Permit “No Exact Source Found”

Capture

The system must not force a source match.

Why

The pressure to always return a Ben video could create false authority.

Refusal to fabricate is part of the product value.

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Why-Not

The rejected path would make permit “No Exact Source Found” too easy to treat as an implementation detail instead of a public boundary. The ADR preserves the tradeoff explicitly so later product work cannot silently widen authority.

Commit

Decision: The system must not force a source match.

The decision becomes a constraint on future product behavior and public positioning.

Confidence: Medium-high for public architecture; implementation details remain private and subject to launch evidence.

Timestamp

2026-07-17