Product

PreFlight — Deterministic Upstream Data Ingestion Gate

Definition

PreFlight is a deterministic upstream ingestion enforcement engine.

It operates between dataset acquisition and downstream execution.

• Evaluates datasets prior to ingestion
• Issues a single deterministic verdict
• Operates outside downstream systems
• Performs no data mutation

Operational Position

• Positioned immediately after dataset acquisition
• Executes before storage, analytics, or model intake
• Establishes a deterministic verdict boundary
• Downstream execution follows verdict issuance

Acquisition → PreFlight → Downstream Execution

Operational Role

• Evaluates mechanically provable ingestion risk
• Produces enforcement outcomes only
• Performs no remediation
• Assumes no control over downstream systems

Responsibility for modification and ingestion decisions remains external.

Problem Class

• Certain ingestion defects do not surface during load
• Data imports successfully
• Systems execute normally
• Outputs appear structurally plausible
• Latent structural faults persist

PreFlight exists to expose ingestion risk prior to downstream execution.

Scope Orientation

Evaluation is limited strictly to ingestion safety.

• No semantic interpretation
• No quality scoring
• No transformation
• No orchestration
• No downstream logic evaluation

Identity Constraint

PreFlight answers one question:

Is this dataset mechanically safe to ingest as-is without risking silent downstream structural damage?