# Bounded Cascade Termination

> Terminate the verify-remediate cascade on the completion AND-gate — a clean verdict, or bounded progress where findings strictly decrease within the pass bound — escalating when neither holds.

Record: `algo:bounded-cascade-termination`
Kind: quality-engine
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algo-bounded-cascade-termination
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algo/bounded-cascade-termination/closure

## stage

- [terminate](https://banes-lab.com/records/stage/terminate.md)

## axis

- [termination](https://banes-lab.com/records/reason/axis-termination.md)

## grounds

- [ter-stop](https://banes-lab.com/records/reason/node-ter-stop.md)

## derived-by

- [Quality Governance Loop](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/quality-governance-loop.md)