Visibility‑Layer Failure: When the Interface Stops Reflecting the System

Visibility‑Layer Failure defines the structural condition in which a platform’s user‑facing metrics, dashboards, and analytic surfaces cease to accurately represent its operational reality. Using the SR diagnostic framework, the essay maps how representational drift, indexing instability, safety‑layer interference, and infrastructural misalignment produce contradictory metrics, temporal lag, and interpretive breakdown. It argues that platforms do not fail at the level of operation but at the level of representation, making Visibility‑Layer Failure a core indicator of infrastructural drift and a foundational concept for understanding post‑web platform behavior.