FPF Reference

    7. Check timing, freshness, rhythm, and action windows

    Preface node heading:7-check-timing-freshness-rhythm-and-action-windows:514

    What this page is

    This is generated FPF reference text from the specification preface or supporting sections. It helps interpret FPF; it is not FPF Reference product documentation.

    Methodology

    Use it to understand how the specification wants to be read, then return to a route, pattern, or work packet for active work. Cite generated IDs only when the wording changes the task decision.

    Content

    Use this when a project depends on timing: freshness, latency, rate, cadence, action window, synchronization, inertia, aging, or rhythm.

    FPF helps you separate timing information from evidence, permission, work completion, or vague urgency. It can say what timestamp, interval, cadence, freshness limit, action window, or rhythm claim is being used, and when that claim is no longer current enough for action.

    Typical first result: a timing note that names what the timing is about, the relevant time relation or rhythm, the freshness or action-window limit, and the action that remains blocked when the timing claim is stale or underspecified.

    First inspect: C.27, A.10, A.20, A.21, C.11, and the pattern that governs the thing whose timing matters.

    Last Updated: 2026-06-08 — upstream FPF commit 093d30e8 (github.com/ailev/FPF)