# PAT-0260 — Cross-Layer Escalation

## Ontology Metadata

Code: PAT-0260
Version: PAT-0260@0.1.0
Ontology release: 0.1.0
Updated: 2026-05-10T00:00:00Z
Canonical URL: /workbench/patterns/cross-layer-escalation/

## Summary

A structural condition where escalation originating in one layer propagates into another authority, boundary, or control layer without explicit authorization.

## Primary Lenses

- LEN-0250 — Propagation Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/propagation-lens/
  - Summary: Traces how structural declarations, effects, or state changes propagate across boundaries or stages.
- LEN-0220 — Isolation Boundary Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/isolation-boundary-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates whether structural constraints, effects, and regions remain contained within declared boundaries.

## Secondary Lenses

- LEN-0190 — Escalation Gradient Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/escalation-gradient-lens/
  - Summary: Measures structural growth or intensification across sequential executions, states, or transitions.

## Primary Issue Matches

None.

## Supporting Issue Matches

None.