Layered Conflict Resolution Policy

A conflict resolution policy that applies priority first, then specificity as tiebreaker, then recency for remaining ties.

Responsibility. Resolves rule conflicts through an ordered cascade of tiebreak criteria.

Also known as: Hybrid conflict resolution

Variant of Conflict Resolution Policy abstract

When to choose. Choose when fine-grained control is needed at scale: explicit priorities for business-critical rules, automatic specificity for most rules, and recency so updated rules take effect without re-prioritising.