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id: OCX-8
family: RT-OCX
level: core
profiles: [runtime]
posture: normative-target
added: "1.0"
changed: "1.0"
source: https://flowdrop.io/spec/rules/rt-ocx/ocx-8
specification: FlowDrop Workflow Specification 1.0-draft
licence: CC BY 4.0
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# OCX-8 — A poll reports every terminal run, cancellation included

*RT-OCX (Part II) · level: core · profiles: runtime · added in 1.0*

## The rule

> **Normative.** This is the rule.
>
> 1. A poll reports runs in any terminal status, not only successful and failed ones (a cancelled run is terminal and is reported), so a polling caller always reaches an end state.
>
> 2. A run that is genuinely paused appears in no poll until it resumes or reaches a terminal status.
>
> 3. A backlog may need more than one poll to drain, and nothing is dropped on the way.

## Related rules

- Names: OCX-2, OCX-9
- Referenced by: OCX-2, OCX-7, OCX-9

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