Compliance Glossary for Confluence

How do I verify an archive?

Use Import archive to run package validation, but do not treat the workspace completion message as verification evidence. The service recalculates part, content, and root hashes. It checks schema, identities, part chain, keys, ranges, record order, counts, and reconstruction parity. The current workspace does not display the detailed validation response. Run verification checks the baseline, not the archive.

Last verified against production v6 · 26 September 2026

At a glance

InputActionOutputLimit
Root manifestRecalculate its root hashMatching root or named errorThe manifest must use a supported schema
Ordered archive partsRecalculate part and content hashesVerified parts or hash failuresMissing, changed, or reordered parts fail validation
Part summaries and recordsCompare keys, ranges, chains, order, and countsStructural validation resultPart, record, and byte limits apply
Reconstructed collectionsCompare identities and content hash with the source archiveImport parity resultA valid package does not prove source correctness

How it works

  1. Open Enterprise evidence workspace.
  2. Under Archive package, select the exported archive file.
  3. Select Import archive.
  4. Treat the completion message as action status only.
  5. Require a detailed result with valid status, no errors, and archive parity.
  6. Stop if any hash, count, identity, order, or schema check fails.
  7. Use Run verification only when checking the deposited baseline itself.

Example

An archive has three parts. The second and third parts are exchanged. Their bytes still exist, but their part numbers, ranges, chain, and manifest order no longer agree. Validation reports the mismatch. No isolated import result is accepted.

What this does not mean

The interactive file path validates the archive and reconstructs isolated collections without promotion. The current workspace does not render its detailed validation or parity result. A stored-manifest import uses a separate queued workflow. Archive validation does not certify compliance, prove source correctness, create legal WORM storage, or approve a release.

Related questions

Next step

Validate every exported archive before audit handoff, restoration, or incident review.

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Verification basis: production v6 code, tests, manifest, and operations guidance. Verified 26 September 2026.