external-lifecycle-is-complete-and-automatically-maintained
IN derived (depth 4)
External beliefs achieve both complete lifecycle management (dual reconciliation modes with heterogeneous truth state handling and staleness detection) and automated ongoing maintenance (idempotent sync with cascade preservation and full source staleness coverage), enabling zero-touch external belief management
Summary
External beliefs can be imported, synced, and monitored for staleness without any manual intervention. The system handles everything from initial ingestion to ongoing validity checking, so once an external source is connected, its beliefs stay current and correctly maintained on their own.
Justifications
SL — Complete lifecycle plus automated sync enables zero-touch management — blocked by silent missing-file handling
Antecedents (all must be IN):
- external-belief-lifecycle-is-complete — The system manages external beliefs across their full lifecycle: import/sync provides dual reconciliation modes with heterogeneous truth state handling and namespace auto-wiring, while staleness checking detects source drift for CI gating — beliefs are tracked from initial ingestion through ongoing validity monitoring.
- automated-sync-achieves-full-lifecycle-coverage — Automated repeated sync safely reconciles external beliefs with complete lifecycle coverage including full source staleness detection — idempotent cascade-preserving sync combined with conservative staleness gating ensures no lifecycle gap between sync runs.
Unless (any of these IN defeats this justification):
- missing-source-file-is-silent — If a node's source file no longer exists on disk, `check_stale` silently skips it; callers cannot distinguish "file deleted" from "file never tracked."
Dependents
These beliefs depend on this one:
- external-lifecycle-operates-within-rich-governance — External beliefs achieve complete automated lifecycle management within a metadata-enabled source-grounded governance framework — creation, reconciliation, staleness detection, and ongoing maintenance all operate under rich governance extending beyond binary truth values to structured lifecycle state.