A mention of an entry that does not exist stays as written

outcome

Execute the mention rule on an entry address whose key its Spec does not carry, which validation reports and the vault leaves unlinked.

Examples

Given a corpus holding the Spec {source: "spec:probe.source"} whose narrative mentions {mention: "spec:probe.target#design.missing"}
Given the Spec {target: "spec:probe.target"} keys the Design entry {key: "limit"}
When the vault command runs over that corpus
Then the mention renders as {rendered: "spec:probe.target#design.missing"}

Verifier bindings

• test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.unresolved-mention-stays · anchored · test anchor binding present · test/vault-examples.test.ts:726

  External run evidence from test/vault-examples.test.ts

  Test anchors: test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.bases.views-match-sources, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.changed-note-refused, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.failed-extraction-keeps-notes, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.failed-extraction-recovered, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.fresh-vault, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.hidden-file-refused, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.interrupted-run-recovered, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.iteration.watch-rewrites-changed-notes, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.iteration.watch-source-anchor, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.case-collision-refused, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.entry-address-link, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.term-address-link, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.unresolved-mention-stays, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.person-notes-survive, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.unknown-note-refused, test:protocol.consumers.obsidian-vault.vault-in-build-path-refused. Specs verified by those bindings: spec:consumers.obsidian-vault, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.bases, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.bases.views-match-sources, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.changed-note-refused, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.failed-extraction-keeps-notes, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.failed-extraction-recovered, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.fresh-vault, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.hidden-file-refused, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.interrupted-run-recovered, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.iteration, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.iteration.watch-rewrites-changed-notes, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.iteration.watch-source-anchor, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.notes, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.case-collision-refused, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.entry-address-link, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.term-address-link, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.unresolved-mention-stays, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.person-notes-survive, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.unknown-note-refused, spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.vault-in-build-path-refused.

  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
  keeps incomplete oracle points unspecified	not recorded	passed	1.89 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A fresh vault is written the same way twice and every link resolves (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.fresh-vault)	passed	39.02 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A regeneration removes a note that left the graph and keeps a person's notes (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.person-notes-survive)	passed	20.74 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A note a person wrote inside the generated folder refuses the regeneration (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.unknown-note-refused)	passed	5.75 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A generated note a person changed refuses the regeneration and keeps the edit (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.changed-note-refused)	passed	4.83 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A person's file under a temporary's name refuses the regeneration (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.hidden-file-refused)	passed	6.02 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A vault directory the build removes refuses the run and keeps a person's notes (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.vault-in-build-path-refused)	passed	1.15 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A run after a stopped synchronization finishes it (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.interrupted-run-recovered)	passed	33.58 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A failed extraction keeps the notes and says so on the index (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.failed-extraction-keeps-notes)	passed	10.21 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	The run after a failed extraction passes the guard and restores the index (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.failed-extraction-recovered)	passed	20.42 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	An entry address in prose opens the entry's block in its Spec's note (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.entry-address-link)	passed	15.36 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A mention of an entry that does not exist stays as written (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.unresolved-mention-stays)	passed	9.95 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A keyed Model term gets a note, and its address in prose opens the term's block (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.term-address-link)	passed	14.06 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	Two Specs whose notes differ only in case refuse the run (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.notes.case-collision-refused)	passed	2.55 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	Each standing view selects what its source selects (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.bases.views-match-sources)	passed	24.64 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	A carrier edit under watch rewrites only the notes it changes (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.iteration.watch-rewrites-changed-notes)	passed	446.54 ms
  executes the bound example against a fresh world	An anchor added in a source file under watch rewrites the Spec's note (spec:consumers.obsidian-vault.iteration.watch-source-anchor)	passed	516.04 ms

Requirement drawing

• Satisfying or referencing units: no recorded binding.

Decisions

No decision record named.

No implementation neighborhood recorded.

Runtime observation: not tracked.

Runtime observation: not tracked.

Build attestations: not tracked.

Deployments: not tracked.

Bills of materials: not tracked.