Definition (what counts as a “shutdown”):

 A lapse in annual appropriations causing affected executive-branch departments/agencies to implement 

 shutdown (some, not all, agencies affected) 

11:59 pm Eastern Time on November 17, 2025

 (i.e., at least one department/agency subject to annual appropriations is operating under a lapse in appropriations with non-excepted furloughs).

, all such departments/agencies are funded by enacted appropriations or a continuing resolution (i.e., no shutdown at that time). It is 

 even if a shutdown occurred earlier but ended before 11:59 pm ET.

Primary sources for verification (in order of preference)

 is determinable. For platform consistency, record resolution no later than 