AI governor chase cycle — state machine Seven-state machine: contract opens, AI notifies, monitoring, validate commit, contract closed on the happy path; status request and escalation on the deviation path triggered by missed response windows. commit received pass fail · re-notify timer expires response no response unblocked Contract opens trigger event AI notifies sends contract spec Monitoring awaiting commit Validate commit AI checks contract Contract closed downstream unblocked Status request AI asks for update Escalation chain notified forward return deviation