SΔϕ-30 — Diagnosing Closed Defaults: Minimal Tests for Editable Governance after SΔϕ-29 (v1.0)

This paper extends SΔϕ-29 by distinguishing between formally declared editability and operationally real editability. The central claim is that many systems present themselves as revisable, participatory, or open while functioning in practice as closed-default regimes. To diagnose this gap, the paper proposes four minimal tests for editable governance: Revision Reality Test, Rollback Reality Test, Exception Re-entry Test, and Authority Distribution Test. Revision Reality Test asks whether revision is actually exercised rather than merely declared. Rollback Reality Test asks whether reversal remains timely before restoration cost explodes. Exception Re-entry Test asks whether anomalies can materially alter the…