Real-Time Governance Enforcement

Business Decisions. Technical Enforcement.
Zero Gap.

When a contract expires, a budget is exceeded, or a vendor becomes non-compliant, AuthHub enforces the decision at the authorization boundary in under 100ms. Not next quarter. Not after a ticket. Now.

49ms
Push delivery (internet)
0ms
Consequential gap
5/5
Evidence sufficiency
100%
State changes prevented

The Problem

When your CFO flags a budget breach, it takes days to become a technical reality. Someone raises a ticket. IT processes it. The access is manually revoked. Meanwhile, the AI agent keeps spending.

We measured this gap precisely: 200 milliseconds with a standard single-check authorization pattern. Enough time for an AI agent to dispatch a consequential action on stale permissions.

How Governance Signals Work

External business systems (FinOps, Legal, Procurement, Security) send governance signals to AuthHub. AuthHub evaluates the signal against configurable policies and applies enforcement in real-time. Connected agents receive enforcement events instantly via WebSocket push.

Signal
Contract expired
Ingest
Validate + Store
5ms
Policy
Vendor Gate → suspend
3ms
Enforce
Redis + Push
2ms
Total server-side: 10ms. Agent notified: 49ms (including internet round-trip).

Three Delivery Modes

Choose the enforcement delivery mode that fits your agent architecture.

WebSocket Push
Persistent connection

Agent opens a WebSocket and subscribes. Receives REVOKE events in real-time the instant enforcement activates. Zero polling. Zero gap.

Gap: 0ms
REST Double-Check
Two HTTP calls

Agent calls CheckPermission before preparation AND before execution. Signal arriving during preparation is caught at the second check.

Gap: ~30ms
Check-and-Hold
Long-poll (stateless)

Agent calls CheckPermissionHold with a hold window. If enforcement arrives during the window, returns DENY instantly. No WebSocket required.

Gap: 0ms (server-side)

Measured Results

Independently validated from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (London) calling AuthHub over the public internet.

PatternGapPrevented?Network Calls
Single pre-flight200msNO0 during prep
Double-check~30msYES1
Continuous polling~15msYESN
WebSocket push0msYES0 (push)

Tested 19 August 2026. OCI London → api.authhub.cloud. Evidence assessment: SUFFICIENT (5/5).

Signal Types

💰Budget Threshold Exceeded

FinOps detects spend at 80% → attestation. 100% → throttle. 150% → suspend.

📋Contract Status Changed

Legal/CLM flags vendor contract expired. Affected agents suspended. Others continue.

🛡Vulnerability Disclosed

Security feed reports critical CVE. Agents using affected component suspended pending patch.

🔄Pilot Status Changed

AI pilot expired without proven value. Agent downgraded from production to sandbox.

Evidence Chain

Every enforcement decision carries a complete provenance trail. One trace ID correlates across all layers.

// CockroachDB (durable record)
trace_id: "9e326e16-ec5b-4c73-876b-b300b4bde939"
enforcement_applied_at: "2026-08-19T22:24:00.431Z"
// Redis (PDP reads this)
traceId: "9e326e16-ec5b-4c73-876b-b300b4bde939"
action: "suspend", policyName: "Vendor Contract Gate"
// WebSocket push (agent receives this)
{type:"enforce", traceId:"9e326e16...", sequence:1}
// Four layers. One trace ID. Full provenance.

Try the Governance Signal Pipeline

See the enforcement pipeline in action with the interactive demo, or explore the API documentation.

Results from independent execution-boundary validation, 19 August 2026. OCI London → api.authhub.cloud. TLS 1.3.