0. Registry Classification

• Family: Core
• Treatment: Standalone / Canon-Aligned
• Status: draft
• Scope: Cross-Domain
• Primary U-Layers: TBD
• Operator Scaffold: Au↑ + Π + Μ
• Primary Diagnostics: H, ι, Au, BΣ, K, R, 𝓓(t), τ_m

1. Purpose

This arc repairs auditability collapse, opaque power, hidden decision surfaces.

Core restoration function:

TBD. State the canonical restoration function during editorial review.

2. Use Conditions

Use when:

• TBD. Add use conditions during editorial review.

Do not use when:

• TBD. Add contraindications during editorial review.

Preconditions:

• Stabilization can be established or is already present.
• Auditability can be preserved or restored.
• Required gates can be enforced.

3. Failure / Damage Signature

TBD. Map the pre-state across S during editorial review.

4. Restoration Objective

Restore coherence by reducing hidden debt and inversion, increasing auditability, repairing boundaries where relevant, and validating the result over time.

5. Operator Sequence

map hidden decision surface
→ expose provenance
→ simplify interfaces where needed
→ increase traceability
→ match Au to X_c

Sequence notes:

TBD. Clarify stage gates, repeatable steps, irreversible steps, and temporal validation requirements during editorial review.

6. Gates

TBD. Add required gate checks and failure rules during editorial review.

7. Diagnostics

Required diagnostic trends:

• H decreases
• ι decreases
• Au increases or remains adequate
• BΣ is restored or preserved
• R increases
• recurrence decreases

8. Anti-Patterns / False Restorations

TBD. Add named anti-pattern links and false restoration risks during editorial review.

9. Completion Criteria

Au_eff ≥ X_c
decision provenance legible
hidden debt no longer protected by opacity

Completion requires temporal proof and must not depend on Φ recovery alone.

10. Cross-Links

TBD. Add related restoration arcs, failure modes, diagnostics, laws, and invariants during editorial review.

11. Domain Notes

TBD. Add domain cautions where this arc applies to AI, governance, biology, economy, CMS, or archetypal systems.

12. Machine-Readable Metadata

id: "RA-004"
title: "Audit Surface Expansion"
family_primary: "Core"
treatment: "Standalone / Canon-Aligned"
status: "draft"
summary: "This arc repairs auditability collapse, opaque power, hidden decision surfaces."
source: "RA-REGISTRY-PLAN.md"

13. Compact Production Version

Purpose: This arc repairs auditability collapse, opaque power, hidden decision surfaces.

Operator scaffold:

map hidden decision surface
→ expose provenance
→ simplify interfaces where needed
→ increase traceability
→ match Au to X_c

Completion criteria:

Au_eff ≥ X_c
decision provenance legible
hidden debt no longer protected by opacity

14. Entry Quality Checklist

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

15. Source Status

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

16. Source Excerpt

RA-004 — Audit Surface Expansion

Repairs: auditability collapse, opaque power, hidden decision surfaces

Primary operators: Au↑ + Π + Μ

Sequence:

map hidden decision surface
→ expose provenance
→ simplify interfaces where needed
→ increase traceability
→ match Au to X_c

Use when:

X_c > Au_eff

Completion signs:

Au_eff ≥ X_c
decision provenance legible
hidden debt no longer protected by opacity