ladder

To unblock tasks stuck in fix-loops or context failures, use a structured escalation ladder that guides teams from initial retries to cross-council disputes, enforcing attempt budgets and logging ADRs for traceability.

An ADR-backed escalation ladder is a formal governance process that moves blocked tasks through defined rungs, from Rung 0 retries to Rung 6 user involvement, documenting architectural decisions to reduce wasted cycles and firefighting.

Escalate cross-council disputes by advancing the blocked task up the escalation ladder to Rung 3, applying rung budgets to constrain attempts and recording ADRs to ensure formal governance and dispute resolution traceability.

Park a blocked task when fix-loop exhaustion or context failures persist beyond defined rung budgets, preserving work artifacts and logging parking triggers in status.json to support future revival when conditions change.

Initiate the escalation process for user-dependent blockers by dispatching Rung 0, referencing the ladder-matrix, and progressively advancing through rungs up to Rung 6 while logging ADRs for each transition to ensure accountability.

Trace blocked task states by storing rung state in status.json and logging parking triggers, which preserves revival readiness and ensures work artifacts remain documented for future reconsideration when conditions change.