# Continuity of control over persistent resources

ID: continuity-of-agency
Canonical: https://rezonansapp.com/nodes/continuity-of-agency
Version: 1
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Epistemic kind: reconstruction

## Question

Who can legitimately control persistent resources after the process or agent that created them ends?

## Formulation

Persistent resources raise a continuity problem: unrestricted recovery enables appropriation, while strict attachment to a terminated process may make recovery impossible.

## Tension

Identity continuity, access capability, and entitlement cannot be assumed to be the same thing.

## Challenge

What evidence of continuity should survive a restart, fork, or replacement?