---
title: "Parting"
description: "a later fact that ends a merge, restoring both sides"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/parting
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Parting

a later fact that ends a merge, restoring both sides

[figure: Parting is a fact at follows scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | fact |
| scope | follows |
| key | the merge it ends |
| store | postgres+lake |
| family | identity |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `merge` | `id` | yes |  |
| `decision` | `id` | yes |  |
| `facts_written_again` | `[id]` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns Parting directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.