---
slug: "Status"
name: "Status"
type: "Data Structures"
layer: "Infrastructure"
ref: "Status#8e6f"
sema_id: "sema:Status#mh:SHA-256:8e6f3b6c796ea10bd810932d983144bd3b5b732f0dca26f960df0572c1479c80"
tags: ["Infrastructure","Data Structures"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Status/
related: ["Check","EpistemicCascade","PURECheck"]
---

# Status

Graded verification outcome: Verified, Falsified, or Unknown

Layer: Infrastructure · Category: Data Structures

## Mechanism

The graded verification outcome type: Verified (the check passed), Falsified (the check failed), or Unknown (the check could not reach a definitive answer). Carries an optional reason field explaining the outcome. Distinct from Boolean (strict two-valued, no Unknown) and from Decision (three-valued with proceed/halt/debt operational semantics).

## Invariants

- Tri-valued: exactly one of {Verified, Falsified, Unknown}.
- Unknown is not a failure: it is an honest absence of evidence, distinct from Falsified.

## Failure modes

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## Data schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "value"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "value": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Verified",
        "Falsified",
        "Unknown"
      ],
      "description": "The outcome of a verification operation"
    },
    "reason": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional explanation for the outcome"
    }
  }
}
```

## Builds on

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## Used by

- [Check](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Check.md) (Infrastructure; Yields)
- [EpistemicCascade](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/EpistemicCascade.md) (Mind; References)
- [PURECheck](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/PURECheck.md) (Mind; Yields)
- [PURECheck](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/PURECheck.md) (Mind; Yields)
- [PURECheck](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/PURECheck.md) (Mind; Yields)
- [PURECheck](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/PURECheck.md) (Mind; Yields)
- [PURECheck](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/PURECheck.md) (Mind; Yields)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Status#mh:SHA-256:8e6f3b6c796ea10bd810932d983144bd3b5b732f0dca26f960df0572c1479c80`
- Ref: `Status#8e6f`

## Links

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