Obligation Lifecycle

The Lifecycle

Transitions Explained

An obligation begins with frozen delivery conditions. A waiting gate can block or open; opening passes through eligibility and authorization in one transaction. Application outcomes retain partial progress or finish delivery, and staff recover a failure with a fresh authorization or a recorded resolution.

What Cannot Happen

Persistence and database guards prevent regression and preserve terminal cancellation, resolution and supersession. The eligible cancellation edge is permitted by the transition table, but normal gate opening does not expose an intervening request opportunity.

Concurrency and Timing

Financial events and staff actions can evaluate waiting gates. The sweep examines bounded pending and overdue pages, excludes blocked obligations and cannot promise a recovery deadline. Physical units retain the same acknowledgement expiry policy as other delivery work.