# Cycle Governance v0.1

## Program status
Autorite is an **open-ended research program**. The program itself has no terminal `CLOSED` state.

\[
Autorite = C_1 \rightarrow C_2 \rightarrow C_3 \rightarrow \cdots
\]

This sequence does not assume convergence to a final theory.

## Cycle status
Individual Cycles are finite research commitments and may close.

Lifecycle:
`PLANNED → OPEN → ACTIVE → REVIEW → CLOSED → PUBLISHED`

`CLOSED` means the Cycle's declared research obligations have been resolved as completed, validly blocked, falsified, indeterminate or explicitly transferred. It does **not** mean all questions were solved.

## Mandatory Cycle close outputs
Every closed Cycle publishes:
- Cycle Manifest and initial questions;
- packages executed;
- preregistrations/protocols;
- valid negative and positive results;
- deviations and invalidated runs;
- Synthesis Review;
- Foundation Review where applicable;
- What Changed;
- What Remains Open;
- canonical knowledge snapshot;
- Transition Record for the next Cycle.

## Next Cycle
Cycle N+1 is generated from Cycle N evidence and Transition Review, not from a fixed long-range roadmap.

## Completion
Cycle completion is **not time-based**. It is derived from declared research obligations. Days elapsed may be displayed secondarily but never determine the Cycle Ring.

## Git anchors
Recommended lifecycle anchors:
- `cycle-NN-open`
- `cycle-NN-checkpoint-*`
- `cycle-NN-close`

`main` remains the living current state. `cycle-NN-close` is an immutable historical snapshot.