---
id: appendix-validator-conformance-v1
title: Appendix - Third-Party Validator Conformance
description: Pointer to the CTS-owned validator conformance guidance for AEON-family validators.
family: appendices-v1
group: AEOS and Profiles
status: pointer to CTS-owned document
license: CC-BY-4.0
path: specification/appendices/appendix-validator-conformance-v1
---
# Appendix — Third-Party Validator Conformance

Status: pointer to CTS-owned document

The operational conformance guidance for third-party validators now lives with
[`aeonite-org/aeonite-cts`](https://github.com/aeonite-org/aeonite-cts).

This appendix remains in the spec tree only to record the boundary:

- AEOS and AEON specs define the normative semantic requirements
- `aeonite-cts` owns the public validator conformance guidance and verification-facing contract surface

Relevant public entry points:

- [CTS repository](https://github.com/aeonite-org/aeonite-cts)
- [Conformance coverage](https://github.com/aeonite-org/aeonite-cts/blob/main/CONFORMANCE-COVERAGE.md)

If validator guidance conflicts with the AEOS spec line, the AEOS spec line wins.