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id: "rlm_axiom_017"
category: "general"
date: "2026-02-23"
source_file: "rlm_axioms_2026_02_23.jsonl"
---

# rlm_axiom_017

**principle**: Failure is living data: every failure must be processed through 4 steps (DIAGNOSE → ROOT CAUSE → PRE-MORTEM → EVOLVE) and committed to KG. Unprocessed failures compound into systemic rot. Genesis never falls into the same hole twice.

**evidence**: RULE 14. DT18 WebSocket failure processed into axiom_dt18_critical. Telnyx parent toggle failure processed into rlm_axiom_003. Each failure spawns specific guardrail. Failure log at KNOWLEDGE_GRAPH/entities/failure_evolution_log.jsonl.

**strength**: high
