Failure state: Can’t explain
The system cannot provide a bounded explanation that enables contestability, oversight, or repair.
Unexplainable decisions create an ungovernable system state.
Next required artifact
Start with Decision record template to lock owner, evidence scope, and reversal path before response drifts.
- Assign the accountable owner now.
- Capture evidence and timestamps in the first artifact.
- Confirm escalation handoff before opening additional tracks.
Response workflow (triage → stabilize → evidence)
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Triage
Decision record template
Capture the failure state and decision context before evidence drifts.
Next checks: Run governability check · Review contestability standard
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Stabilize
Contestability & appeals playbook
Constrain harmful flow paths while ownership and escalation coverage are active.
Open Contestability & appeals playbook
Next checks: Open escalation simulation · Review justice SLO standard
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Evidence
Harm receipt format
Capture records and evidence packs so repair obligations are auditable and time-bound.
Next checks: Check evidence-pack readiness · Review temporal-rights standard
Workflow follows triage → stabilize → evidence.
If a field is hard to fill, that is the governance question this artifact is designed to surface.