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id: ORC-11
family: RT-ORC
level: core
profiles: [runtime]
posture: normative-target
added: "1.0"
changed: "1.0"
source: https://flowdrop.io/spec/rules/rt-orc/orc-11
specification: FlowDrop Workflow Specification 1.0-draft
licence: CC BY 4.0
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# ORC-11 — How a run's terminal status is decided

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

A single ladder, in precedence order, so a run that both failed and paused reports the failure.

## The rule

> **Normative.** This is the rule.
>
> 1. A run's terminal status is decided in this precedence: an unhandled failure makes the run failed and the remaining work skipped; otherwise an interrupt pauses the run with no reason recorded; otherwise work still ready to run pauses the run with the reason recorded; otherwise the run is completed.
>
> 2. A cancelled run never reaches this ladder; a cancel signal ends the run before it and is announced there.

## Related rules

- Names: ERR-9, ORC-10, ORC-15, INT-12
- Referenced by: ERR-5, ORC-9, ORC-10, INT-11, INT-12, ORC-15

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