The Seven LayersISSUE #44 of 73

R7 · SELF curates · others can't prune

OMNIVSThe Silent Failure

OMNI saysR7 — SELF curates; others can’t prune. Deletion is centralized and logged.

R7 gives the prune monopoly to SELF: no other layer or cell may delete the record. Curation (ARCHIVE/PRUNE) is centralized in one auditable place, and prunes are logged (prunedAt). This prevents data from vanishing silently from anywhere in the system and makes "what survived and why" a single, reviewable decision. If non-SELF code is deleting artifacts, it violates R7.

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Only SELF may prune the record
Curation centralized + auditable
Prunes are logged
Nothing vanishes silently

The Silent Failure attacks — common mistakes

Non-SELF code deleting artifacts
Scattered deletion logic
Unlogged removals

Boss battleExplain why centralizing prune in SELF improves auditability.

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<body style="background:#06040d;color:#b388ff;font-family:monospace;padding:20px"><pre>R7: only SELF.PRUNE deletes (logged)
other layers can’t remove the record
→ one auditable curation point</pre></body></html>

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