A minor deviation was recorded in Nutritional Dispensary 14-C when a flavorless Nutrient Pack labeled 4-A-Red was found to contain 2.3 grams more substance than the standardized fill threshold. Per Inter-Bureau Procedure 2-Δ, such deviations must be verified by the Bureau of Verification and simultaneously confirmed by the Office of Confirmed Outcomes. However, BoV cannot verify a deviation without prior confirmation, and OCO cannot confirm one without prior verification. As a result, both departments entered a procedural holding loop, each awaiting the other’s action. For 27 continuous hours, communications cycled between the two offices, producing 643 iterations of “awaiting counterpart confirmation.” No escalation was triggered, as no violation occurred. On hour 26, both agencies filed internal success forms acknowledging the maintenance of protocol discipline. On hour 27, the alert auto-expired and was reclassified as "archived." The deviation was neither confirmed nor denied.

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  The Nutrient Pack was issued to a citizen during the confirmation window. No complaints were received. When surveyed, the citizen responded with the word “variable,” which was recorded as context neutral and classified as non-disruptive. Because no contradiction was officially acknowledged, no policy breach occurred. No revisions were made to Inter-Bureau Procedure 2-Δ, though a new clause was appended stating that confirmation loops exceeding 36 hours shall be retroactively reclassified as non-urgent. The matter has been scheduled for future review. The review protocol has not yet been drafted.

  The incident was recorded as a successful demonstration of mutual institutional respect, recursive procedural fidelity, and the durability of non-escalation frameworks.