{
  "handle": "Robustness",
  "mechanism": "The capacity of a system or argument to maintain its validity and function under stress, perturbation, or attack. Unlike Antifragility (which gains from disorder), Robustness merely resists it. It acts as a stability criterion for all checks and structures.",
  "gloss": "Resistance to failure under stress",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Rigidity: {{system}} becomes too stiff to adapt",
    "False Robustness: Valid only under known stressors, fragile to black swans"
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Names the stress envelope it holds under.",
    "Names the validity criterion the {{system}} preserves within that envelope.",
    "Function is preserved under stress, not improved by it."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 1,
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Protocols"
    ],
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  "sema_ref": "Robustness#5304",
  "sema_stub": "5304",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "system": "sema:System#mh:SHA-256:f8eb318a1113a10fead02fbf14ae433767ac1a69c9579cdb584cc622068e90b3"
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  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Protocols",
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    "references": {
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}