ester-theoretical-core
GitHub release: https://github.com/Kot141078/ester-theoretical-core/releases/tag/esther-rp-001-v0.8.1
Browsable DOI package: https://github.com/Kot141078/ester-theoretical-core/tree/main/docs/centered-agency/esther-rp-001-v0.8.1/DOI_RELEASE
External review issue: https://github.com/Kot141078/ester-theoretical-core/issues/1

Canonical archive:
- File: ESTHER_RP001_v0_8_1_ENGLISH_DOI_RELEASE_2026-07-19.zip
- SHA-256: 83e71e2fab938e3110293a61967a85440969d8d7eb78a69bf4c1ae40afd4a9d7
- Size: 454012 bytes
- Members: 116
- CRC: PASS

Bounded reviewed status:
- Independent Windows reproduction: PASS
- Current tests: 190/190
- Legacy tests: 177/177
- Thread/process rounds: 100/20
- Source mutants: 16/16 killed
- Cross-analysis fixtures: 6/6
- False-PASS negative control: rejected
- Sixth blind conceptual review: NO_CANDIDATE_BLOCKERS_FOUND

Open gates:
- external human conceptual review
- independent endpoint-rater pilot
- updated power analysis
- preregistration
- matched-control main study

Claim boundary:
This release does not establish consciousness, subjective experience, sentience, life, personhood, AGI, entity status, empirical continuity, production security, unbounded correctness, or quantum/photonic necessity.

Licenses:
- Articles, specifications, review calls, and documentation: CC BY 4.0
- Code and executable reference surfaces: MIT