Activities and tasks outlive the records they concern

Context

A relationship record can disappear while earlier interactions and outstanding work remain relevant. Context removal and work removal need separate semantics.

Decision

The existing retention ruling is cited rather than decided again. Database cascades remove links and clear task context; local merge policies move retained context. The planned orphan-management and deletion-audit behavior remains deferred.

Alternatives Considered

The structured alternatives describe concrete competing designs and their tradeoffs. Where the origin records an existing ruling, it remains the authority; an observed implementation does not establish Product’s rejection of every alternative.

Consequences

Deleting context does not erase the interaction or work. A removed primary is not automatically replaced, and direct task-reference changes can leave attention context stale.