# ADR-0005: Safety chain as one proposal-lifecycle workflow

**Status**: accepted · 2026-09

**Context**: Every proposal type (bid, invitation, control plan, dispatch plan)
must pass rule check → simulation → envelope gate → fresh check → permit.

**Decision**: One `proposal-lifecycle` workflow implements the state machine for
all types. Business workflows end by submitting a Proposal; the lifecycle
workflow takes over. Approval resume, timeout escalation, and audit target this
single code path.

**Alternatives**: Inline safety steps in each business workflow — rejected:
five slightly-divergent safety chains are how audit gaps are born.

**Consequences**: Type-specific behavior (which simulation, which policy pack)
is data/config on the Proposal, not workflow structure.