An auction catalogue needs a past tense
Why preserving an earlier invitation is a different responsibility from displaying the latest inspection, and why a missing edition must remain an acknowledged gap.
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What the application should not decide by default
A bidder is more than the person answering the email
Contact maintenance should remain usable, but it must not silently transfer an existing bid to a different participant or turn an unresolved identity question into a completed update.
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A recovery plan needs a commercial continuation decision as well as a technical restoration decision, with clear authority to keep the process stopped.
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