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title: "Federation trust: definition | KYE Protocol™ glossary"
description: "Federation trust: The cross-trust-domain trust signal that gates whether a discovery query may traverse an edge into another tenant's authority graph."
url: https://kyeprotocol.com/glossary/federation-trust/
lang: en
source: "KYE Protocol"
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> Federation trust: The cross-trust-domain trust signal that gates whether a discovery query may traverse an edge into another tenant's authority graph.

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# Federation trust

The cross-trust-domain trust signal that gates whether a discovery query may traverse an edge into another tenant's authority graph.

The cross-trust-domain trust signal that gates whether a discovery query may traverse an edge into another tenant's authority graph.

KYE™ Minute explains this term in an episode dated 19 February 2027, once podcast audio is switched on.

**Source** The KYE Protocol™ glossary, [as published](https://kyeprotocol.com/glossary/#federation-trust). Not legal advice.