Glossary
UNKNOWN (rule outcome)
The rule-pack outcome when a state's position isn't established. It routes to a named person and blocks any draft until decided — the alternative to guessing with a license.
UNKNOWN is one of the outcomes a rule can have in a BudAlly pack, alongside enforced, allowed, blocked pre-draft and a clock. If a rule isn't in the pack, the answer is UNKNOWN and a human decides.
The alternatives are worse. Without this state, the system either guesses or silently skips the check, and the trail says the check passed. One example is vendor-funded discount reimbursement in California, rule RI-CA-07: the outcome is routed to the compliance lead, and no report is generated.
Deciding a rule is recorded as well. Rule-pack changes on the changelog list which rules moved from UNKNOWN to decided and who reviewed them, every change creates a new version, and old proposals keep the version they were checked against.
Where this comes up on budally.com
- Metrc in California: what a dispensary has to report, reconcile and keep — the operations view
- BLAZE alternatives 2026: what to weigh before you leave BLAZE, and who to look at
- Cova POS alternatives 2026: what Cova does well, why operators look elsewhere, and who to compare
- Dutchie alternatives in 2026: switch POS, or keep Dutchie and add a layer
- Flowhub alternatives 2026: what to weigh before you leave Flowhub, and who to look at
- Loyalty & wallet
- Supply chain & purchasing
- Can a dispensary text its customers? 10DLC, SHAFT-C and the channels that actually work in 2026
Related terms
- Rule pack
A versioned, counsel-reviewed set of state rules as code: each with an ID, a citation, a check, and an outcome — allowed, blocked, clock, or UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN routes to a named person; it is never guessed.