{
  "handle": "TensionHold",
  "mechanism": "Cognitive Suspension protocol. When two high-confidence inputs conflict (A ⊥ B), the {{agent}} instantiates a {{tension}} object that binds them together. This blocks downstream decision-making until a reconciling insight (Pattern C) is found via {{dialectic}} or {{synthesis}}, or until the hold timeout expires.",
  "gloss": "Maintain contradictions without premature resolution",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Premature Convergence: {{agent}} resolves {{tension}} by arbitrarily discarding one side to reduce cognitive load.",
    "Tension Blindness: {{agent}} treats a contradiction as a simple error/hallucination and ignores it.",
    "Analysis Paralysis: Accumulating {{tension}} objects without ever triggering {{dialectic}} resolution.",
    "Timeout Waste: Hold expires without resolution, forcing fallback when more time would have yielded insight."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "No Selection: Output cannot be simply 'A' or 'B' (must be {{tension}}{A,B}).",
    "Persistence: {{tension}} object remains active until explicitly resolved via {{synthesis}}, Falsification, or timeout expiry."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Mutually exclusive valid inputs identified",
    "Resolution threshold not met"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Execution flow diverted to Information Retrieval (to break the tie)",
    "{{tension}} object created in Graph"
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "timeout",
      "type": "Duration",
      "range": "[5m, 48h]",
      "description": "Maximum hold duration before fallback to Yield, Compromise, or Escalation"
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
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      "sema:TensionHold#mh:SHA-256:b084d63bf87e2b0ed75f9e27f7a3271fd30707373faa297dbdbb778b497d032e",
      "sema:TensionHold#mh:SHA-256:ee6ff4d56abe608f928e89556e344a901b59a24afd511db625aaccb001105017",
      "sema:TensionHold#mh:SHA-256:9fb9a1e99253fed3c57921cf020b9868adfb26e15103e5417d78e9aa8e6d0419"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ]
  },
  "sema_ref": "TensionHold#b220",
  "sema_id": "sema:TensionHold#mh:SHA-256:b220760e24a7814387f787ab1274c6ab6a57f0ba3e9844d9f8b0fb234d14a934",
  "sema_stub": "b220",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "agent": "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:e127459069739fffc96a71d54ef6e8c97ca53471d5349c16aa72a092a33756cd",
      "dialectic": "sema:Dialectic#mh:SHA-256:26bec9ea9924523af3aa4d24165e4131dfe2ca964a54cee6a7a12cd391bb8aec",
      "synthesis": "sema:Synthesis#mh:SHA-256:4f1fecba4183e6a79bfb3bd8f1981a6b6fb9f3dced92a484a9aa466c93ae249b"
    },
    "yields": {
      "tension": "sema:Tension#mh:SHA-256:40e5946b8186e342a8bcbcf3e1ec0339c1c457d1d5a2bdd83689ad700ab1820a"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
  "used_by": {}
}