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PRUNE · SELF discards

OMNIVSThe Silent Failure

OMNI saysPRUNE — SELF discards the unused; "no longer useful" (v3.1 verb), always logged.

PRUNE is SELF's discard verb (v3.1): it removes artifacts that have lost value, with the removal recorded (prunedAt). Per R7, only SELF prunes — no other layer may delete the record — which keeps deletion centralized and auditable. Naming: pruneStaleArtifact(a, now). PRUNE is what keeps the organism from drowning in its own history while leaving an honest trail of what it let go.

Power-ups you unlock

SELF discards a stale artifact
"No longer useful"
Only SELF prunes (R7); logged
Keeps history from bloating, honestly

The Silent Failure attacks — common mistakes

Non-SELF pruning (violates R7)
Unlogged deletes
Pruning artifacts that still matter

Boss battleWrite pruneStaleArtifact that records the removal.

Example code

<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"></head>
<body style="background:#06040d;color:#b388ff;font-family:monospace;padding:20px"><pre>pruneStaleArtifact(a, now){        // SELF only
  prunedAt[a.id] = now;            // logged
  return be('self','PRUNE', a.id);
}</pre></body></html>

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