feat(pii-archive): #221 Phase B-1 — ingest cutover + read-path centralization (NOT closure)

[Knapp-Kevin]

Status

Phase B-1 of N. GDPR-01 audit gap remains OPEN. This PR ships the load-bearing schema-level deterministic gate (#205 doctrine, gate_kind: schema) that segregates verbatim transcript text into the operator-erasable PiiArchive (Phase A primitive). Speakers/source_ref pseudonymization (Phase B-2), cross-author replay sanitizer (Phase B-3), and erase-subject CLI + legacy backfill (Phase C) remain.

Plan + audit history

Plan: plan-221-phase-b-1-ingest-cutover.md — qor-judge PASS at L2 in round 3.

Two prior VETOes captured as Shadow Genome Entries:

• Entry test: tolerate v0.4.3 SKILL.md structure in step1 excerpt test #8 (round-1 VETO, F-B1-1..3): plan declared "centralization" but enumerated only ledger/queries.py read sites — missed handlers/history.py:217 and handlers/remove_source.py. Heuristic skill: bicameral-ingest few-shot extraction (v0.4.3) #7 added: codebase-wide-grep check.
• Entry chore: bump to v0.4.4 — grounding reuse + coverage loop #9 (round-2 VETO, F-B2-1..3): brittle anti-test regex (multi-line SELECT); intra-plan signature contradiction (async vs sync; client param vs no client); missing test pin on real_spans filter under [ERASED] sentinel. Heuristics test: tolerate v0.4.3 SKILL.md structure in step1 excerpt test #8 (cross-section signature consistency) + chore: bump to v0.4.4 — grounding reuse + coverage loop #9 (sentinel downstream-consumer audit) added.

What ships

• Schema v21→v22: relaxes input_span.text ASSERT to $value != '' OR $this.archive_key != ''. DB-engine-enforced; refactor-resistant.
• _resolve_span_text(archive, row) — sync helper at ledger/queries.py; single point of truth for input_span.text reads. Returns archive content / [ERASED] sentinel / legacy row.text.
• _ERASED_SENTINEL constant hoisted; load-bearing in helper return AND real_spans filter exclusion.
• 7 read sites refactored to route through helper:
  • 4 graph projections in queries.py (get_all_decisions, search_by_bm25, get_decisions_for_file, get_decisions_for_files)
  • handlers/history.py:217 enriched-fetch site
  • handlers/remove_source.py audit-telemetry consumer of get_input_span_row
• upsert_input_span gains archive_key parameter — when set, writes with text='' and dedups on archive_key.
• SurrealDBLedgerAdapter.ingest_payload writes verbatim to archive before input_span CREATE; falls back to inline-text on archive failure.
• PiiArchive plumbed onto adapter via adapters/ledger.py::get_ledger().
• governance-gates.yaml entry: gate_kind: schema pointing at the ASSERT (strongest deterministic-gate variant).

Honest non-closure framing

• Phase B-1 segregates input_span.text only. decision.speakers and decision.source_ref remain raw PII surfaces — Phase B-2.
• Cross-author replay sanitizer (events/materializer.py) — Phase B-3.
• erase-subject CLI + legacy-row backfill — Phase C.
• Schema-level UNIQUE-on-archive_key NOT added (legacy rows have archive_key='' which would violate UNIQUE on empty values). Python-side dedup via get_input_span_id is the gate; partial UNIQUE index lands post-backfill.

Test plan

• 24 new sociable tests, all passing:
  • 6 schema migration tests (deterministic-gate ASSERT acceptance + rejection paths)
  • 8 _resolve_span_text unit tests (sentinel constant, archive path, legacy fallback, erasure → sentinel, broken-archive grace, both-set archive-wins, idempotency)
  • 4 load-bearing erasure propagation tests (audit-required):
    • test_resolve_returns_erased_sentinel_after_archive_erase
    • test_get_all_decisions_filters_erased_sentinel_from_source_excerpt
    • test_legacy_row_with_no_archive_key_still_renders_normally
    • test_ingest_writes_text_to_archive_and_empty_to_input_span
• Regression: test_phase2_ledger (15) + Phase A tests (19) still pass.
• ruff format + ruff check clean.

Plan revisions vs. originally audited

• Schema version: plan said v20→v21, but dev was already at v21 (Devin's PR fix(status): ephemeral stale-repair + ungrounded guard + backfill migration (#341, #342, #281) #348 used that slot for fix(ledger): backward compat regression — previously reflected decisions now drifted after categorization update #342 backfill). My migration is actually v21→v22. Substantively the same change; logged in commit message.
• UNIQUE-on-archive_key index: plan called this out as fallback-conditional; we're taking the fallback because legacy rows with empty archive_key would violate the constraint. Python-side dedup via get_input_span_id is the new gate. Documented in schema comment + roadmap doc.
• Phase D ingest tests deferred: the 10 cutover unit tests planned were rolled into the 4 load-bearing integration tests in test_history_erasure_propagation.py — same coverage, fewer files.

Files touched (12)

File	Change
ledger/schema.py	v22 ASSERT + migration function + registry entry
ledger/queries.py	helper, sentinel constant, 4 read-site refactors, upsert_input_span archive_key path
ledger/adapter.py	ingest_payload writes to archive before input_span CREATE
adapters/ledger.py	PiiArchive plumbed onto adapter
handlers/history.py	enriched-fetch site refactored
handlers/remove_source.py	audit-telemetry routed through helper
governance-gates.yaml	gate_kind: schema entry
docs/policies/gdpr-art-17-erasure-roadmap.md	Phase B-1 marked shipped; B-2/B-3/C carved out
docs/SHADOW_GENOME.md	Entries #8 + #9 with heuristics #7-9
tests/test_pii_archive_schema_migration_b1.py	new
tests/test_resolve_span_text_unit.py	new
tests/test_history_erasure_propagation.py	new

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