---
title: "HypothesisTest"
description: "a test a claim owes or has run"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/hypothesistest
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# HypothesisTest

a test a claim owes or has run

[figure: HypothesisTest is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | kernel |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `tool` | `text` | no | the tool that runs it |
| `state` | `one of owed \| run` | yes |  |
| `read` | `text` | no | what it read |
| `at` | `time` | no |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns HypothesisTest directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.