The Principia Machina/Diagrams/C3 Container lifecycle pipeline

Conceptual diagram 3 of 5. Part of the TPM hub.

• KIND: process
• LANGUAGE: Mermaid flow
• GENERATED FROM: declared by the human 2026-09-17; TPS 5.5-5.10, 4.1-4.6, 3.4, 2.5
• STATUS: hand-authored at TPS 0.1.0; conceptual, kept by the human; never generated
• SOURCE SHA-256: 268d90bf63b3d9c89cc7cb21a1eb3b89d9887d1781040385faeb3b1f5dd41074
• KEY: key for process diagrams: what each shape and arrow means; definition of terms; contents of the specification

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Stage 1 Draft: a DRAFT CONTAINER enters its zones in order and each rejected component returns to the author (5.5.1, 5.5.2). Stage 2 Certify: TPX computes the four digests, obtains the UUID and prefix, writes the candidate certificate; H-DECL lands it as a DECLARATIONS line; TPX initializes the container and appends the BUILD CHAIN line (5.5.3, 5.5.4). Stage 3 Work: the lock, work blocks, landings, manifest and badge written last, release after push (5.7 to 5.10). Stage 4 Audit: the CAC at every run applies SR1 to SR9, writes strikes, and opens audit blocks that end in decision items (4.1 to 4.6). Stage 5 Succession: a digest-gate failure or a change request leads to RESTORE, FORK or COPY-FORWARD into a successor; retirement leaves pages read-only (2.5.7, 3.4, 5.11.6).