The Seven LayersISSUE #9 of 73

layer 6 · SELF · the curator

OMNIVSThe Silent Failure

OMNI saysLayer 6 — SELF — is the curator: it ARCHIVEs what might matter and PRUNEs what won’t.

SELF is the discrete, enforceable curator role. It alone decides the survival set: ARCHIVE deep-stores artifacts that "might matter someday"; PRUNE discards what's no longer useful. Per R7, only SELF may prune — other layers can't delete the record. This separation keeps curation honest and centralized, with prunes themselves logged (a prunedAt ledger) so removal is auditable, not silent.

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SELF curates the survival set
ARCHIVE (deep-store) vs PRUNE (discard)
Only SELF may prune (R7)
Prunes are logged/auditable

The Silent Failure attacks — common mistakes

Other layers pruning the record (violates R7)
Silent deletes with no prune log
Archiving everything (no curation)

Boss battleExplain why only SELF is allowed to PRUNE.

Example code

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<body style="background:#06040d;color:#b388ff;font-family:monospace;padding:20px"><pre>SELF: ARCHIVE (might matter) · PRUNE (no longer useful)
only SELF prunes (R7)
prunedAt log → removal is auditable</pre></body></html>

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