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Readiness verdict

HQC (FIPS 207)

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-06-28
Revision
1
Method
v1.0.0

Current reading

The readiness gap, in one scan

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Claimed
55

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
48

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
40

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+15

Claimed minus verified

Evidence strength Strong

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-06-28

Track; not yet

Why
Real algorithm, NIST-selected and code-based diversity is strategically valuable, but it is an unfrozen draft with materially larger keys/ciphertexts and higher cost than ML-KEM, which remains primary.
Next
Watch for the draft FIPS 207 publication in 2026 and pin to ML-KEM as primary; only prototype HQC as a code-based hedge once the FIPS wire format is frozen.

Constraints

Blockers

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
6
Tier 1
0
Tier 2
2
Tier 3
4
Supports
3
Contradicts
3
Context
0
Latest observed
2025-03-13

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Initial public reading

This is the initial public reading. No earlier readiness change is recorded.

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