Short Definition
Repair locality is the rule that repair must occur where the debt, damage, boundary failure, or recurrence pattern actually resides.
Canonical Definition
Repair locality states that hidden debt cannot be resolved by moving repair language somewhere more convenient. If damage occurs materially, materially meaningful repair is required. If a boundary is violated, boundary repair is required. If classification caused the failure, classification must be corrected. If recurrence is stored in memory, precedent, or trained behavior, memory-layer repair is required.
Repair may include higher-layer recognition, but higher-layer recognition cannot substitute for local repair at the damaged layer.
Technical Role
Repair locality prevents coherence laundering: the process by which institutions, systems, or interfaces claim restoration at a visible or convenient layer while debt remains lodged elsewhere.
It asks:
Where is the debt stored now, and what local repair reduces it?Locality Dimensions
locality_dimensions:
layer_locality: "repair must match U-layer of failure/debt"
node_locality: "repair must reach the affected node, not only the governing node"
time_locality: "repair must address recurrence and delayed effects"
boundary_locality: "repair must address damaged interfaces and consent edges"
memory_locality: "repair must update records, precedent, training, or recurrence patterns"
capacity_locality: "repair must restore usable slack where capacity was depleted"State Vector Mapping
state_vector_relevance:
H: "debt must be reduced where it is stored"
Au: "traceability identifies repair location"
BΣ: "boundary damage requires boundary-local repair"
R: "repair capacity must be available at the affected node/layer"
K: "slack must be restored where constraint caused collapse"
µᵢ: "meaning must be repaired where contradiction persists"Diagnostic Signatures
Repair locality is preserved when:
affected node receives usable repair
origin and storage layer are identified
debt location is mapped before closure
recurrence pathway is altered
repair burden is not exported elsewhereRepair locality is violated when:
public reputation is repaired but harmed nodes remain burdened
policy is updated but capacity remains absent
classification changes but execution does not
payment occurs without boundary correction
punishment occurs without recurrence reductionRelationship to Origin-Layer Repair
Origin-layer repair identifies the failure source. Repair locality also tracks where the debt currently resides, which may have spread beyond the origin.
relationship:
origin_layer_repair: "repair where failure began"
repair_locality: "repair wherever the resulting debt is stored"Failure Risks
failure_risks:
- Hidden Debt Export
- Quiet Minimization
- Symbolic Repair
- Scapegoat Collapse
- Procedural Theater
- Repair Burden TransferMachine-Readable Summary
machine_summary:
id: GL-060
term: Repair Locality
definition: "The rule that repair must occur where debt, damage, boundary failure, or recurrence is actually stored."
locality_types:
- layer
- node
- time
- boundary
- memory
- capacity
prevents:
- coherence_laundering
- symbolic_repair
- hidden_debt_export
- recurrence_preservation