What-if branch

A labelled figure computed by code under each open reading of a flagged value, one branch per hypothesis, the full cross product when several rulings are open at once. A conditional figure computed and labelled as conditional is disclosure, not revaluing, and it answers the reader's real question on the page.

Principle 7 · Clean by relabelling, never by revaluing

Where does What-if branch come from?

Principle 7 of the Kymira doctrine, Clean by relabelling, never by revaluing. What-if branch is the name the doctrine gives to what that principle requires in practice.

What failure is What-if branch named after?

Phantom margin from one bad cost line. A single corrupted cost value manufactured margin swings across an entire category.

What does it look like on a real file?

Under the entry error reading the row is repriced, under the scope reading it is excluded, and both figures appear on the page.

Not for

Not a correction. A what-if branch is labelled conditional and never replaces the source value in the certified column.

Nearest terms

Flag stakesWhat a flag must carry to count as one: the flagged row's share of every headline it feeds, at...Relabel, never revalueThe line between cleaning data and authoring it PROPOSED rulingThe status a fork ruling takes when nobody can be asked: an unattended or scheduled run...

Last updated 2026-09-02 · Dylan, founder · one of 40 terms in the Kymira glossary, each one named after something we watched go wrong in a real build or in our own audits.

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