I have no issue if it automatically recovers to a safe or known state. My issue is when this doesn't happen and the user has to perform the recovery via a power

I have no issue if it automatically recovers to a safe or known state. My issue is when this doesn't happen and the user has to perform the recovery via a power cycle. From my perspective, this means the system has failed and is, by definition, not reliable. We just seem to accept low reliability in consumer software.