The stale-reading gate counted its 35 s from the register's last change, so
after a rest the first read after a new command tripped it (SAFETY-58; live
2026-10-03, four trips 1 s after the command). It now counts only the time
the command asked the register to move.
At N=1 the refusal engaged after 12 frozen cycles if the reading was under
100 W at that moment, which a battery reversing through its lag passes at a
1 s meter. The refusal now needs the N>1 evidence at every roster size: under
100 W, one way, for 12 cycles spanning 22 s, restarting when the reading
moves 50 W towards the ask.
DECISIONS/SAFETY-94-lagging-battery.md; test_safety94.py.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
