Glossary
Governed action
One consequential write that passed the Right Path and was committed; Govern's meter unit.
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Meter
A meter is the single unit each elan1 platform charges for: governed actions for elan1 Govern, credits for elan1 Work, decisions for elan1 Decide and node-years for elan1 Run. Meters never double-count: a Work change that passes through Govern is counted once, and a refused action is metered at 0.4 of a governed action.
In one sentence: The one unit each layer charges for: credit, decision, governed action, node-year.
01In more detail
What it means in practice
elan1 Work meters credits, elan1 Decide meters decisions, elan1 Govern meters governed actions and elan1 Run meters node-years. One unit per layer; never per seat or per outcome.
A refusal is metered at 0.4 of a governed action: it uses 0.4 of an included action within the allowance, and costs ₹0.64 at L1 beyond it. Prices on this site are list prices, exclusive of GST.
02Where this shows up in elan1
Rung 9 METERED, and the pricing page's four meters.
Defined in the elan1 glossary · Last reviewed 10 Oct 2026. Definitions change only with a dated note.
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See the term in a governed action.
The walkthrough follows one write from intent to proof record, using the words in this glossary.