The register has one rule: One owner. Written down. Checked until it holds.
Decided Monday. Questioned Thursday. Quietly re-decided the next week by whoever shipped last. Nobody remembers deciding.
Same decision. One owner, written down, checked on every surface until it held. It never came back to a meeting.
Lifecycle: proposed → decided → communicated → acknowledged → implemented → verified · reopened = the failure state
Register as of Jul 17, 2026 · all names and numbers fictional