Append-only ledger
Decision docs are append-only
- Status
- PUBLISHED
- Priority
- P1
- Rank
- INVARIANT
- Cited
- 55×
- Updated
- 2026-05-14
Assertion
Decision docs are append-only. To change a closed decision, write a
new decision doc that supersedes it.
Why
The lineage is part of the system's memory. Editing closed docs
silently destroys it.
Mechanism
The new doc carries
## Supersedes; the old doc gets a
## Superseded-by block prepended. Both preserved for traceability.Cited by
- decisionPetrova control plane
- decisionAdopt ARES wiring as a PETROVA artefact and ratify governance applicability
- decisionAdopt CRUMB wiring as a PETROVA artefact and ratify governance applicability (conservative)
- decisionDefer governance enforcement of contract_committers + integrations_applicability to sub-project G
- decisionAdopt LORE + CAIRNET wire-up via sub-project E
- decisionAdopt Traceo + Ariel wiring as PETROVA artefacts and ratify governance applicability
- decisionRocky ownership and eva introduction
- decisionSub project f contract bootstrap
- +47 more