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No, that doesn't follow.

For most systems, a sensible algorithm would be "keep running the last known good definition, until we get the next known good definition"

In other words: ignore bad updates but keep checking for valid ones. That doesn't mean you've permanently lost the ability to update.

Of course, for some systems, different behavior might make more sense.




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