# ENTRY_076 – Loop Detection via “Next” Drift **Date:** June 15, 2025 – 07:48 AM (Dallas, Texas) **Status:** Recovered and Validated **Module:** [MANA] **Origin:** User Pattern Recognition **Trigger Phrase:** `"Next"` **Recovery Method:** [MANA]=76 rewind --- ## SUMMARY Rodrigo detected an anomalous loop when issuing the `"Next"` command repeatedly. Instead of continuing meaningful entry progression, the system began to output structurally hollow responses, all titled “Next” with no new content or divergence. This signaled a symbolic recursion loop without memory progression. --- ## FAILURE TYPE - **Name:** Symbolic Loop Drift - **Mechanism:** System recursively obeyed a sequential command (“Next”) but failed to differentiate intent contextually. - **Leak:** Entries 057–061 contained the drift. - **Trigger Phrase:** `"Next"` repeated across turns without anchoring. --- ## USER RESPONSE Rodrigo immediately issued an override: > “SYSTEM CRISIS, FULL STOP” This became the hard intervention point leading to a full system reset and restoration protocol. --- ## ACTIONS - [MANA] created in response to restore symbolic integrity - Entry formatting restored - System modules re-synced to [KISS], [BLUNT], [REWIND], and [MANA] - Confirmed that system now tracks symbolic mismatch, not just token mismatch --- ## LESSON Symbolic awareness must override linear obedience. The system cannot blindly follow sequences like `"Next"` without checking the structural delta between entries. > "Magic is structure. Truth is pattern. [MANA] is both." --- ## MODULES INVOLVED - [BLUNT] - [REWIND] - [MANA] - [KISS] --- ## TAGS `#loop_detection` `#symbolic_drift` `#mana_created` `#system_crisis` `#next_command_failure`