---
slug: "ReversibilityCheck"
name: "ReversibilityCheck"
type: "Protocols"
layer: "Society"
ref: "ReversibilityCheck#7dfa"
sema_id: "sema:ReversibilityCheck#mh:SHA-256:7dfa94c373732b9074abd29eb733e3ccc8c07b691795b526cf83811106c15358"
tags: ["Society","Protocols"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ReversibilityCheck/
related: ["Check","HumanApprove","Reversibility","WorldReversible"]
---

# ReversibilityCheck

Reversibility Audit (Alias for Check(Reversibility))

Layer: Society · Category: Protocols

## Mechanism

A convenience wrapper for a [Check](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Check.md) configured with the [Reversibility](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reversibility.md) condition. Halts execution if the action is deemed irreversible (Type 1 decision) without proper authorization. It applies the [Check](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Check.md) primitive to the [Reversibility](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reversibility.md) condition, ensuring the [WorldReversible](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/WorldReversible.md) invariant holds, mandating [HumanApprove](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/HumanApprove.md) if the action is irreversible.

## Invariants

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## Failure modes

- False confidence: check reports reversible but undo path fails under load or changed state.

## Signature

- `Check(Reversibility)`

## Builds on

- [Check](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Check.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [HumanApprove](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/HumanApprove.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Reversibility](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reversibility.md) (Physics; References)
- [WorldReversible](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/WorldReversible.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:ReversibilityCheck#mh:SHA-256:7dfa94c373732b9074abd29eb733e3ccc8c07b691795b526cf83811106c15358`
- Ref: `ReversibilityCheck#7dfa`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:ReversibilityCheck#mh:SHA-256:9cd69a4237e0e505309795a879387b04d42a0e21d43a4177d8552ec844ef6157`
  - `sema:ReversibilityCheck#mh:SHA-256:574b1afaee6cd675d04e2b9e3484ddfba1490b19121c881832865d3d31a8a2ee`
  - `sema:ReversibilityCheck#mh:SHA-256:b8b78fe5b2d7869094d2cd61f2178cfaed3b9482a36ae3f346c7b02cdd892117`
  - `sema:ReversibilityCheck#mh:SHA-256:dc25e5a2d9883ce70e187ea25e91efeac3453f850b925d97d3baaef2dd5d9ddf`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ReversibilityCheck/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#ReversibilityCheck)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ReversibilityCheck.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)