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DL-168

A stopped card stays restartable: the card’s start affordance shows on no-binding OR a stopped binding (agent not live), the exact predicate the startAgent guard reads, and restart mints a fresh binding — a no-binding-only affordance would strand every stopped card since applyStopped keeps the binding

Status: Superseded by DL-253 (Matt, 2026-08-25)

Record: ../../agent/compass-spawn-control/design.md#dl-168-prior-decision–a-stopped-card-stays-restartable