A malformed relation target is refused

outcome

Prove every Gherkin relation target restores to a lawful Spec ID before it can enter the graph.

Examples

Given the Gherkin fixture corpus {probe: "malformed-relation"}
When the fixture corpus is extracted and validated
Then extraction reports {findingCount: 1} findings
Then the first finding is {findingId: "extract/invalid-id"} at line {line: 4}
Then the graph omits the Spec {absentId: "spec:fixture.malformed-relation"}

Verifier bindings

• test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.malformed-relation-refused · the malformed-relation-refused point verifies the Gherkin carrier contract · anchored · test anchor binding present · test/self-hosting-carrier-gherkin.test.ts:481

  External run evidence from test/self-hosting-carrier-gherkin.test.ts

  Test anchors: test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.authored-fact-refused, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.contract-parity, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.description-location-refused, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.duplicate-surface-refused, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.example-space-extraction, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.malformed-relation-refused, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.missing-id-refused, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.multi-finding-bounded, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.parent-child-extraction, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.step-less-scenario-refused, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.unbound-ready-refused, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.unknown-tag-refused, test:protocol.gherkin-authoring.unsupported-construct-refused. Specs verified by those bindings: spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.authored-fact-refused, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.contract-parity, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.description-location-refused, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.duplicate-surface-refused, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.example-space-extraction, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.malformed-relation-refused, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.missing-id-refused, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.multi-finding-bounded, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.parent-child-extraction, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.step-less-scenario-refused, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.unbound-ready-refused, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.unknown-tag-refused, spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.unsupported-construct-refused, spec:validation.kind-evidence.

  Run 1: external run evidence from vitest 4.1.10

  Build: CI 380 · Branch: feature/roadmap-and-slices-v0 · Commit: 34909918bf0be0e849959644401797191cae379f · Start: 2026-10-22T17:40:31.456Z · Stop: 2026-10-22T17:42:16.171Z

  Name	Suite	Result	Duration
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	An authored delivery fact lookalike is refused (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.authored-fact-refused)	passed	8.77 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	Markdown and Gherkin twins derive equal graphs and contracts (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.contract-parity)	passed	25.13 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	Duplicate Markdown and Gherkin surfaces are both excluded (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.duplicate-surface-refused)	passed	2.76 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	The pseudo-scenario supplies example space without a node (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.example-space-extraction)	passed	1.66 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A malformed relation target is refused (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.malformed-relation-refused)	passed	1.32 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A Feature without identity is refused (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.missing-id-refused)	passed	1.16 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A Feature and Scenario enter the graph as parent and child (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.parent-child-extraction)	passed	1.84 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A Gherkin example with an unbound used slot fails its stated readiness floor (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.unbound-ready-refused)	passed	5.39 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A graph-aware tag near miss is refused (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.unknown-tag-refused)	passed	2 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A Scenario Outline is refused (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.unsupported-construct-refused)	passed	1.89 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A bad description key reports its physical source line (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.description-location-refused)	passed	1.28 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A step-less Scenario is refused at its Scenario line (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.step-less-scenario-refused)	passed	1.05 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	Multiple findings exclude one carrier and keep a healthy sibling (spec:carrier.gherkin-authoring.multi-finding-bounded)	passed	2.56 ms

Requirement drawing

• Satisfying or referencing units: no recorded binding.

Decisions

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No implementation neighborhood recorded.

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