{
    "generated_at": "2026-09-08 14:30:53",
    "taxonomy": [
        {
            "code": "VEN-PWR",
            "category": "Venue power failure / generator switchover",
            "responsible": "venue",
            "description": "Loss of mains or failed transfer to generator at the venue.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "VEN-CBL",
            "category": "Venue cabling / structural",
            "responsible": "venue",
            "description": "Pre-existing venue cabling, conduit or structural limitation.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "VEN-HVA",
            "category": "Venue environmental (HVAC / thermal)",
            "responsible": "venue",
            "description": "Equipment thermal shutdown due to venue environment.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "ISP-FIB",
            "category": "Upstream fiber cut",
            "responsible": "isp",
            "description": "Physical break in the upstream provider path.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "ISP-BW",
            "category": "ISP bandwidth throttle / congestion",
            "responsible": "isp",
            "description": "Contracted throughput not delivered by the provider.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "ISP-RTE",
            "category": "Routing / peering / BGP",
            "responsible": "isp",
            "description": "Upstream routing, peering or BGP anomaly.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "ISP-DNS",
            "category": "Upstream DNS resolution failure",
            "responsible": "isp",
            "description": "Provider-side resolver outage.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "NET-CFG",
            "category": "Vendor misconfiguration",
            "responsible": "vendor",
            "description": "VLAN, DHCP, QoS, firewall or ACL configuration error.",
            "counts_against_vendor": true
        },
        {
            "code": "NET-HW",
            "category": "Vendor hardware failure",
            "responsible": "vendor",
            "description": "Switch, AP, router or transceiver failure on vendor equipment.",
            "counts_against_vendor": true
        },
        {
            "code": "NET-CAP",
            "category": "Under-provisioned for load",
            "responsible": "vendor",
            "description": "Delivered capacity below the concurrency the event required.",
            "counts_against_vendor": true
        },
        {
            "code": "NET-NOBK",
            "category": "No redundancy / failover in place",
            "responsible": "vendor",
            "description": "Single point of failure with no contracted or configured failover.",
            "counts_against_vendor": true
        },
        {
            "code": "NET-MON",
            "category": "Monitoring gap / late detection",
            "responsible": "vendor",
            "description": "Fault present but not detected within the agreed window.",
            "counts_against_vendor": true
        },
        {
            "code": "GAM-SRV",
            "category": "Game server / publisher-side",
            "responsible": "publisher",
            "description": "Fault located in publisher infrastructure or matchmaking.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "ORG-SCH",
            "category": "Organizer scheduling / operations",
            "responsible": "organizer",
            "description": "Delay caused by run-of-show, staffing or player management.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "EXT-WX",
            "category": "Weather / force majeure",
            "responsible": "external",
            "description": "Events outside the control of all listed parties.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        },
        {
            "code": "UNK-TBD",
            "category": "Undetermined — investigation open",
            "responsible": "undetermined",
            "description": "Cause not yet established to the Verified standard.",
            "counts_against_vendor": false
        }
    ]
}