# Phase Close Gate

> Make completion a gated state of the plan rather than a judgment call — a phase closes only when all tasks are done, a dry reconciliation pass holds, verify is clean for the chosen scope, and the coverage graph confirms the ripple set; otherwise the loop returns to execution.

Record: `algorithms:phase-close-gate`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-phase-close-gate
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/phase-close-gate/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Boundary Reconciliation](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/boundary-reconciliation.md) and before [Plan Phase Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/plan-phase-verification.md).

## Domain

- [Governed plan loop](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/governed-plan-loop.md)

## Stage

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

## Axis

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

## Tier

- [process](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-process.md)

## Composes

- [Validation Gate](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/validation-gate.md)
- [Boundary Reconciliation](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/boundary-reconciliation.md)

## Composed by

- [Governed Autonomous Plan Loop](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/governed-autonomous-plan-loop.md)
- [<Governed Plan Concern>](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/governed-plan-concern.md)

## Grounds

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

## Named in the derivation of

- [Governed Autonomous Plan Loop](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/governed-autonomous-plan-loop.md)

## Math type

- [Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-optimization.md)

## Force

- [Correctness verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/correctness-verification.md)
- [Security governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/security-governance.md)
- [State transaction](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/state-transaction.md)

## Linked from

- [Context verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-context-verification.md)
- [Governed plan loop](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-governed-plan-loop.md)
- [The derivation loop](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/reasoning-loop-derivation-loop.md)
- [The axes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-axes.md)
- [The nodes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-nodes.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)