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  "slug": "how-must-an-instance-bound-an-evergreen-auto-renewal-window-shorter-than-the-counterparty-evaluation-cycle",
  "title": "How must an instance bound an evergreen auto-renewal window shorter than the counterparty evaluation cycle?",
  "date_of_record": "2026 November 2",
  "scope": "Applies to evergreen contracts that auto-renew for a full term unless notice is given within a fixed window, where the counterparty's evaluation-then-notice cycle may exceed that window. Does not apply to fixed-term contracts with no auto-renewal.",
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    "core_distinction": "An evergreen renewal is a default continuation with an opt-out. The opt-out window is the only opportunity to exit; if the counterparty's evaluation cycle plus delivery lag exceeds that window, the counterparty is functionally unable to opt out. **Invariant.** The renewal window permits exit if and only if `auto_renewal_notice_window >= evaluation_cycle + de...",
    "what_was_observed": "**Signature.** Counterparty surprise on renewal. Notice of intent not to renew arriving after the window closed. Renewal terms materially worse than the review the counterparty intended to do. **Trace.** Window 30 days. Counterparty evaluation cycle (audit, budget approval, procurement) 45 days. Delivery lag (board approval to signed notice) 15 days. Total cycle 60 days; window closes at 30. The counterparty starts e...",
    "condition_of_validity": "The instance must ensure at least one holds before it treats the renewal window as fair: 1. **Must size window to evaluation cycle.** `notice_window >= evaluation_cycle + delivery_lag + margin`, measured on the counterparty's actual process, not the instance's. 2. **Must surface decision time.** A reminder is emitted before the window opens, not inside it, s...",
    "decision_boundary": "- Window sized to full evaluation cycle: exit is feasible. - Window sized to delivery lag only: exit is possible but structurally pressured; treat as borderline. - Window sized smaller than either: the counterparty cannot opt out in practice. Renegotiate the window or convert to opt-in. - Evergreen with no window at all: infinite term by default; not a feasi...",
    "operational_effect": "The invariant couples a clause drafted for convenience (short window, simple default) to a decision process that runs on a longer clock. The instance's correct move is to align the window to the counterparty's observable cycle. **Trap.** Lengthen the window slightly. That improves the arithmetic without matching the process; the counterparty's cycle is not c..."
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