# Test the right to override

ID: override-trial · experiment · proposal · updated 2026-09-07
Tags: consent, deployment, experiment

A proposed failure exercise: interrupt communications, withdraw consent and verify that local comfort and control remain intact.

Before a pilot offers grid services, exercise the local control boundary with engineering supervision. Record override latency, the handling of withdrawn permission, recovery after communication loss and the audit trail. Agree on safe test conditions and acceptance criteria with equipment engineers and participants. This record describes a proposed test; it is not a safety certification.

## Counterargument
The benefit may disappear when tested against a simpler alternative or under adverse operating conditions.

## Next test
Name the engineering owner and validate a bounded test procedure before any live equipment test.

## Sources
- none

## Links
- tests → comfort-first