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This research addresses critical integrity challenges in hybrid quantum-classical workflows by defining a framework to detect structural blind regions caused by observational indistinguishability. The study provides empirical evidence on how geometry-aligned constructions can identify label interventions while analyzing the trade-offs between conformal rules and exchangeability assumptions in finite-sample settings. These findings are essential for securing next-generation quantum computing systems against specific attack vectors that traditional statistical methods might miss.
Observational Indistinguishability and Integrity Blind Regions in Hybrid Quantum-Classical Workflows
arXiv:2609.17150v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present a claim-relative evidence/reference framework for hybrid quantum-classical workflow integrity. Observational indistinguishability yields structural blind regions, distinct from finite-batch statistical misses. Within the declared lattice, a trusted same-batch scalar $R_0$ suffices for conclusion integrity, aggregate $M_0$ for aggregate plus conclusion integrity, and item-aligned binding for item identity. In 3,600 label interventions, feature/prediction views realize exact label-path invariance; all 764 geometry-aligned aggregate-blind rows equal their paired-clean responses, giving zero attack-only increment. For statistical response, the geometry-aligned construction detects 343/2,700 conclusion-changing ($\tau \to 0^+$) label interventions with the conformal rule and 1,183/2,700 with the uncorrected union; the original frozen same-item geometry yields 11/2,617 and 43/2,617, respectively. The executed conformal clean false-action rates are 0.048--0.059 descriptively; its finite-sample guarantee requires exchangeability, which the overlapping-draw design violates. The cluster-preserving adaptive stress test (Gate A) reduces response versus matched controls in 25--40 of 40 environment/split cells while retaining conclusion changes. A bounded 165-design-cell ideal-statevector and finite-shot-emulation branch directly instantiates semantic, estimated and observed kernel transitions. The fixed equal-weight design estimates neither deployment prevalence nor QPU, provider or deployed-service assurance.
Abstract:We present a claim-relative evidence/reference framework for hybrid quantum-classical workflow integrity. Observational indistinguishability yields structural blind regions, distinct from finite-batch statistical misses. Within the declared lattice, a trusted same-batch scalar $R_0$ suffices for conclusion integrity, aggregate $M_0$ for aggregate plus conclusion integrity, and item-aligned binding for item identity. In 3,600 label interventions, feature/prediction views realize exact label-path invariance; all 764 geometry-aligned aggregate-blind rows equal their paired-clean responses, giving zero attack-only increment. For statistical response, the geometry-aligned construction detects 343/2,700 conclusion-changing ($\tau \to 0^+$) label interventions with the conformal rule and 1,183/2,700 with the uncorrected union; the original frozen same-item geometry yields 11/2,617 and 43/2,617, respectively. The executed conformal clean false-action rates are 0.048--0.059 descriptively; its finite-sample guarantee requires exchangeability, which the overlapping-draw design violates. The cluster-preserving adaptive stress test (Gate A) reduces response versus matched controls in 25--40 of 40 environment/split cells while retaining conclusion changes. A bounded 165-design-cell ideal-statevector and finite-shot-emulation branch directly instantiates semantic, estimated and observed kernel transitions. The fixed equal-weight design estimates neither deployment prevalence nor QPU, provider or deployed-service assurance.
12 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables. Supplementary material (20 pages) is available as an ancillary file. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC). Reproducibility artifact: this https URL
Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
arXiv:2609.17150 [cs.CR]
(or arXiv:2609.17150v1 [cs.CR] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.17150 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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