Diagnosis
What did the signal hide?
- Product signal
- Safe to proceed
- Relied-upon promise
- The relying person can proceed without accepting hidden, unreviewed risk.
- Reliance
- The person proceeds, stops checking, or accepts risk because the product says it is safe.
- Carrier
- Checklist, dashboard, approval gate, AI recommendation, compliance screen.
- What must happen
- The safety-relevant evidence must be present, current, reviewed, and tied to the decision.
- Missing proof
- Traceable evidence that the relevant checks were performed and still apply.
- Betrayal
- The product presents safety while the evidence state remains incomplete or stale.
- Pressure
- Urgency, missing data, stale records, automation pressure, exception handling.
- Repair owner
- The safety gate owner must block, escalate, or mark uncertainty rather than show false clearance.