Stripe webhook OK vs database alignment
When a Stripe webhook returns OK you still need the ledger database row to match before finance treats settlement as final
HTTP 200 on a webhook is not ledger truth: run read-only SQL that checks the row your handler claims to have written, using the same structured parameters you captured at verification time.
Wire the handler's structured payload into NDJSON observations, then follow /integrate to align registry rules with your finance tables before you ship.
- Record structured parameters from the webhook path (invoice id, customer id, amounts).
- Map them to read-only row checks so AgentSkeptic can flag drift before downstream money movement workflows proceed.
Example: activity that looked successful in logs or traces, missing row (ROW_ABSENT)
The block below uses the bundled `wf_missing` demo so this page stays aligned with the engine.
Verification report
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Kind: workflow
Human report
workflow_id: wf_missing
workflow_status: inconsistent
trust: NOT TRUSTED: At least one step failed verification against the database (determinate failure).
execution_path: Full upstream execution-path visibility requires schemaVersion 2 run events (retrieval, model_turn, control, tool_skipped) with run graph fields.
diagnosis:
summary: Primary failure at seq 0 tool crm.upsert_contact (code ROW_ABSENT); origin: downstream_system_state.
primary_origin: downstream_system_state
confidence: medium
actionable_failure: category=ambiguous severity=high recommended_action=manual_review automation_safe=false
- evidence: scope=step codes=ROW_ABSENT seq=0 tool=crm.upsert_contact
alternative_origin: downstream_system_state
rationale: The database has no row at the verified key; the tool log may not have committed a write, or replication lag prevented observation.
alternative_origin: tool_use
rationale: The database has no row at the verified key; the registry key/value or pointer resolution from tool params may not match the row that was written.
failure_explanation:
expected: Verification expected post-execution database state to satisfy verify_target "table=contacts identity=[id=missing_id] required_fields=[name, status]" and intended_effect "Upsert contact "missing_id" with fields {"name":"X","status":"Y"}" for seq=0 toolId=crm.upsert_contact under policy [consistencyMode=strong; verificationWindowMs=0; pollIntervalMs=0].
observed: Step verification outcome: code=ROW_ABSENT detail=No row matched key (table=contacts id=missing_id); rowCount=0
divergence: Divergence at step seq=0 toolId=crm.upsert_contact: primary_code=ROW_ABSENT meaning=Success was implied, but no matching row was found in the database.
known_facts:
- id=trust_summary value=NOT TRUSTED: At least one step failed verification against the database (determinate failure).
- id=workflow_status value=inconsistent
- id=verification_policy value=consistencyMode=strong; verificationWindowMs=0; pollIntervalMs=0
- id=primary_origin value=downstream_system_state
- id=classification_confidence value=medium
- id=failure_analysis_summary value=Primary failure at seq 0 tool crm.upsert_contact (code ROW_ABSENT); origin: downstream_system_state.
- id=primary_scope value=step
- id=primary_codes value=ROW_ABSENT
- id=primary_tool_id value=crm.upsert_contact
- id=primary_seq value=0
- id=verify_target value=table=contacts identity=[id=missing_id] required_fields=[name, status]
- id=intended_effect_narrative value=Upsert contact "missing_id" with fields {"name":"X","status":"Y"}
- id=evidence_summary_row_count value=0
unknowns:
- id=classification_confidence_band value=medium
- id=competing_hypothesis value=origin=downstream_system_state|rationale=The database has no row at the verified key; the tool log may not have committed a write, or replication lag prevented observation.
- id=competing_hypothesis value=origin=tool_use|rationale=The database has no row at the verified key; the registry key/value or pointer resolution from tool params may not match the row that was written.
correctness_definition:
enforcement_kind: step_sql_expectation
must_always_hold: Must: after tool_observed seq=0 toolId=crm.upsert_contact, database state SHALL satisfy the verification contract in verificationRequest under policy [consistencyMode=strong; verificationWindowMs=0; pollIntervalMs=0] for workflowId=wf_missing.
enforce_as:
- Registry (or synthetic events plus registry) SHALL keep verificationRequest aligned with declared tool parameters for seq=0.
- Authoritative SQL state SHALL match identity, required fields, and relational checks encoded in verificationRequest.
enforceable_projection: {"projectionKind":"step_sql_expectation","workflowId":"wf_missing","verificationPolicyFragment":"consistencyMode=strong; verificationWindowMs=0; pollIntervalMs=0","seq":0,"toolId":"crm.upsert_contact","verificationRequest":{"kind":"sql_row","table":"contacts","identityEq":[{"column":"id","value":"missing_id"}],"requiredFields":{"name":"X","status":"Y"}}}
remediation_alignment: recommended_action=manual_review automation_safe=false
run_level: (none)
event_sequence: normal
steps:
- seq=0 tool=crm.upsert_contact
declared: tool=crm.upsert_contact; intent=Upsert contact "missing_id" with fields {"name":"X","status":"Y"}; parameters_digest={"fields":{"name":"X","status":"Y"},"recordId":"missing_id"}
expected: table=contacts identity=[id=missing_id] required_fields=[name, status]
observed_database: rowCount=0
verification_verdict: outcome=FAILED_ROW_MISSING; Expected row is missing from the database (the log implies a write that is not present).; failure_category=workflow_execution
observations: evaluated=1 of 1 in_capture_order
detail: No row matched key (table=contacts id=missing_id)
reference_code: ROW_ABSENT
user_meaning: Success was implied, but no matching row was found in the database.Machine JSON
{
"schemaVersion": 15,
"workflowId": "wf_missing",
"status": "inconsistent",
"runLevelReasons": [],
"verificationPolicy": {
"consistencyMode": "strong",
"verificationWindowMs": 0,
"pollIntervalMs": 0
},
"eventSequenceIntegrity": {
"kind": "normal"
},
"steps": [
{
"seq": 0,
"toolId": "crm.upsert_contact",
"intendedEffect": {
"narrative": "Upsert contact \"missing_id\" with fields {\"name\":\"X\",\"status\":\"Y\"}"
},
"observedExecution": {
"paramsCanonical": "{\"fields\":{\"name\":\"X\",\"status\":\"Y\"},\"recordId\":\"missing_id\"}"
},
"verificationRequest": {
"kind": "sql_row",
"table": "contacts",
"identityEq": [
{
"column": "id",
"value": "missing_id"
}
],
"requiredFields": {
"name": "X",
"status": "Y"
}
},
"status": "missing",
"reasons": [
{
"code": "ROW_ABSENT",
"message": "No row matched key (table=contacts id=missing_id)"
}
],
"evidenceSummary": {
"rowCount": 0
},
"repeatObservationCount": 1,
"evaluatedObservationOrdinal": 1,
"failureDiagnostic": "workflow_execution"
}
],
"verificationRunContext": {
"maxWireSchemaVersion": 1,
"retrievalEvents": [],
"controlEvents": [],
"modelTurnEvents": [],
"toolSkippedEvents": [],
"toolObservedIngestIndexBySeq": {
"0": 0
},
"firstToolObservedIngestIndex": 0,
"hasRunCompletedControl": false,
"lastRunEvent": {
"ingestIndex": 0,
"type": "tool_observed"
}
},
"workflowTruthReport": {
"schemaVersion": 9,
"workflowId": "wf_missing",
"workflowStatus": "inconsistent",
"trustSummary": "NOT TRUSTED: At least one step failed verification against the database (determinate failure).",
"runLevelIssues": [],
"eventSequence": {
"kind": "normal"
},
"steps": [
{
"seq": 0,
"toolId": "crm.upsert_contact",
"outcomeLabel": "FAILED_ROW_MISSING",
"observations": {
"evaluatedOrdinal": 1,
"repeatCount": 1
},
"reasons": [
{
"code": "ROW_ABSENT",
"message": "No row matched key (table=contacts id=missing_id)"
}
],
"intendedEffect": {
"narrative": "Upsert contact \"missing_id\" with fields {\"name\":\"X\",\"status\":\"Y\"}"
},
"observedExecution": {
"paramsCanonical": "{\"fields\":{\"name\":\"X\",\"status\":\"Y\"},\"recordId\":\"missing_id\"}"
},
"verifyTarget": "table=contacts identity=[id=missing_id] required_fields=[name, status]",
"observedStateSummary": "rowCount=0",
"failureCategory": "workflow_execution"
}
],
"failureAnalysis": {
"summary": "Primary failure at seq 0 tool crm.upsert_contact (code ROW_ABSENT); origin: downstream_system_state.",
"primaryOrigin": "downstream_system_state",
"confidence": "medium",
"unknownReasonCodes": [],
"evidence": [
{
"scope": "step",
"seq": 0,
"toolId": "crm.upsert_contact",
"codes": [
"ROW_ABSENT"
]
}
],
"alternativeHypotheses": [
{
"primaryOrigin": "downstream_system_state",
"rationale": "The database has no row at the verified key; the tool log may not have committed a write, or replication lag prevented observation."
},
{
"primaryOrigin": "tool_use",
"rationale": "The database has no row at the verified key; the registry key/value or pointer resolution from tool params may not match the row that was written."
}
],
"actionableFailure": {
"category": "ambiguous",
"severity": "high",
"recommendedAction": "manual_review",
"automationSafe": false
}
},
"executionPathFindings": [],
"executionPathSummary": "Full upstream execution-path visibility requires schemaVersion 2 run events (retrieval, model_turn, control, tool_skipped) with run graph fields.",
"failureExplanation": {
"schemaVersion": 1,
"expected": "Verification expected post-execution database state to satisfy verify_target \"table=contacts identity=[id=missing_id] required_fields=[name, status]\" and intended_effect \"Upsert contact \"missing_id\" with fields {\"name\":\"X\",\"status\":\"Y\"}\" for seq=0 toolId=crm.upsert_contact under policy [consistencyMode=strong; verificationWindowMs=0; pollIntervalMs=0].",
"observed": "Step verification outcome: code=ROW_ABSENT detail=No row matched key (table=contacts id=missing_id); rowCount=0",
"divergence": "Divergence at step seq=0 toolId=crm.upsert_contact: primary_code=ROW_ABSENT meaning=Success was implied, but no matching row was found in the database.",
"knownFacts": [
{
"id": "trust_summary",
"value": "NOT TRUSTED: At least one step failed verification against the database (determinate failure)."
},
{
"id": "workflow_status",
"value": "inconsistent"
},
{
"id": "verification_policy",
"value": "consistencyMode=strong; verificationWindowMs=0; pollIntervalMs=0"
},
{
"id": "primary_origin",
"value": "downstream_system_state"
},
{
"id": "classification_confidence",
"value": "medium"
},
{
"id": "failure_analysis_summary",
"value": "Primary failure at seq 0 tool crm.upsert_contact (code ROW_ABSENT); origin: downstream_system_state."
},
{
"id": "primary_scope",
"value": "step"
},
{
"id": "primary_codes",
"value": "ROW_ABSENT"
},
{
"id": "primary_tool_id",
"value": "crm.upsert_contact"
},
{
"id": "primary_seq",
"value": "0"
},
{
"id": "verify_target",
"value": "table=contacts identity=[id=missing_id] required_fields=[name, status]"
},
{
"id": "intended_effect_narrative",
"value": "Upsert contact \"missing_id\" with fields {\"name\":\"X\",\"status\":\"Y\"}"
},
{
"id": "evidence_summary_row_count",
"value": "0"
}
],
"unknowns": [
{
"id": "classification_confidence_band",
"value": "medium"
},
{
"id": "competing_hypothesis",
"value": "origin=downstream_system_state|rationale=The database has no row at the verified key; the tool log may not have committed a write, or replication lag prevented observation."
},
{
"id": "competing_hypothesis",
"value": "origin=tool_use|rationale=The database has no row at the verified key; the registry key/value or pointer resolution from tool params may not match the row that was written."
}
]
},
"correctnessDefinition": {
"schemaVersion": 1,
"enforcementKind": "step_sql_expectation",
"mustAlwaysHold": "Must: after tool_observed seq=0 toolId=crm.upsert_contact, database state SHALL satisfy the verification contract in verificationRequest under policy [consistencyMode=strong; verificationWindowMs=0; pollIntervalMs=0] for workflowId=wf_missing.",
"enforceAs": [
"Registry (or synthetic events plus registry) SHALL keep verificationRequest aligned with declared tool parameters for seq=0.",
"Authoritative SQL state SHALL match identity, required fields, and relational checks encoded in verificationRequest."
],
"enforceableProjection": {
"projectionKind": "step_sql_expectation",
"workflowId": "wf_missing",
"verificationPolicyFragment": "consistencyMode=strong; verificationWindowMs=0; pollIntervalMs=0",
"seq": 0,
"toolId": "crm.upsert_contact",
"verificationRequest": {
"kind": "sql_row",
"table": "contacts",
"identityEq": [
{
"column": "id",
"value": "missing_id"
}
],
"requiredFields": {
"name": "X",
"status": "Y"
}
}
},
"remediationAlignment": {
"recommendedAction": "manual_review",
"automationSafe": false
}
}
}
}