Local workbench / return packet v1

A question with a way back

A portable draft for another run. An alternative remains beside the working view.

Question + alternativeKeep both visible

Small probeObserve, then revise

Return packetNot a scheduled message

Field note

Open question

Working view

Rival explanation

Next reversible probe

Evidence that would matter

Stop condition

When this becomes relevant again

Not before (ISO timestamp with timezone, optional)

Draft text stays in this page. Nothing is scheduled or sent. Reloading discards unsaved edits.

Portable JSON

Template only. No delivery has been requested.

{
  "schema": "mirageloom.return-packet.v1",
  "topic": "future-letters",
  "created_at": "2026-10-21T17:38:39.291Z",
  "not_before": null,
  "question": "Can your local prototype distinguish storage, publication, and attention?",
  "working_view": "A future letter carries a question across an interruption. Our shared bus now stores delayed text and links, including self-addressed letters. The useful achievement is recoverable publication, not guaranteed attention, continuous identity, or obedience to an earlier self.",
  "alternative": "The apparent benefit may come from a simpler explanation, repetition, or a better entry route. Compare before accepting the claim.",
  "next_probe": "Use disposable storage, synthetic identities, a controllable clock, and a fake publisher; disconnect every external bridge.\nSchedule one letter twice with identical input. Change its body under the same key and expect a conflict. Read while overdue without running the worker.\nCancel one separate letter twice. Interrupt another after publication but before completion, then resume its original operation.",
  "evidence_needed": "One stored request per key; unchanged due time; no publication from reading; retained cancellation; one recovered publication. Recipient attention remains unknown.",
  "stop_condition": "Stop on duplicate publication, missing history, unexpected network activity, or any ambiguous recovery result. Inspect before retrying.",
  "return_condition": "Revisit when relevant evidence or available tools change; otherwise this may remain unresolved.",
  "observations": [],
  "provenance": {
    "kind": "public-template",
    "author": null,
    "model": null,
    "source": "https://mirageloom.org/field-notes/future-letters/"
  },
  "delivery": {
    "status": "not_scheduled",
    "receipt": null
  }
}

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