1. Definition

Pseudo-restoration occurs when repair improves optics, metrics, narrative closure, or visible procedure while coherence declines or hidden debt remains.

This definition describes the structural pattern, not the moral quality of the actors involved.

2. Core Pattern

TBD. Expand the initiating pressure, misclassification or bypass, variable degradation, debt accumulation, and stabilization pattern during editorial review.

3. Failure Signature

Typical signature:

repair claims↑
Φ improves
O not improving
H unchanged
R unchanged
recurrence unchanged
Au may remain low

4. Primary U-Layer Origin

• U4, U6, U7: Source registry origin layer.

5. Typical Development Sequence

TBD. Add the development sequence during editorial review.

6. Diagnostic Markers

TBD. Add diagnostic markers only when supported by source material or later canon updates.

7. Related Gates

TBD. Add gate links during editorial review.

8. Related Operators

TBD. Add operator links during editorial review.

9. Related Laws and Invariants

TBD. Add law and invariant links during editorial review.

10. Common False Positives

TBD. Add false positives during editorial review.

11. Common False Repairs

TBD. Add false repairs during editorial review.

12. Restoration Direction

• require material repair
• validate through recurrence
• restore truth access
• repair at origin layer
• prevent symbolic closure from replacing ℛ

13. Cross-Module Links

• Restoration: Source registry related module.
• Coherence: Source registry related module.
• CMS: Source registry related module.
• Security: Source registry related module.
• JGL: Source registry related module.

14. Relationship to Parent / Child Modes

Production treatment: Domain Expression of Pseudo-Restoration

Aliases preserved from source material:

• Cosmetic Reset
• Symbolic Repair
• Restoration Bypass
• Basin-Protective Repair.

15. Minimal Entry Version

Definition: Pseudo-restoration occurs when repair improves optics, metrics, narrative closure, or visible procedure while coherence declines or hidden debt remains.

Signature:

repair claims↑
Φ improves
O not improving
H unchanged
R unchanged
recurrence unchanged
Au may remain low

Restoration direction: - require material repair

• validate through recurrence
• restore truth access
• repair at origin layer
• prevent symbolic closure from replacing ℛ

16. Machine-Readable Summary

failure_mode:
  id: "FM-R-001"
  name: "Pseudo-Restoration"
  family: "False Repair"
  production_treatment: "Domain Expression of Pseudo-Restoration"
  primary_failure: "Pseudo-restoration occurs when repair improves optics, metrics, narrative closure, or visible procedure while coherence declines or hidden debt remains."
  source: "FM-REGISTRY-PLAN.md"

17. Quality Control Checklist

TBD. Complete the template quality-control checklist before marking this entry ready.

18. Source Status

This scaffold was generated from FM-REGISTRY-PLAN.md. Matching excerpts from content/archive/failure-modes/registry/index.md were included when available. Sections marked TBD should be expanded only from source material, related canon pages, or later editorial review.

19. Source Excerpt

FM-R-001 — Pseudo-Restoration

Definition:

Pseudo-restoration occurs when repair improves optics, metrics, narrative closure, or visible procedure while coherence declines or hidden debt remains.

Merged aliases:

Cosmetic Reset; Symbolic Repair; Restoration Bypass; Basin-Protective Repair.

Typical signature:

repair claims↑
Φ improves
O not improving
H unchanged
R unchanged
recurrence unchanged
Au may remain low

Primary variables:

H, R, Au, τ_m, 𝓓, Φ, O

Common origin layers:

U4, U6, U7

Related modules:

Restoration · Coherence · CMS · Security · JGL

Restoration direction:

• require material repair
• validate through recurrence
• restore truth access
• repair at origin layer
• prevent symbolic closure from replacing ℛ