{
  "handle": "Snapshot",
  "mechanism": "A static, immutable record of the {{state}} of a {{system}} or object at a specific point in time.",
  "gloss": "Immutable state record",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Serialization Gap: In-memory state (e.g., open sockets) that cannot be serialized.",
    "Corruption: Snapshot hash matches but data is unreadable.",
    "Staleness: Restoring from a snapshot that is logically valid but temporally obsolete."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 0,
    "related": [
      "sema:StateSnapshot#mh:SHA-256:c86b7e118ded573ed0dd2c4b2ced4928d1c9d4c7644ebc2d0f99a9281cece4b2"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Infrastructure",
      "Data Structures"
    ]
  },
  "data_schema": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
      "snapshot_id",
      "timestamp",
      "state_hash",
      "data"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "snapshot_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "target_system_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "timestamp": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "date-time"
      },
      "state_hash": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Merkle root of the state"
      },
      "data": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "The actual serialized state payload"
      },
      "meta": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "reason": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "creator_id": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Snapshot#mh:SHA-256:390d2ec2934136d534f969b4039e6b899d2ed3956ddd8aa0ca4754068ed8d133",
  "sema_ref": "Snapshot#390d",
  "sema_stub": "390d",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "state": "sema:State#mh:SHA-256:4f25e6a16ccd37dc0bc154cccc7055cb504d49daa8b712f372a425eb6c7b8cb2",
      "system": "sema:System#mh:SHA-256:f8eb318a1113a10fead02fbf14ae433767ac1a69c9579cdb584cc622068e90b3"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Infrastructure",
  "sema_category": "Data Structures",
  "used_by": {
    "composes_with": {
      "AuditTrail": "sema:AuditTrail#mh:SHA-256:163b784f86e448340b94d0459483f0f476e052b5b7c589113f5c7df5dd1115a8"
    },
    "yields": {
      "Disband": "sema:Disband#mh:SHA-256:f11c01b825e33615ddb25261966af65da93ffc6a8fb72456692804040130e32a"
    },
    "references": {
      "StateSnapshot": "sema:StateSnapshot#mh:SHA-256:d75752f332fe14ae3abf2253a45ab180034d2becc3a7e19e3e30da3c94b3c636"
    }
  }
}