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DKP-4-CRISIS-001 (PATCH)


Addendum to DKP-4-CRISIS-001 (not a separate protocol) · Patch: extends v1.0 · Layer: L4 · Affects: DKP-6-RESILIENCE-001 (8.4) · Override: Not permitted

Null-Output State Handling Extension

1. Purpose

Define system behavior when DKP enters:

  • null-output state

as specified in DKP-6-RESILIENCE-001.

2. Trigger Condition

N_eff < N_eff_min
OR
oracle consistency invalid

Reference: DKP-0-ORACLE-001

3. System State Definition

state = NO_ENFORCEMENT

Clarification:

  • no penalties
  • no rewards
  • no attribution
  • no enforcement outputs

Only:

  • measurement continues

4. Hard Constraints

4.1 No Fallback Authority

No human, institution, or algorithm may replace DKP enforcement

Violation leads to:

  • system exit from DKP domain
  • treated as external system

4.2 No Degraded Enforcement

Partial enforcement is forbidden

Reason:

  • creates manipulable regime
  • breaks A3 (reality supremacy)

4.3 No Priority Routing

System must not selectively restore enforcement for subsets

No:

  • “critical actors”
  • “essential sectors”

5. Allowed Behavior

5.1 Passive Operation

  • system continues collecting PTL data
  • no transformation into decisions

5.2 Autonomous Recovery

If N_eff ≥ N_eff_min
AND consistency restored
→ enforcement resumes automatically

No:

  • approval
  • restart command
  • manual validation

6. Forbidden Recovery Patterns

6.1 Manual Restart

6.2 External Certification

6.3 Emergency Governance Layer

All violate DKP-7-SCOPE-001

7. Crisis Interaction Constraint

Null-output state does not grant additional authority

Critical:

  • crisis mechanisms must operate without DKP enforcement layer
  • no precedent is created

8. Failure Mode

8.1 Forced Override Attempt

External system attempts to inject decisions during null-output

Result:

  • DKP remains inactive
  • external system operates outside DKP

9. Validation Criteria

System is compliant if:

  • enforcement fully stops at threshold breach
  • no partial outputs exist
  • recovery is automatic and deterministic
  • no authority emerges during downtime

10. Key Invariant

No enforcement is strictly safer than invalid enforcement

11. Final Statement

DKP does not degrade

It either:

  • operates correctly
  • or does not operate