White Room: Force Stop

Emergency escape hatch to exit a White Room session when gate enforcement is blocking you.

When to Use

• •You need to stop immediately
• •Gate enforcement is incorrectly blocking exit
• •You want to pause and resume later

Execution

1. •Create the force-stop flag:

touch .white-room/.force-stop

1. •Display confirmation:

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                    FORCE STOP ENABLED
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Gate enforcement bypassed. You can now exit the session.

⚠️  WARNING: Your session is incomplete.
    - Phase requirements have not been met
    - Personas may not have been invoked
    - Session state preserved for later resume

Current state saved to: .white-room/SESSION-STATE.json

To resume later: /white-room-enter

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1. •Update state with checkpoint:

Read .white-room/SESSION-STATE.json and update:

• •last_checkpoint: Current timestamp
• •updated_at: Current timestamp
• •Add to key_decisions: "Session force-stopped at [phase] phase"

Write state back to file.

Key Rules

1. •Always create the flag file - The Stop hook checks for this
2. •Preserve state - User should be able to resume later
3. •Warn clearly - Make it obvious the session is incomplete