One Exception Record

Context#

Exceptions are uneven and too wide: a known gap silences a check level G finding, a deviation silences every finding on its subject instead of its provision, and deferrals with the frozen phase switch checks off with no expiry.

Decision#

One exception record replaces deviation, known gap, deferredProvisions and check.phase: frozen, with kind (departure or gap), covers (a provision or finding codes), subject or paths, reason, exit and expiresOn. It covers only what it names, and exception-expired reports it after its date.

Evidence with Confidence#

research/lower-layers-practice holds the outside review and the measured counts over the largest consumer behind D26, high confidence.