0. Registry Classification

• Family: Scaling Compression Meaning
• Treatment: Standalone Entry
• Status: draft
• Scope: Cross-Domain
• Primary U-Layers: TBD
• Operator Scaffold: TBD
• Primary Diagnostics: H, ι, Au, BΣ, K, R, 𝓓(t), τ_m

1. Purpose

This arc repairs defensive collapse, identity destabilization, basin lock-in.

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

higher-coherence attractor visibility
→ exit safety
→ dignity preservation
→ agency restoration
→ transition

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

exit feels possible
identity continuity preserved
old basin pull weakens
new trajectory stabilizes

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-024"
title: "Dignity-Preserving Transition"
family_primary: "Scaling Compression Meaning"
treatment: "Standalone Entry"
status: "draft"
summary: "This arc repairs defensive collapse, identity destabilization, basin lock-in."
source: "RA-REGISTRY-PLAN.md"

13. Compact Production Version

Purpose: This arc repairs defensive collapse, identity destabilization, basin lock-in.

Operator scaffold:

higher-coherence attractor visibility
→ exit safety
→ dignity preservation
→ agency restoration
→ transition

Completion criteria:

exit feels possible
identity continuity preserved
old basin pull weakens
new trajectory stabilizes

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-024 — Dignity-Preserving Transition

Repairs: defensive collapse, identity destabilization, basin lock-in

Primary sequence:

higher-coherence attractor visibility
→ exit safety
→ dignity preservation
→ agency restoration
→ transition

Completion signs:

exit feels possible
identity continuity preserved
old basin pull weakens
new trajectory stabilizes

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