diff --git a/contracts/OMN-18530.yaml b/contracts/OMN-18530.yaml
index afc36b5c9c4..3b38f39c376 100644
--- a/contracts/OMN-18530.yaml
+++ b/contracts/OMN-18530.yaml
@@ -313,3 +313,108 @@ dod_evidence:
     checks:
       - check_type: "command"
         check_value: "gh pr view 10718 --repo OmniNode-ai/onex_change_control --json number,state"
+  - id: "dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac1"
+    description: "AC1 binding proposed by lane dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2 and accepted by a
+      different lane, dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2, after an independent re-run on 2026-10-12
+      at omniclaude origin/dev 0c7a1d577e6d: a tree carrying an undeclared exit-2 script makes validate_hook_inventory.py
+      exit 1 and name the script and UNDECLARED_GATE_SCRIPT on stderr. With the dev test file at the parent
+      of merge c124c41ea (#2295) the test fails (the validator reports OK and exits 0), so the pass is
+      owed to that change."
+    source: "manual"
+    execution_scope: "local_done_gate"
+    checks:
+      - check_type: "test_passes"
+        check_value: "env -u PYTHONPATH uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider \"tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_the_gate_refuses_rather_than_printing_and_passing\""
+        cwd: "${OMNI_HOME}/omniclaude"
+    binds_ac:
+      - "AC1"
+    ac_bindings:
+      - label: "AC1"
+        criterion_hash: "cbeffe5fb9225687fe0da548ade513614ef4d477af381e3a25fe534a5b62c7e8"
+        proposed_by: "lane=dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_by: "lane=dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_at: "2026-10-12T11:08:33Z"
+  - id: "dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac2"
+    description: "AC2 binding proposed by lane dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2 and accepted by a
+      different lane, dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2, after an independent re-run on 2026-10-12
+      at omniclaude origin/dev 0c7a1d577e6d: the reachable set computed from hooks.json is non-empty,
+      includes the named library, and none of it is reported as UNDECLARED_GATE_SCRIPT. At the parent
+      of merge c124c41ea (#2295) the test fails (no scripts_reachable_from_registered)."
+    source: "manual"
+    execution_scope: "local_done_gate"
+    checks:
+      - check_type: "test_passes"
+        check_value: "env -u PYTHONPATH uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider \"tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_no_script_reachable_from_a_registered_hook_is_reported\""
+        cwd: "${OMNI_HOME}/omniclaude"
+    binds_ac:
+      - "AC2"
+    ac_bindings:
+      - label: "AC2"
+        criterion_hash: "7f3501a704367ac2d93b557de7faa4e0e3442def8e6a218107fa19c965930efd"
+        proposed_by: "lane=dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_by: "lane=dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_at: "2026-10-12T11:08:33Z"
+  - id: "dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac4"
+    description: "AC4 binding proposed by lane dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2 and accepted by a
+      different lane, dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2, after an independent re-run on 2026-10-12
+      at omniclaude origin/dev 0c7a1d577e6d: with the Stop key removed and stop_quality_gate.sh declared
+      expected under Stop, exactly one EVENT_KEY_ABSENT finding names that script and Stop. At the parent
+      of merge c124c41ea (#2295) the test fails."
+    source: "manual"
+    execution_scope: "local_done_gate"
+    checks:
+      - check_type: "test_passes"
+        check_value: "env -u PYTHONPATH uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider \"tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_a_stop_shaped_expected_hook_is_reported_while_no_stop_key_exists\""
+        cwd: "${OMNI_HOME}/omniclaude"
+    binds_ac:
+      - "AC4"
+    ac_bindings:
+      - label: "AC4"
+        criterion_hash: "647bc1bd6eda1f44b4550fce68f0f1dd3be2e9c811871f5e911a1c1a0d811c91"
+        proposed_by: "lane=dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_by: "lane=dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_at: "2026-10-12T11:08:33Z"
+  - id: "dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac6"
+    description: "AC6 binding proposed by lane dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2 and accepted by a
+      different lane, dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2, after an independent re-run on 2026-10-12
+      at omniclaude origin/dev 0c7a1d577e6d: the dev validator, which carries the UNDECLARED_GATE_SCRIPT
+      kind, exits 0 on the merged dev tree. The test also passes at the parent of c124c41ea, where the
+      kind does not exist; the criterion is a property of the merged tree with the kind active, which
+      only the dev run shows."
+    source: "manual"
+    execution_scope: "local_done_gate"
+    checks:
+      - check_type: "test_passes"
+        check_value: "env -u PYTHONPATH uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider \"tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_the_live_tree_is_green\""
+        cwd: "${OMNI_HOME}/omniclaude"
+    binds_ac:
+      - "AC6"
+    ac_bindings:
+      - label: "AC6"
+        criterion_hash: "1ec9191eededb98517ffa94264a19ac896b483a2b9eb7b1772be4769953f42e8"
+        proposed_by: "lane=dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_by: "lane=dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_at: "2026-10-12T11:08:33Z"
+  - id: "dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac8"
+    description: "AC8 binding proposed by lane dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2 and accepted by a
+      different lane, dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2, after an independent re-run on 2026-10-12
+      at omniclaude origin/dev 0c7a1d577e6d: the CI Summary gate module on dev carries Hook Inventory
+      Gate in EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS and not in EXTERNAL_SWEEP_EXCLUSIONS; at the parent of 107da64bb
+      (#2298) the name is absent from that module."
+    source: "manual"
+    execution_scope: "local_done_gate"
+    checks:
+      - check_type: "command"
+        check_value: "uv run python -c \"\nimport importlib.util,sys\ns=importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('g','scripts/ci/ci_summary_gate.py');m=importlib.util.module_from_spec(s);sys.modules['g']=m;s.loader.exec_module(m)\nn='Hook
+          Inventory Gate';print('in_EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS=',n in m.EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS,'in_EXCLUSIONS=',n
+          in m.EXTERNAL_SWEEP_EXCLUSIONS);sys.exit(0 if n in m.EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS and n not in
+          m.EXTERNAL_SWEEP_EXCLUSIONS else 1)\""
+        cwd: "${OMNI_HOME}/omniclaude"
+    binds_ac:
+      - "AC8"
+    ac_bindings:
+      - label: "AC8"
+        criterion_hash: "989c0b0b54ed6e53471d7953633d910fff75d385e58e59d1bb6ab24cad6bbb7d"
+        proposed_by: "lane=dod-closeout-bind-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_by: "lane=dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2"
+        accepted_at: "2026-10-12T11:08:33Z"
diff --git a/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac1/test_passes.yaml b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac1/test_passes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a3113b675e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac1/test_passes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+schema_version: 1.0.0
+ticket_id: OMN-18530
+evidence_item_id: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac1
+check_type: test_passes
+check_value: env -u PYTHONPATH uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider "tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_the_gate_refuses_rather_than_printing_and_passing"
+contract_sha256: sha256:d47a3cc208b71c8ff0e566e43b53a7dfba554bea3b223e1187fffd285e89dd19
+contract_entry_sha256: sha256:fdbf2fc761a91f8bf975916c6e0a143877d10ecc9d0166a175f018f2cb0eeb09
+status: PASS
+commit_sha: 0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+runner: dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2@omninode-pc
+verifier: occ-probe-capture-v1
+probe_command: gh api repos/OmniNode-ai/omniclaude/commits/0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b --jq
+  .sha && test "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b" && env -u PYTHONPATH
+  uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider "tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_the_gate_refuses_rather_than_printing_and_passing"
+actual_output: 'PASS: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac1 for OMN-18530 AC1 - binding accepted by lane dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2
+  after an independent re-run on lab host omninode-pc.'
+pr_number: 13736
+branch: automation/omn-18530-accepted-ac-bindings-1045z
+probe_stdout: |-
+  0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+  .                                                                        [100%]
+  1 passed in 1.23s
+exit_code: 0
+run_timestamp: '2026-10-12T11:11:20Z'
+duration_ms: 5832
+artifact_sha256:
+  - sha256:91f8df3412a9cfde28c8095d818653415f9b917c4f7c72f970aac0b70ea0cf6e
+  - sha256:21cd66731540f94627f40d4abd5f9c3e1289b369b202a986e36d60887b677a7c
diff --git a/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac2/test_passes.yaml b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac2/test_passes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c83219ae52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac2/test_passes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+schema_version: 1.0.0
+ticket_id: OMN-18530
+evidence_item_id: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac2
+check_type: test_passes
+check_value: env -u PYTHONPATH uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider "tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_no_script_reachable_from_a_registered_hook_is_reported"
+contract_sha256: sha256:d47a3cc208b71c8ff0e566e43b53a7dfba554bea3b223e1187fffd285e89dd19
+contract_entry_sha256: sha256:720033a8b6a88237700e198db782de570cafdb3136fbbe7cf87ecd45a863f4e9
+status: PASS
+commit_sha: 0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+runner: dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2@omninode-pc
+verifier: occ-probe-capture-v1
+probe_command: gh api repos/OmniNode-ai/omniclaude/commits/0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b --jq
+  .sha && test "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b" && env -u PYTHONPATH
+  uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider "tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_no_script_reachable_from_a_registered_hook_is_reported"
+actual_output: 'PASS: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac2 for OMN-18530 AC2 - binding accepted by lane dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2
+  after an independent re-run on lab host omninode-pc.'
+pr_number: 13736
+branch: automation/omn-18530-accepted-ac-bindings-1045z
+probe_stdout: |-
+  0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+  .                                                                        [100%]
+  1 passed in 0.88s
+exit_code: 0
+run_timestamp: '2026-10-12T11:11:26Z'
+duration_ms: 1804
+artifact_sha256:
+  - sha256:80b040420671830ee71931793c208c13171491b10f613edc1f20df978136b359
+  - sha256:245463ca6905821172a664f377f113ace02c111ef1023629ccef3c5e7c59bd49
diff --git a/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac4/test_passes.yaml b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac4/test_passes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17a34188fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac4/test_passes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+schema_version: 1.0.0
+ticket_id: OMN-18530
+evidence_item_id: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac4
+check_type: test_passes
+check_value: env -u PYTHONPATH uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider "tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_a_stop_shaped_expected_hook_is_reported_while_no_stop_key_exists"
+contract_sha256: sha256:d47a3cc208b71c8ff0e566e43b53a7dfba554bea3b223e1187fffd285e89dd19
+contract_entry_sha256: sha256:79f5dec0ab37dd264b008ed3b21736f7db01b2a3195fb9396bb500446725187c
+status: PASS
+commit_sha: 0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+runner: dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2@omninode-pc
+verifier: occ-probe-capture-v1
+probe_command: gh api repos/OmniNode-ai/omniclaude/commits/0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b --jq
+  .sha && test "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b" && env -u PYTHONPATH
+  uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider "tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_a_stop_shaped_expected_hook_is_reported_while_no_stop_key_exists"
+actual_output: 'PASS: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac4 for OMN-18530 AC4 - binding accepted by lane dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2
+  after an independent re-run on lab host omninode-pc.'
+pr_number: 13736
+branch: automation/omn-18530-accepted-ac-bindings-1045z
+probe_stdout: |-
+  0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+  .                                                                        [100%]
+  1 passed in 0.95s
+exit_code: 0
+run_timestamp: '2026-10-12T11:11:28Z'
+duration_ms: 1885
+artifact_sha256:
+  - sha256:ff9c26426656700eb6dae32addee412b7f37558a67b6902322dc0806bf0977a3
+  - sha256:a9f5c563d8907eb73c6ced281074d395968f8486319fe8e47195b541a4f1e8d8
diff --git a/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac6/test_passes.yaml b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac6/test_passes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27dd85bfe8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac6/test_passes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+schema_version: 1.0.0
+ticket_id: OMN-18530
+evidence_item_id: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac6
+check_type: test_passes
+check_value: env -u PYTHONPATH uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider "tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_the_live_tree_is_green"
+contract_sha256: sha256:d47a3cc208b71c8ff0e566e43b53a7dfba554bea3b223e1187fffd285e89dd19
+contract_entry_sha256: sha256:502f0895432a93eab01c6f8aee9bbdd14ca9b819294c3311be76f30a7c14d2fc
+status: PASS
+commit_sha: 0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+runner: dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2@omninode-pc
+verifier: occ-probe-capture-v1
+probe_command: gh api repos/OmniNode-ai/omniclaude/commits/0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b --jq
+  .sha && test "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b" && env -u PYTHONPATH
+  uv run pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider "tests/hooks/test_hook_inventory_undeclared_gate.py::test_the_live_tree_is_green"
+actual_output: 'PASS: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac6 for OMN-18530 AC6 - binding accepted by lane dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2
+  after an independent re-run on lab host omninode-pc.'
+pr_number: 13736
+branch: automation/omn-18530-accepted-ac-bindings-1045z
+probe_stdout: |-
+  0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+  .                                                                        [100%]
+  1 passed in 0.88s
+exit_code: 0
+run_timestamp: '2026-10-12T11:11:31Z'
+duration_ms: 1783
+artifact_sha256:
+  - sha256:80b040420671830ee71931793c208c13171491b10f613edc1f20df978136b359
+  - sha256:e1bda0c0a1d5770175924273379a8c350a675d4052e93363fcc63b76ba366445
diff --git a/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac8/command.yaml b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac8/command.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f751ead0477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drift/dod_receipts/OMN-18530/dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac8/command.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+schema_version: 1.0.0
+ticket_id: OMN-18530
+evidence_item_id: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac8
+check_type: command
+check_value: |-
+  uv run python -c "
+  import importlib.util,sys
+  s=importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('g','scripts/ci/ci_summary_gate.py');m=importlib.util.module_from_spec(s);sys.modules['g']=m;s.loader.exec_module(m)
+  n='Hook Inventory Gate';print('in_EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS=',n in m.EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS,'in_EXCLUSIONS=',n in m.EXTERNAL_SWEEP_EXCLUSIONS);sys.exit(0 if n in m.EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS and n not in m.EXTERNAL_SWEEP_EXCLUSIONS else 1)"
+contract_sha256: sha256:d47a3cc208b71c8ff0e566e43b53a7dfba554bea3b223e1187fffd285e89dd19
+contract_entry_sha256: sha256:aabc5cce04a3f453ca057ad11ce0d3ef6dad077698867ab7dd08d7b99ef981bf
+status: PASS
+commit_sha: 0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+runner: dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2@omninode-pc
+verifier: occ-probe-capture-v1
+probe_command: |-
+  gh api repos/OmniNode-ai/omniclaude/commits/0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b --jq .sha && test "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b" && uv run python -c "
+  import importlib.util,sys
+  s=importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('g','scripts/ci/ci_summary_gate.py');m=importlib.util.module_from_spec(s);sys.modules['g']=m;s.loader.exec_module(m)
+  n='Hook Inventory Gate';print('in_EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS=',n in m.EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS,'in_EXCLUSIONS=',n in m.EXTERNAL_SWEEP_EXCLUSIONS);sys.exit(0 if n in m.EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS and n not in m.EXTERNAL_SWEEP_EXCLUSIONS else 1)"
+actual_output: 'PASS: dod-accept-1045z-18530-ac8 for OMN-18530 AC8 - binding accepted by lane dod-closeout-accept-2026-10-12T1045Z-c2
+  after an independent re-run on lab host omninode-pc.'
+pr_number: 13736
+branch: automation/omn-18530-accepted-ac-bindings-1045z
+probe_stdout: |-
+  0c7a1d577e6d5dc089a1fd8ee4d0721c053dfa3b
+  in_EXPECTED_EXTERNAL_CONTEXTS= True in_EXCLUSIONS= False
+exit_code: 0
+run_timestamp: '2026-10-12T11:11:33Z'
+duration_ms: 772
+artifact_sha256:
+  - sha256:57f78dfd48513838e6407b5e85ed4749264d6ad25a412a7e867d46162e0d834c
+  - sha256:3db4b94fd604506e53240353b5fac449f4f693d7c177da58f396fc179044169f