hints-exclude-directly-retracted-node
IN premise
The node passed to `retract_node` never appears in the `restoration_hints` list — only cascade victims with surviving premises do.
Summary
When a node is explicitly retracted by the user, the system doesn't bother generating restoration hints for it — that retraction was intentional, so there's nothing to "hint" about restoring. Restoration hints are reserved for collateral damage: nodes that went OUT only because something they depended on was retracted, and that could potentially come back if given alternative support.
Dependents
These beliefs depend on this one:
- restoration-hints-are-surgical — Restoration hints provide surgical recovery guidance after retraction cascades: hints exclude the directly retracted node (targeting only cascade victims) and require at least one surviving premise in a multi-premise justification — narrowing recovery scope to nodes that can actually be independently re-justified.
Details
| Source | entries/2026/04/24/tests-test_any_mode.md |