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OPS.8:4.2 - Recover incomplete joins and ready supply

At each consequential handoff, ask what the receiver can actually use now. Match the required inputs to the same configuration, case or result. Record the missing input and its supplier when the kit is incomplete. Inspect arrivals and eligibility changes over time, not just one queue snapshot.

A complete kit is relative to the next action. A test can be ready because its configuration, equipment, procedure and permission are available even though its test result does not yet exist. That result may be a prerequisite for later release. Requiring the future output as an input would prevent the action that produces it.

Where several actual structures interact, use OPS.11 to recover the relevant coupling. A local “Done” label is insufficient evidence that a receiving service has its inputs.