Yggdrasil Architecture

Innovation #1025 — Submarine Door Isolation Pattern

Overview

Yggdrasil is the hierarchical trunk architecture that enables Liana Banyan to scale across multiple domains while maintaining isolation and resilience. Named after the World Tree of Norse mythology, each “trunk” represents an independent deployment that shares common roots (database) but operates autonomously.

The Submarine Door Pattern

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    YGGDRASIL TREE                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                          │
│     ┌─────────┐   ┌─────────┐   ┌─────────┐            │
│     │ Trunk A │   │ Trunk B │   │ Trunk C │            │
│     │ (Main)  │   │ (Santa) │   │ (HexIsle)│            │
│     └────┬────┘   └────┬────┘   └────┬────┘            │
│          │             │             │                   │
│     ═════╪═════   ═════╪═════   ═════╪═════            │
│     [SUBMARINE]  [SUBMARINE]  [SUBMARINE]               │
│     [  DOOR  ]   [  DOOR  ]   [  DOOR  ]               │
│     ═════╪═════   ═════╪═════   ═════╪═════            │
│          │             │             │                   │
│          └─────────────┼─────────────┘                   │
│                        │                                 │
│              ┌─────────┴─────────┐                       │
│              │   SHARED ROOTS    │                       │
│              │   (Supabase DB)   │                       │
│              └───────────────────┘                       │
│                                                          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key Principles

1. Blast Containment

If one trunk experiences a critical failure, the submarine doors seal automatically. Other trunks continue operating without interruption.

2. Independent Deployment

Each trunk can be deployed, updated, and scaled independently. A bug in the Santa Initiative trunk doesn’t affect the main platform.

3. Shared Data Layer

All trunks connect to the same Supabase database, ensuring data consistency. User accounts, credits, and medallions are accessible across all trunks.

4. Domain Isolation

Each trunk can have its own subdomain, branding, and specific functionality while remaining part of the larger Liana Banyan ecosystem.

Trunk Types

Implementation

// Trunk configuration example
const trunkConfig = {
  id: 'santa',
  name: '$5 Santa Initiative',
  submarineDoor: {
    healthCheck: '/api/health',
    failureThreshold: 3,
    recoveryTime: 60000,
    isolateOnFailure: true
  },
  sharedServices: ['auth', 'credits', 'medallions'],
  isolatedServices: ['gift-matching', 'delivery-routing']
};

Patent Claims

This architecture is protected under the Liana Banyan IP portfolio:

• Claim 1: Submarine door isolation pattern for multi-domain web applications
• Claim 2: Shared root database with trunk-level service isolation
• Claim 3: Automatic blast containment on trunk failure detection

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