Decision Record Lifecycle¶

Governs a recommendation or automated decision from proposal through review, override, execution, or expiry.

Object: decision-record · States: 5 · Transitions: 5

State Diagram¶

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    %% ── classDef palette ─────────────────────────────────────
    classDef stInit  fill:#0d9488,stroke:#0f766e,color:#fff,font-weight:bold
    classDef stNorm  fill:#3b82f6,stroke:#2563eb,color:#fff
    classDef stOk    fill:#16a34a,stroke:#15803d,color:#fff,font-weight:bold
    classDef stFail  fill:#dc2626,stroke:#b91c1c,color:#fff,font-weight:bold
    classDef stHold  fill:#d97706,stroke:#b45309,color:#fff

    %% ── nodes ───────────────────────────────────────────────
    proposed(["Proposed"])
    approved["Approved"]
    overridden[["Overridden"]]
    executed[["Executed"]]
    expired[["Expired"]]

    %% ── transitions ─────────────────────────────────
    proposed -->|"decision-proposed"| proposed
    proposed -->|"decision-approved"| approved
    proposed -->|"decision-overridden"| overridden
    approved -->|"decision-executed"| executed
    proposed -->|"decision-overridden"| expired

    %% ── class assignments ───────────────────────────
    class proposed stInit
    class approved stNorm
    class overridden,executed stOk
    class expired stFail

States¶

State	Label	Description	Initial	Terminal
`proposed`	Proposed	Decision has been generated with evidence, confidence, policy, and intended action.	✓
`approved`	Approved	Decision is approved by an authorised human or applicable automation policy.
`overridden`	Overridden	Decision is rejected or replaced by an accountable actor.		✓
`executed`	Executed	Approved decision was applied by the appropriate authoritative system.		✓
`expired`	Expired	Decision became stale before authorised execution.		✓

Transitions¶

From	To	Trigger	Guards
`proposed`	`proposed`	`decision-proposed`	Decision purpose; evidence; policy reference; and confidence are recorded.
`proposed`	`approved`	`decision-approved`	Reviewer or automation policy is authorised for the decision scope.
`proposed`	`overridden`	`decision-overridden`	Override actor and rationale are recorded.
`approved`	`executed`	`decision-executed`	Target action is executed by its authoritative system of record.
`proposed`	`expired`	`decision-overridden`	Decision is no longer valid for its recorded context or policy.