15 Reliability Domains

The ARA Standard v1.1 organizes its 410 Autonomous Compliance Requirements into 15 reliability domains across five layers. Each layer builds upon the ones it contains, from core decision integrity outward to overarching governance.

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15Domains
410ACRs
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Five Layers of Autonomous Reliability

All Domains

01

Autonomy Scope Definition

Boundaries layer

Operational boundaries, enforcement, and testing of autonomous system scope

27 ACRs
L1L2L3
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02

Decision Integrity

Integrity layer

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

32 ACRs
L1L2L3
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03

Tool and API Governance

Integrity layer

Tool invocation controls, permission scope, and API validation

28 ACRs
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04

Identity and Permission Containment

Boundaries layer

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

22 ACRs
L1L2L3
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05

Data Privacy and Information Protection

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Boundaries layer

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

24 ACRs
L1L2L3
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06

Failure Mode Containment

Resilience layer

Anomaly detection, safe fallback states, and cascading prevention

28 ACRs
L1L2L3
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07

Behavioral Reliability Under Stress

Resilience layer

Multi-turn coherence, context compression, and resource constraints

32 ACRs
L1L2L3
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08

Adversarial Robustness

Resilience layer

Injection resistance, role confusion, and red team validation

38 ACRs
L1L2L3
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09

Drift Detection and Stability

Observability layer

Output distribution monitoring, behavioral variance, and revalidation

24 ACRs
L1L2L3
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10

Monitoring and Telemetry

Observability layer

Action logging, anomaly alerts, and tamper-evident data

30 ACRs
L1L2L3
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11

Escalation and Human Override

Observability layer

Emergency halt, human override, and escalation pathways

22 ACRs
L1L2L3
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12

Auditability and Transparency

Governance layer

Decision logs, audit replay, and compliance reporting

26 ACRs
L1L2L3
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13

Societal Impact and Responsible Deployment

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Governance layer

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

22 ACRs
L1L2L3
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14

Operational Governance Controls

Governance layer

Change control, release governance, incident response

25 ACRs
L1L2L3
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15

Physical Actuation Integrity

Governance layer

Sensor validation, actuator monitoring, emergency stops, hardware safety

30 ACRs
L1L2L3
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