Deployment profiles

Profile	Purpose	Persistence	Authority boundary	Evidence expectation
Local	Developer learning	Optional	Single operator	Quickstart report
Single organisation	Internal evaluation	Required	One accountable entity	Lifecycle and decision receipts
Pilot	Controlled real-world trial	Required, backed up	Named governance authority	Readiness report and incident process
Federated pilot	Cross-registry evaluation	Required per operator	Explicit recognition agreements	Discovery, provenance and replay evidence
Production	Operational service	HA and recoverable	Enforced delegated authority	Continuous monitoring and audit retention

Production selection is not achieved by changing a label. It requires satisfying the controls in production hardening.