---
type: ApplicationType
title: host-bound (application type)
description: Deployment binds to a specific host: local paths, sockets, devices, host-resident state. Existing infra vocabulary value (byte-preserved).
tags: [application-type, catalog, rfc-114, host-bound]
timestamp: 2026-07-03T00:00:00Z
---

# host-bound (application type)

The **host-bound** type: deployment binds to a specific host — absolute local
paths, unix sockets, device access, host-resident state that does not travel.
Existing value in the infra vocabulary (also the floor tier of the host-binding
axis), byte-preserved on the wire.

## Entry (structured — the judgment-carrying-catalog schema)

```yaml
kind: application-type
id: host-bound
question: application-type
features:
  - id: host-specific-config
    signal: "configuration binds to a specific host (absolute paths, unix sockets, local device access, host-resident state)"
    observed_via: file-content
lineage:
  tradition: "host-resident deployment"
  exemplars: ["systemd units with host paths", "single-box appliances"]
  reference: "deployment_record.PROJECT_TYPES (RFC #97; wire value byte-preserved)"
examples:
  - "infra_bootstrap's host-bound classification (RFC #97); the host-binding axis floor tier"
```
