{
  "handle": "FixPathTriage",
  "gloss": "Classify each finding by what fixing it requires in the deployed system, and report that beside its impact and likelihood",
  "mechanism": "Before findings are ranked, each is classified by what fixing it requires in the deployed system, for example patchable in place, including by a migration carried through an existing upgrade path; fixable only for future instances while existing instances keep the defect; or permanent, fixable only by replacing or recalling instances, or by moving their state to a new instance and restarting. The class is reported beside impact and likelihood, not folded into them, and is grounded in the deployment's actual upgrade paths, naming any that rely on a trusted party or need another party's consent. The classification is redone when those upgrade paths change.",
  "invariants": [
    "Every finding carries a fix-path class grounded in the deployed system's actual upgrade paths.",
    "The fix-path class is reported separately from impact and likelihood.",
    "A change to the deployment's upgrade paths triggers reclassification."
  ],
  "failure_modes": [
    "Source-only triage: findings are ranked as if every component could be patched, so defects in immutable components are under-ranked.",
    "Assumed upgradability: a component is treated as patchable without checking who holds the upgrade authority or whether instances are pinned.",
    "Assumed permanence: a component is classified as permanent without checking whether its existing upgrade path can carry the fix, including a migration of its state, so a replacement or restart is chosen where an upgrade would do.",
    "Stale class: an upgrade path is removed or frozen after triage and the classes are not redone."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "tier": 2,
    "related": [
      "Risk#e7f6",
      "Prioritize#99f0",
      "ErrorCostAsymmetry#b542",
      "ReversibilityCheck#7dfa"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:FixPathTriage#mh:SHA-256:c2071c0751e95db8570f9e5581bf503845b9250c7b85077fddf5077b8e9d2ede",
  "sema_ref": "FixPathTriage#c207",
  "sema_stub": "c207",
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
  "used_by": {}
}