Protocol-Governed Systems: Runtime Conceptual Model
(c) 2026 Bhash Ganti Contact: mailto:bachipeachy@gmail.com ORCID Profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3810-6520 Preface This paper is part of the PGS technical paper series. The paper Protocol-Governed Systems: Conceptual Model established the architectural foundations: constitutional governance, the four-layer stack, and the separation of governance from execution. The paper Protocol-Governed Systems: Compiler Conceptual Model described how the compiler converts protocol declarations into a governed execution boundary called the Protocol Snapshot. Together, those two papers establish that behavior is fully determined before execution begins. This paper focuses on the component that consumes that boundary: the PGS runtime. ...