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A TLA+ retry-storm model shows composition can fail after a large shock

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A rely-guarantee model reproduces metastable failure when a large shock removes the base case that lets two components’ conditions support each other; a small-gain theorem offers one way to reason about such circular contracts. This is useful context for engineers modeling failure behavior across interacting systems.

What

A rely-guarantee TLA+ model composes a retry storm from two components with contracts.

How

It reproduces metastable failure: a composition that works from good states fails after a shock removes the base case sustaining both conditions.

Why it matters

Testing composed systems beyond healthy starting states can reveal failures hidden by component contracts.

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