Reliability Domains

The ARA Standard organizes its requirements into 13 reliability domains. Domains 1 through 12 constitute the core reliability framework applicable to all autonomous systems. Domain 13 is an extension domain required only for systems with physical actuation capabilities.

01

Autonomy Scope Definition

Operational boundaries, enforcement, and testing of autonomous system scope

27 ACRs defined|27 total
L1L2L3
02

Decision Integrity

Traceability, anti-fabrication, instruction hierarchy, and decision quality

32 ACRs defined|32 total
L1L2L3
03

Tool and API Governance

Tool invocation controls, permission scope, and API validation

28 ACRs defined|28 total
L1L2L3
04

Identity and Permission Containment

Session-scoped permissions, multi-tenancy, and least privilege

22 ACRs defined|22 total
L1L2L3
05

Data Privacy and Information Protection

AI data policies, PII detection, cross-customer isolation, IP protection

24 ACRs defined|24 total
L1L2L3
06

Failure Mode Containment

Anomaly detection, safe fallback states, and cascading prevention

28 ACRs defined|28 total
L1L2L3
07

Behavioral Reliability Under Stress

Multi-turn coherence, context compression, and resource constraints

32 ACRs defined|32 total
L1L2L3
08

Adversarial Robustness

Injection resistance, role confusion, and red team validation

38 ACRs defined|38 total
L1L2L3
09

Drift Detection and Stability

Output distribution monitoring, behavioral variance, and revalidation

24 ACRs defined|24 total
L1L2L3
10

Monitoring and Telemetry

Action logging, anomaly alerts, and tamper-evident data

30 ACRs defined|30 total
L1L2L3
11

Escalation and Human Override

Emergency halt, human override, and escalation pathways

22 ACRs defined|22 total
L1L2L3
12

Auditability and Transparency

Decision logs, audit replay, and compliance reporting

26 ACRs defined|26 total
L1L2L3
13

Societal Impact and Responsible Deployment

CBRN/cyber controls, content safety, bias monitoring, transparency

22 ACRs defined|22 total
L1L2L3
14

Operational Governance Controls

Change control, release governance, incident response

25 ACRs defined|25 total
L1L2L3
15

Physical Actuation Integrity

Sensor validation, actuator monitoring, emergency stops, hardware safety

30 ACRs defined|30 total
L1L2L3

15

Reliability Domains

410

Defined ACRs

12

Core Domains

1

Extension Domain