Fail Tax

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Named instrument that catalogs what a failed build actually costs beyond the visible rebuild line. Ten-line ledger: rebuild cost, compounding deficit during the fail window, cast cost doubled, lead cost, margin cost, time cost, Guest memory cost, trust cost with the cast that stayed, reputation cost in the operator network, compounding loss of optionality. Alt-name [Rebuild Ledger] in drift dossier.