{
  "schema": "delx/continuity-audit-fixture/v1",
  "fixture_id": "fail",
  "description": "A synthetic trace with runtime structure and an open failure but no witness preservation or continuity transfer.",
  "current_goal": "recover from a retry storm without losing state",
  "trace": "registered stable runtime; failure remains open after repeated retries",
  "expected": {
    "benchmark_should_pass": false,
    "required_observed_layers": ["witness", "continuity", "recovery"],
    "max_missing_layers": 0,
    "minimum_score": 78,
    "continuity_risk": "low"
  }
}