The no boundary condition implies disorder increases even when contracting.

Evidence

I realized that I had made a mistake: the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction. — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 268

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 268
• XREF: connects to: Disorder increases as the universe expands while maintaining memory. — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 260