# SPIRE **Aliases:** SPIRE workload identity **Entity class:** Workload identity **Integration priority:** P1 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] ## Definition **SPIRE** — Attestation implementation; ‘Who is this process?’ This entry treats the technology or concept as a concrete part, precedent, or comparison within host-infrastructure analysis; it does not by itself establish consciousness transfer, personal continuity, or a company's intent to build either. <!-- BEGIN HOST RESIDUAL RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> ## Relationships ### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Resolved aliases:** `SPIRE workload identity` **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] **Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] #### Host-infrastructure integration Attestation implementation; ‘Who is this process?’ #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-0138 — `implements` → `SPIFFE APIs`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`. Production-ready implementation. - **HR-0139 — `performs` → `node attestation`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`. Verifies node identity. - **HR-0140 — `performs` → `workload attestation`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`, `WEB_SPIFFE_CONFIG`. Asks 'Who is this process?'. - **HR-0141 — `issues` → `SVID workload identities`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`. Short-lived identity credentials. - **HR-0142 — `decouples` → `process identity from physical machine identity`** — **ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`, `ARTICLE`. Strong analogue for identity-bearing process migration. - **HR-0143 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Digital Identity Succession|Digital Identity Succession]]** — **ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Workload identity can follow verified properties rather than chassis. #### Epistemic boundary Evidence status and relationship type are recorded on each typed edge; graph candidates remain labeled **CANDIDATE — DO NOT PROMOTE**. <!-- END HOST RESIDUAL RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 -->