5.7 Runtime Plane Discipline in Implementation

Go To Phase 0 Implementation Principles

Phase 0 implementation work must preserve Runtime Plane discipline.

Implementation artifacts must distinguish Control Plane, Data Plane, Health and Observability Plane, Policy and Release Plane, and Audit and Provenance Plane concerns. A single implementation mechanism may address concerns from more than one plane, but it must still preserve the purpose, traceability, and review expectations associated with each plane.

This principle prevents implementation convenience from collapsing architectural concerns. A status report, control command, transaction record, policy decision, audit record, and provenance record may all move through implementation mechanisms, but each retains its Runtime Plane meaning.