What happens when a pass conflicts

A conflict is Vero saying: somebody this student is meant to be kept apart from is out right now. It appears at the moment a teacher chooses a destination, which is the only moment it is any use.

What the teacher sees

Instead of the pass being created, a warning names the rule and the student already out. The teacher has two sensible options and Vero does not choose between them:

• Wait. The other student will be back in a few minutes; the situation resolves itself.
• Send anyway. Sometimes the reason is medical, or urgent, or the teacher knows something the rule does not. Proceeding records an override against the pass.

What an override records

The pass is created, marked as an override, and stamped with who authorised it and when. Nothing is hidden and nothing is punished — the point is that the decision has a name against it rather than vanishing.

Reading overrides afterwards

A steady trickle of overrides for one group usually means the rule no longer matches reality — the students have moved on, or the arrangement ended and nobody removed it. That is worth acting on: a rule staff override every day trains them to click through warnings, which is exactly what you do not want the day one matters.

What a conflict is not

• Not a discipline record. The students involved are not marked. The pass is a pass; the override is a note on it.
• Not visible to students. The warning is on the staff screen only.
• Not about destinations. A group means “not out at the same time”, not “not in the same place”. Two members heading to different places still conflict, because the corridor is where they would meet.

Looking backwards instead

Separation prevents. To investigate something that has already happened — who was out at the same time as whom, and heading where — use Encounter Detection.