Failure state: Can’t stop
A harmful process cannot be frozen, paused, or rolled back quickly, even when operators recognize it is wrong.
Built-in stoppability mechanisms are absent or untested.
Next required artifact
Start with Decision record template. It fixes the owner, the evidence scope, and the reversal path before the 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)
Mechanism, drawn
One artifact per stage
Each stage opens one artifact. The first fixes the owner, the evidence scope, and the reversal path.
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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
Escalation ladder / freeze authority table
Stop or narrow the harmful flow while the owner and the escalation path are in place.
Open Escalation ladder / freeze authority table
Next checks: Open escalation simulation · Review human impact safety case
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Evidence
Reversal SLA template
Assemble the records and the evidence pack, so each repair obligation can be audited against its clock.
Next checks: Check record conformance · Review temporal-rights standard
If a field in these artifacts is hard to fill, that is the governance gap this failure state exposes.