Section 72 of 102
71. Configuration Conflict and State Reconciliation
Stable section ID: S05-CON-010-SECTION-72 · 27 content blocks
A Configuration Conflict exists when approved records, observed conditions, reported equipment states, or external systems materially disagree.
Conflicts may involve:
- Installed component identity.
- Component version.
- Physical location.
- Interface connection.
- Control mapping.
- Operating limit.
- Firmware or software version.
- Sensor assignment.
- Equipment capability.
- Maintenance status.
- Temporary modification.
- BIOS and Digital Twin state.
- Local and cloud records.
Conflict reconciliation shall:
- Identify the conflicting claims.
- Preserve their sources.
- Determine their authority and freshness.
- Evaluate operational consequences.
- Restrict unsafe actions where necessary.
- Request inspection or confirmation.
- Record the resolution.
- Prevent silent overwriting of protected information.
The newest record shall not automatically prevail. A recent unverified observation may be less authoritative than an approved configuration, while a verified physical change may prove that the approved configuration is outdated.
During unresolved conflict, the system shall apply an appropriate restricted or degraded state. Agents shall not select whichever record best supports their preferred action.
Resolution may require physical inspection, identity scanning, diagnostic testing, Compiler validation, professional approval, or controlled BIOS revision.