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PUBLISHED REFERENCE MATERIAL

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Governed Escalation Pattern

Governance pattern — structured handoff from autonomous factory run execution to human oversight authority, with suspension, decision capture, and lineage continuity.

patterns/governed-escalation-pattern.md
GRAPHICAL PATTERN FLOW

Governed Escalation Pattern

INPUT→GOVERNED TRANSITIONS→EXPLICIT OUTCOME→EVIDENCE

AT A GLANCE

Understand the source before entering the detail.

Governance pattern — structured handoff from autonomous factory run execution to human oversight authority, with suspension, decision capture, and lineage continuity.

Classification
Problem
Structure
Roles
Cognition Artifact (Escalating)
Orchestration Substrate
Human Oversight Authority
Secondary Oversight Authority
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