ly supported</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="alternatives-considered">Alternatives Considered</h2>
<h3 id="implementing-lock-unlock-in-spike-nexus">Implementing Lock/Unlock in SPIKE Nexus</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Rejected</strong> due to complexity, risk of split-brain, performance overhead,
and operational ambiguity in HA setups.</li>
<li>Would require distributed consensus or polling and add significant code and
operational burden.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="infrastructure-level-controls">Infrastructure-Level Controls</h3>
<ul>
