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Architettura Software14 lug 2026•Reading time10 min

ArchUnit and Clean Architecture: the 4-Layer Diagram Is a Lie Until You Enforce It

The backend's ArchUnit gate was running zero executed tests, a total false green. How I found it, what I froze with FreezingArchRule (30+4 historical violations), and why a 4-layer diagram without automated enforcement is not an architecture.

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The backend's ArchUnit gate was running zero executed tests, a total false green. How I found it, what I froze with FreezingArchRule (30+4 historical violations), and why a 4-layer diagram without automated enforcement is not an architecture.

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