# Criterion question: a chain catalogued across separate dates adds one reinforcing entry per link while describing one operation

- **Artifact ID:** CHQ-CRIT-QUESTION-2026-002
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Status:** REFERRED TO THE Q4 AUDIT
- **Public record:** https://record.cybersecurityhq.com/governance/chq-crit-question-2026-002
- **Machine-record SHA-256:** `b760bd43d99cca78f9bb53ffa135874c14f8c71f415da7d2ab4035ad9fb4efdc`

## Complete structured record

```json
{
  "id": "CHQ-CRIT-QUESTION-2026-002",
  "title": "Criterion question: a chain catalogued across separate dates adds one reinforcing entry per link while describing one operation",
  "class": "AUDIT",
  "version": "1.0",
  "effective": "2026-10-31",
  "published": "2026-11-12",
  "status": "REFERRED TO THE Q4 AUDIT",
  "status_detail": "Opened 31 October 2026. No counted set changed. The same-day pair is collapsed to one observation under the existing rule (CHQ-CORR-2026-023).",
  "rule": "Two entries listed on 30 October 2026 for one edge appliance state that they chain with each other and with an identifier already counted on the condition from 13 October. The three links compose into one operation. Whether the counting unit is the catalog entry or the operation is put to the Q4 audit.",
  "scope": "SC-2026-002.",
  "authority": "DM ratified 2026-11-12"
}
```