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+from crewai.governance.governance_decision import GovernanceDecision, GovernanceOutcome
+
+__all__ = ["GovernanceDecision", "GovernanceOutcome"]
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/governance/governance_decision.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/governance/governance_decision.py
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+"""
+GovernanceDecision — Vendor-neutral governance hook return type for CrewAI.
+
+This module defines the serialized contract that crew-level governance hooks
+(before_tool_call / after_tool_call) can optionally return. External governance
+engines (TealTiger, Neura Relay, Vaara, etc.) implement this contract without
+requiring CrewAI to depend on any vendor package.
+
+The GovernanceDecision is the pre-execution authorization record.
+The GovernanceOutcome is the post-execution result record, linked back
+to the decision via decision_id.
+
+Vendor-specific evidence (signed receipts, Merkle proofs, etc.) lives
+under the `extensions` dict and is never validated by CrewAI core.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any, Literal, TypedDict
+
+
+class GovernanceDecision(TypedDict, total=False):
+    """Pre-execution authorization record returned by a governance hook.
+
+    All fields are optional (total=False) to allow governance engines to
+    populate only the fields they support. The minimum useful decision is
+    {decision, reason}.
+
+    Extensions are pass-through: CrewAI will serialize/deserialize them
+    without validation, allowing any governance engine to attach its own
+    evidence format (e.g., extensions["teec"], extensions["neura"]).
+    """
+
+    # Identity
+    decision_id: str
+    """Unique identifier for this decision. Used by GovernanceOutcome to link back."""
+
+    agent_id: str
+    """Identifier of the agent requesting the tool call."""
+
+    agent_role: str
+    """Role of the agent (e.g., 'Researcher', 'Admin')."""
+
+    # Action context
+    tool: str
+    """Name of the tool being invoked."""
+
+    request_id: str
+    """Unique identifier for the specific tool call request."""
+
+    params_hash: str
+    """SHA-256 hash of the canonicalized (JCS) tool call parameters."""
+
+    target: str
+    """Target resource or entity the tool operates on, if known."""
+
+    # Policy evaluation
+    policy_refs: list[str]
+    """List of policy rule identifiers that were evaluated."""
+
+    decision: Literal["allow", "deny", "require_approval", "revise"]
+    """The governance verdict for this tool call."""
+
+    reason: str
+    """Human-readable explanation of why this decision was made."""
+
+    # Lifecycle
+    issued_at: str
+    """ISO 8601 timestamp of when this decision was issued."""
+
+    expires_at: str | None
+    """ISO 8601 timestamp after which this decision is invalid (fail-closed to deny)."""
+
+    supersedes: str | None
+    """decision_id of a prior decision that this one explicitly overrides."""
+
+    revalidate_if: list[str]
+    """Conditions that require re-evaluation before execution (e.g., 'policy_updated', 'budget_changed')."""
+
+    # Evidence
+    evidence_refs: list[str]
+    """References to external evidence artifacts (URIs, hashes, receipt IDs)."""
+
+    extensions: dict[str, Any]
+    """Vendor-specific evidence. CrewAI passes this through without validation.
+
+    Examples:
+        extensions["teec"] = {"receipt_id": "...", "evidence_hash": "...", "prev_hash": "..."}
+        extensions["neura"] = {"relay_id": "...", "action_card": "..."}
+    """
+
+
+class GovernanceOutcome(TypedDict, total=False):
+    """Post-execution result record linked to a GovernanceDecision.
+
+    Emitted after the tool call completes (or fails). The decision_id
+    links this outcome back to the authorization record that preceded it.
+    """
+
+    decision_id: str
+    """Links back to the GovernanceDecision that authorized this execution."""
+
+    outcome: Literal["executed", "blocked", "error", "timeout"]
+    """What actually happened after the governance decision."""
+
+    tool_output_hash: str | None
+    """SHA-256 hash of the tool output (not the raw output itself)."""
+
+    error_type: str | None
+    """Error class name if outcome is 'error'."""
+
+    error_message: str | None
+    """Error message if outcome is 'error'."""
+
+    completed_at: str
+    """ISO 8601 timestamp of when execution completed."""
+
+    extensions: dict[str, Any]
+    """Vendor-specific post-execution evidence."""
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/test_governance_decision_contract.py b/lib/crewai/tests/test_governance_decision_contract.py
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+"""
+Contract tests for GovernanceDecision and GovernanceOutcome.
+
+These tests validate that:
+1. All four decision routes produce valid GovernanceDecision dicts
+2. Extensions round-trip through JSON without validation failures
+3. GovernanceOutcome links back to a decision via decision_id
+4. Unknown extension payloads are preserved without modification
+5. Error outcomes carry error_type and error_message
+
+No vendor imports. No external dependencies beyond stdlib.
+"""
+
+import json
+from typing import Any
+
+from crewai.governance.governance_decision import GovernanceDecision, GovernanceOutcome
+
+
+# --- Contract Test Fixtures ---
+
+FIXTURE_ALLOW: GovernanceDecision = {
+    "decision_id": "d-001",
+    "agent_id": "support-bot",
+    "agent_role": "Support Agent",
+    "tool": "search_docs",
+    "request_id": "req-abc-001",
+    "params_hash": "sha256:e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+    "policy_refs": ["allow-read-tools-v1"],
+    "decision": "allow",
+    "reason": "Tool is in the agent's read allowlist",
+    "issued_at": "2026-06-03T14:00:00Z",
+}
+
+FIXTURE_DENY: GovernanceDecision = {
+    "decision_id": "d-002",
+    "agent_id": "finance-agent",
+    "agent_role": "Finance Analyst",
+    "tool": "delete_customer",
+    "request_id": "req-abc-002",
+    "params_hash": "sha256:a8f3c91e4b2d7f6a1e9c3b5d8f2a4c6e0b7d9f1a3c5e7b9d1f3a5c7e9b0d2f4a",
+    "policy_refs": ["deny-destructive-v1"],
+    "decision": "deny",
+    "reason": "Tool not in allowlist for Finance Analyst role",
+    "issued_at": "2026-06-03T14:01:00Z",
+}
+
+FIXTURE_REQUIRE_APPROVAL: GovernanceDecision = {
+    "decision_id": "d-003",
+    "agent_id": "admin-agent",
+    "agent_role": "Admin",
+    "tool": "export_data",
+    "request_id": "req-abc-003",
+    "target": "customer_database",
+    "policy_refs": ["require-approval-exports-v1"],
+    "decision": "require_approval",
+    "reason": "Data export requires human sign-off",
+    "issued_at": "2026-06-03T14:05:00Z",
+    "expires_at": "2026-06-03T14:10:00Z",
+}
+
+FIXTURE_ALLOW_WITH_EXTENSION: GovernanceDecision = {
+    "decision_id": "d-004",
+    "agent_id": "ops-agent",
+    "agent_role": "Operations",
+    "tool": "deploy_service",
+    "request_id": "req-abc-004",
+    "params_hash": "sha256:b3c4d5e6f7a8b9c0d1e2f3a4b5c6d7e8f9a0b1c2d3e4f5a6b7c8d9e0f1a2b3c4",
+    "policy_refs": ["allow-deploy-with-evidence-v1"],
+    "decision": "allow",
+    "reason": "Policy: scoped token and audit receipt present",
+    "issued_at": "2026-06-03T14:10:00Z",
+    "evidence_refs": ["teec-receipt-004"],
+    "extensions": {
+        "teec": {
+            "receipt_id": "teec-004",
+            "evidence_hash": "sha256:b3c4d5e6f7a8b9c0d1e2f3a4b5c6d7e8",
+            "prev_hash": "sha256:f7a8b9c0d1e2f3a4b5c6d7e8f9a0b1c2",
+            "verifier_contract_version": "1.0.0",
+        }
+    },
+}
+
+FIXTURE_REVISE: GovernanceDecision = {
+    "decision_id": "d-005",
+    "agent_id": "finance-agent",
+    "agent_role": "Finance Analyst",
+    "tool": "stripe.refund",
+    "request_id": "req-abc-005",
+    "params_hash": "sha256:c4d5e6f7a8b9c0d1e2f3a4b5c6d7e8f9a0b1c2d3e4f5a6b7c8d9e0f1a2b3c4d5",
+    "target": "payment_pmt_123",
+    "policy_refs": ["refund-limit-v1"],
+    "decision": "revise",
+    "reason": "Refund amount exceeds $1000 limit. Reduce amount below $1000 and re-submit.",
+    "issued_at": "2026-06-03T14:15:00Z",
+    "revalidate_if": ["amount_changed"],
+}
+
+FIXTURE_OUTCOME: GovernanceOutcome = {
+    "decision_id": "d-004",
+    "outcome": "executed",
+    "tool_output_hash": "sha256:d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6e7f8a9b0c1d2e3f4a5b6c7d8e9f0a1b2c3d4e5",
+    "completed_at": "2026-06-03T14:10:02Z",
+}
+
+FIXTURE_OUTCOME_ERROR: GovernanceOutcome = {
+    "decision_id": "d-002",
+    "outcome": "error",
+    "error_type": "ToolExecutionError",
+    "error_message": "Connection refused: database host unreachable",
+    "completed_at": "2026-06-03T14:01:03Z",
+}
+
+FIXTURE_UNKNOWN_EXTENSION: GovernanceDecision = {
+    "decision_id": "d-006",
+    "agent_id": "test-agent",
+    "tool": "any_tool",
+    "decision": "allow",
+    "reason": "Testing unknown extension round-trip",
+    "issued_at": "2026-06-03T14:20:00Z",
+    "extensions": {
+        "custom_vendor": {
+            "arbitrary_field": True,
+            "nested": {"deep": [1, 2, 3]},
+            "unicode": "日本語テスト",
+        }
+    },
+}
+
+
+# --- Contract Tests ---
+
+
+def test_allow_fixture_is_valid_governance_decision() -> None:
+    """ALLOW decision contains minimum required fields."""
+    assert FIXTURE_ALLOW["decision"] == "allow"
+    assert "decision_id" in FIXTURE_ALLOW
+    assert "agent_id" in FIXTURE_ALLOW
+    assert "tool" in FIXTURE_ALLOW
+    assert "reason" in FIXTURE_ALLOW
+    assert "issued_at" in FIXTURE_ALLOW
+
+
+def test_deny_fixture_is_valid_governance_decision() -> None:
+    """DENY decision contains policy reference explaining the denial."""
+    assert FIXTURE_DENY["decision"] == "deny"
+    assert len(FIXTURE_DENY["policy_refs"]) > 0
+    assert "reason" in FIXTURE_DENY
+
+
+def test_require_approval_fixture_has_expiry() -> None:
+    """REQUIRE_APPROVAL decision includes expires_at for time-bound approval."""
+    assert FIXTURE_REQUIRE_APPROVAL["decision"] == "require_approval"
+    assert FIXTURE_REQUIRE_APPROVAL["expires_at"] is not None
+
+
+def test_revise_fixture_has_revalidate_if() -> None:
+    """REVISE decision includes revalidate_if conditions."""
+    assert FIXTURE_REVISE["decision"] == "revise"
+    assert len(FIXTURE_REVISE["revalidate_if"]) > 0
+
+
+def test_extension_round_trips_through_json() -> None:
+    """Extensions serialize to JSON and deserialize without data loss."""
+    original = FIXTURE_ALLOW_WITH_EXTENSION
+    serialized = json.dumps(original)
+    deserialized = json.loads(serialized)
+
+    assert deserialized["extensions"]["teec"]["receipt_id"] == "teec-004"
+    assert deserialized["extensions"]["teec"]["evidence_hash"] == original["extensions"]["teec"]["evidence_hash"]
+    assert deserialized["extensions"]["teec"]["prev_hash"] == original["extensions"]["teec"]["prev_hash"]
+
+
+def test_unknown_extension_round_trips_without_validation_failure() -> None:
+    """Unknown vendor extensions pass through JSON round-trip unchanged.
+
+    This proves the contract is vendor-neutral: CrewAI does not validate,
+    strip, or modify extension payloads it doesn't recognize.
+    """
+    original = FIXTURE_UNKNOWN_EXTENSION
+    serialized = json.dumps(original)
+    deserialized = json.loads(serialized)
+
+    assert deserialized["extensions"]["custom_vendor"]["arbitrary_field"] is True
+    assert deserialized["extensions"]["custom_vendor"]["nested"]["deep"] == [1, 2, 3]
+    assert deserialized["extensions"]["custom_vendor"]["unicode"] == "日本語テスト"
+
+
+def test_outcome_links_back_to_decision() -> None:
+    """GovernanceOutcome references the authorizing decision via decision_id."""
+    assert FIXTURE_OUTCOME["decision_id"] == FIXTURE_ALLOW_WITH_EXTENSION["decision_id"]
+    assert FIXTURE_OUTCOME["outcome"] == "executed"
+    assert "completed_at" in FIXTURE_OUTCOME
+
+
+def test_error_outcome_has_error_fields() -> None:
+    """Error outcome carries error_type and error_message."""
+    assert FIXTURE_OUTCOME_ERROR["outcome"] == "error"
+    assert FIXTURE_OUTCOME_ERROR["error_type"] is not None
+    assert FIXTURE_OUTCOME_ERROR["error_message"] is not None
+    assert FIXTURE_OUTCOME_ERROR["decision_id"] == FIXTURE_DENY["decision_id"]
+
+
+def test_all_fixtures_json_serializable() -> None:
+    """Every fixture round-trips through JSON without error."""
+    fixtures: list[dict[str, Any]] = [
+        FIXTURE_ALLOW,
+        FIXTURE_DENY,
+        FIXTURE_REQUIRE_APPROVAL,
+        FIXTURE_ALLOW_WITH_EXTENSION,
+        FIXTURE_REVISE,
+        FIXTURE_OUTCOME,
+        FIXTURE_OUTCOME_ERROR,
+        FIXTURE_UNKNOWN_EXTENSION,
+    ]
+    for fixture in fixtures:
+        serialized = json.dumps(fixture)
+        deserialized = json.loads(serialized)
+        assert deserialized == fixture