# Cursor Optimization Risk Register

**Last Updated:** 2026-04-03

Known risks for continuous optimization runs.

## Risk Template

- Risk ID:
- Category:
- Description:
- Trigger:
- Impact:
- Mitigation:
- Escalation action:

## Active Risks

- Risk ID: `R-001`
- Category: routing
- Description: under-routing caused by over-aggressive glob narrowing
- Trigger: golden probes lose expected rule coverage
- Impact: quality drift / missing guidance
- Mitigation: probe checks before merge; default to defer when uncertain
- Escalation action: stop run and add backlog item with reproduction

- Risk ID: `R-002`
- Category: safety
- Description: critical API/security/base guidance moved out of runtime paths
- Trigger: major rules stop matching affected runtime files
- Impact: high (possible unsafe edits)
- Mitigation: maintain non-negotiable guardrail list
- Escalation action: immediate rollback of risky scoping change

- Risk ID: `R-003`
- Category: governance
- Description: CI friction from premature hard-gates
- Trigger: frequent false-positive failures after adding checks
- Impact: delivery slowdown
- Mitigation: warn-first stages with decision-logged promotion
- Escalation action: revert stage to previous level and tune checks

- Risk ID: `R-004`
- Category: docs freshness
- Description: volatile docs become stale and mislead operators
- Trigger: freshness checker failures
- Impact: medium
- Mitigation: explicit volatile list + max age policy
- Escalation action: block stage-4 gate and refresh docs first