Oversight Stabilization Failure: The Legitimacy Theorem of Institutional Cognition

Oversight Stabilization Failure formalizes the fifth foundational theorem of the SignalRupture (SR) field, demonstrating that oversight systems frequently reinforce institutional abstraction rather than restoring behavioural fidelity. Drawing on cross‑domain SR metrics—including GTDI, AAI, and SCR—the paper shows that oversight layers often produce higher representational distortion than the administrative layers they review. Oversight systems inherit compressed administrative summaries, re‑encode behavioural events through procedural and compliance frameworks, and stabilize institutional legitimacy through abstraction continuity. The paper situates oversight not as a corrective descent mechanism but as a high‑altitude stabilization architecture embedded within institutional cognition.