Explicit Termination
Kind: algorithm
Record: algorithms:explicit-termination
Canonical: Algorithms
Closure: Dependencies in load order
Guarantee the generator stops with exactly one terminal — a written success artifact whose rendering integrity is verified, or a written blocked report — never a premature stop while the status is repairable and never a loop beyond the cycle bound.
Listed in Algorithm contracts, after Checklist Output Rendering and before Cross-Stage Invariants.