Shadowed candidates
A virtual repository resolves candidates from ordered member repositories. An earlier member or a fallback policy can hide a candidate supplied by another member. The selected candidate appears in client responses; shadowed candidates remain available to an inspection surface when the ecosystem owner registers that capability.
Candidate identity, precedence, policy fields, request parameters, and response formats depend on the ecosystem.
Inspection reads stored repository state and does not change member order or policy decisions. See Repository roles for virtual resolution and Policy decisions for the shared decision model.