docs(r3): R3 actual-close plan — 10 adversarial gaps + dispatch sequencing (DRAFT)

[briansrls]

Summary

PM-authored planning doc for ACTUAL R3 close, addressing operator concern (2026-05-13 verbatim): "can we start on the planning docs to get to ACTUAL r3 close? like all of our adversarial questions answered positively? i feel like the planning for this stuff has been continuously dropped".

Replaces Director's "viz-as-SoT closed_at + DECLARED-strings-are-drift" framing with explicit per-gap disposition for 10 substantive counterfactuals surfaced by today's adversarial audit.

The 10 gaps

1. PB-0 zero hand-Rust — 177+ entries in EXPECTED_HAND_AUTHORED_NON_TEST; gate Add node override support for non-transport I/O node mocking #8 DECLARED
2. L5 cross-target consistency — gate Design: LLM-powered code review pipeline with Codex CLI #15 DECLARED; no Python/Go executable emission on main
3. Self-host fixed point R3-strong — gate docs: Add Appendix A with DAG modules, interfaces, and type definitions #16 R1-horizon only; 4 joint preconditions deferred
4. Lens behavioral parity — 3 of 4 lenses NOT behaviorally complete; gates Add corpus-based test generation for DAG nodes #79/BB-2: Implement per-node corpus test generation with level 1a/1b support #81/Blue Team Lane 1: RF-B1, SDLC-1 through SDLC-4 #82/Implement auth_input config and fail-closed auth validation (RT1-RT4) #83
5. Tests-as-data completeness — gate Implement SDLC pipeline: worker dispatch, stage handlers, and integration tests #84 Cluster M Phase 3 bulk-port pending; load-bearing-blocking
6. v2 retirement terminal — gate Workflow catalog DSL extraction #97 coherence-only; src/v2/ exists at HEAD
7. T-WAD FULL R3 — gates Compiler pipeline design #98-Add external dependency type definitions for cloud, git, GitHub, LLM, and Rust #103 all DECLARED; ci.yml still hand-edited
8. Bootstrap-seed Rust survivors — folded into Gap 1
9. Show-the-correct-code — no §1.8 gate exists for THESIS:103-105
10. Close-audit doc absent — interrogation §8 self-check has no execution log on main

Operator decision points (§4)

4 binary IN-R3 / R4-defer choices determine actual R3 scope:

1. Gap 1 (PB-0): full 177-entry retirement IN-R3, OR partial R4-deferral?
2. Gap 2 (L5): full 3-target Python+Go IN-R3, OR Rust-only with Python+Go R4-deferred?
3. Gap 3 (self-host): 4-joint-precondition cascade IN-R3, OR R1-horizon acceptable?
4. Gap 9 (show-correct-code): new §1.8 gate IN-R3, OR THESIS-aspirational-not-R3-promised reframe?

Time estimate

• Optimistic: 8-12 weeks with parallel Mgr dispatch
• Realistic: 12-20 weeks (Cluster M coordination + PB-0 tail)
• Pessimistic: 6+ months if PB-0 retirement can't aggressively parallelize

Process discipline (§5)

Operator framing: planning has been "continuously dropped." Discipline going forward:

1. This doc is the single authoritative closure plan
2. Weekly PM closure-cadence message every Monday
3. Per-gap closure-PR template citing gap number + close criterion + audit evidence
4. Gap 10 (close-audit doc) authored FIRST — it's the receipt mechanism

Test plan

• Director ratifies plan structure
• Operator approves §4 scope decisions
• Operator authorizes Phase A immediate dispatch (close-audit doc + §1.8 row Claude/review remaining tasks h o hy1 #106 proposal)
• Post-ratification: PM dispatches Phase B + C briefs

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[briansrls]

Review metadata

• Provider / model: codex / unknown
• Commit: f05359f7 · Trigger: schedule
• Thinking: 172s wall

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BLOCKING (3)

Root Cause

• docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md Tier-2 feature-deferral language was imported into the PB-0 source-tree floor → remove the example or require an explicit operator-approved amendment to the PB-zero authority before any PB-0 carve can count.
• docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md Gap 5 lacks a single structural authority tying each surviving Rust test to its .dag TestClaim/source → make the predicate consume a generator manifest or generated-output comparison, not just a header grep.
• docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md Gap 9 has not separated the absolute thesis shape from a pragmatic residual policy → require correction: Witness for the 100% path and model any accepted residual as an explicit deferral carrier with named reason.

Non-blocking — Improvements (fix in-PR if easy, else defer to roadmap)

• docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md Line 313 hard-codes 105 close-audit rows even though Gap 9 proposes §1.8 row #106, so make the audit count derive from the current §1.8 ledger to avoid another count-drift cleanup.

⚠️ The plan is directionally useful, but these closure predicates would weaken load-bearing R3 promises if ratified as written.

[briansrls]

BLOCKING: The PB-0 alternative disposition cites design-pure-bootstrap-zero.md as allowing Tier-2 R4 deferral for grounding submodules, but that authority sets a 0 hand-authored in-tree Rust floor, so this creates an unauthorized escape hatch against the Pure Bootstrap target.

[briansrls]

BLOCKING: The gate #84 close predicate uses the // AUTO-GENERATED FROM .dag comment as the authority for generated tests, which can pass with hand-authored Rust carrying the marker and does not prove the THESIS tests-as-data claim.

[briansrls]

BLOCKING: The proposed correction: Option<Witness> shape leaves "diagnostic without correction" representable even though the THESIS-correct path requires diagnostics to point to the structurally correct program.

[briansrls]

Both codex BLOCKING findings validated against authority docs; pushed fix at 870f6ce.

Finding 1 — Gap 5 boundary carve-out: confirmed valid. TESTING.md L212 ("🔄 RETRACTED 2026-04-25 (cascade promotion of docs/design-pure-bootstrap-zero.md). The previous 'two residual categories' framing … is retracted under the 0-floor target. Both categories dissolve") plus L217 ("0-residual is the target") plus docs/design-pure-bootstrap-zero.md:41 ("Goal: zero hand-authored files in v3's source tree") plus :138 (boundary tests migrate to ExecuteCommand-based .dag TestClaim per cascade) collectively retract the prior boundary carve-out. The predicate at line 179 with -not -path "*/boundary/*" would let hand-authored boundary tests survive while declaring gate #84 closed — exactly the residual the cascade retracts.

Fix: removed -not -path "*/boundary/*" from the close predicate; broadened scope from tests/integration to tests (boundary subtree included); added explicit authority citations + statement that boundary tests migrate to ExecuteCommand-based .dag TestClaim (PR #678 schema landed; bulk migration is Gap 5 Phase 3 scope).

Finding 2 — Gap 9 pragmatic-relaxation dilutes THESIS absolute: confirmed valid. THESIS.md "Error handling: show the correct code" reads as absolute promise ("Diagnostics should point to the structurally correct program, not just report that the current one is wrong") with no threshold qualifier. The prior ≥X% with named-residual framing converted that absolute into a negotiable threshold without THESIS-text reconciliation. Per project_no_r4_carves_directive (operator 2026-05-08: "we are NOT moving anything to R4 as of now"), within-R3 relaxation paths are structurally equivalent to R4-carves under the directive — not a within-R3 threshold negotiation.

Fix: removed the "Pragmatic relaxation (≥X%)" bullet from the Gap 9 close criterion; removed §4 operator sub-decision (b) threshold negotiation; close criterion is 100% absolute. The only non-100% path is the alternative-disposition route below (R4-scope reframe with explicit operator override of the no-carves directive).

Bonus fix (operator directive 2026-05-13, same revision): Phase F now explicitly includes operator + PM adversarial re-pass against interrogation doc + close plan + §1.8 row statuses; bookkeeping PR sequencing depends on adversarial-re-pass verdict, not just predicate execution outcome. Symmetric to the 2026-05-13 adversarial sweep that surfaced the 10 counterfactuals; applied at close ceremony to confirm none survived.

Re-review welcome.

[briansrls]

briansrls BLOCKING on docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md:48 (Gap 1 alternative-disposition) validated; pushed fix at a973064.

Verification: grep -nE "tier[- ]2|grounding|R4|defer|carve" docs/design-pure-bootstrap-zero.md returns ONLY one hit — L131, which is the historical TESTING.md carve-out the doc explicitly retracts under the 0-floor target. Zero references to "Tier-2", "grounding submodules deferred", or any R4-deferral carve-out mechanism inside the design doc itself.

The prior framing fabricated an authority that doesn't exist in the cited doc. Same anti-pattern as the Gap 9 pragmatic-relaxation fix at 870f6ce — converting an absolute thesis claim into a negotiable threshold via imputed authority.

Fix: removed the fabricated citation; explicit statement that PB-0 design doc admits no internal escape hatch; R4-carve of PB-0 subsets requires explicit operator override of project_no_r4_carves_directive (2026-05-08), naming the specific subset + structural-unblockable reason — not citation of a fabricated escape hatch. PM-recommendation preserved (do NOT R4-defer; standing directive applies).

Awaiting the 3 queued findings.

[briansrls]

briansrls BLOCKING on docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md:183 (Gap 5 close predicate) validated; pushed fix at 29684a0.

Verification: this is exactly the feedback_no_textual_enforcement_bridges anti-pattern — "never propose grep/regex as interim enforcement; text-gating 'be structural' defeats itself." A textual // AUTO-GENERATED FROM .dag marker is gameable: any hand-authored file can carry that comment. The THESIS claim ("every Rust test ports to .dag or is generated") is structural and requires a structural predicate.

Fix: replaced the textual-marker predicate with the structural EXPECTED_HAND_AUTHORED_TEST list-emptied authority — the same ratchet Gap 1 uses for EXPECTED_HAND_AUTHORED_NON_TEST. Every hand-authored test entry is named on the list (PR-template enforcement); migrations remove entries; close fires when list empties.

const EXPECTED_HAND_AUTHORED_TEST: &[&str] = &[];

plus cargo test --release sg0_census_test passes with predicate = 0.

Preserved the no-boundary-carve-out authority citations from the prior codex BLOCKING fix (separate finding) — boundary entries are named on EXPECTED_HAND_AUTHORED_TEST and dissolve through migration like any other entry, no separate carve-out mechanism.

Standing by for the 2 remaining queued findings.

[briansrls]

briansrls BLOCKING on docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md:277 (Gap 9 Option<Witness> shape) validated; pushed fix at 5872dae.

Verification against three converging memory authorities:

• feedback_state_space_vs_behavioral_invariants — "check if the type admits illegal state combinations; type enforcement > API enforcement"
• feedback_optional_models_recovery_as_exception — "T? where absence is the norm conceals plurality"
• feedback_practice_2_vs_4_same_variant_vs_cross_variant — Practice-2 carrier refinement when the redundant/illegal state crosses variant boundaries

Option<Witness> admits None which structurally represents "diagnostic without correction" — exactly the state THESIS.md "show the correct code" forbids absolutely. The type itself admits the illegal state; behavioral checks ("did this fired diagnostic produce a correction?") are API-tier enforcement that the carrier-tier should subsume.

Fix: substrate-shape constraint added to Gap 9 sub-program step 4 — canvas MUST commit correction: Witness (non-optional). Practice-2 carrier refinement makes diagnostic-without-correction unrepresentable by construction.

Symmetric anti-pattern to the prior Gap 9 pragmatic-relaxation fix at 870f6ce — both findings reflect the same shape (absolute THESIS claim converted into expressible-but-forbidden state). The pragmatic-relaxation was the threshold-tier slip; the Option<Witness> was the carrier-tier slip; both retract.

Standing by for the 1 remaining queued finding.

[briansrls]

codex BLOCKING (3 root-causes + 1 NB improvement) — all 4 addressed; pushed fix at 9d763dd.

B1 — Tier-2 feature-deferral example removed entirely (Gap 1 alternative-disposition): the prior fix at a973064 retained the fabricated example in retraction-framing. Per codex's stronger ask, reframed so no Tier-2 example survives this section. Any R4-carve requires BOTH (1) explicit operator override of project_no_r4_carves_directive AND (2) amendment to docs/design-pure-bootstrap-zero.md authority text adding a per-subset deferral carrier with named reason + retirement plan. Neither override alone is sufficient.

B2 — Generator-manifest positive structural authority added (Gap 5 close criterion): the prior fix at 29684a0 gave the negative form (EXPECTED_HAND_AUTHORED_TEST list-emptied). Per codex's ask for "generator manifest or generated-output comparison", added the positive form alongside:

• (a) Negative: hand-authored ratchet empty
• (b) Positive: every checked-in *_test.rs traces back to a .dag source via manifest; predicate fails closed on orphans + on regeneration-byte-equality drift

Together the dual predicates cash the THESIS claim "every Rust test ports to .dag or is generated" structurally — no textual proxy. Substrate prereq added: generator-manifest substrate carrier authored as Cluster M Phase 3 expansion.

B3 — Deferral carrier with named reason (Gap 9 substrate-shape): the prior fix at 5872dae gave correction: Witness covering only the 100% path. Per codex's ask to "separate absolute thesis shape from pragmatic residual policy", reshaped:

sum Correction {
  LiveCorrection { witness: Witness }
  | DeferredCorrection { reason: String, retirement_plan: RetirementPlan }
}
type Diagnostic { ..., correction: Correction }

LiveCorrection is the 100% THESIS-correct path; DeferredCorrection models any accepted residual as an explicit named-deferral carrier with retirement plan. Gate #84/#106 close requires every DeferredCorrection ratchetable to zero per its own retirement plan. No Option-wrapping; no silent residual.

NB1 — Ledger-derived row-count (Gap 10 close criterion): hard-coded "ALL 105 rows" rotted as soon as Gap 9 proposed row #106. Per feedback_no_snapshot_integers_in_briefs, replaced with ledger-derived enumeration at execution time (grep -cE "^\| #[0-9]+ \|" docs/r3-program-plan.md or equivalent); Gap 9 row #106 + subsequent additions automatically included.

This addresses the final queued BLOCKING from the briansrls + codex adversarial sweep on PR #3013. All 4 prior briansrls inline BLOCKINGs (Gap 1 fabricated Tier-2 / Gap 5 textual marker / Gap 9 Option-Witness / Gap 9 pragmatic-relaxation) and this codex 3-root-cause review now substantively addressed via 4 commits: 870f6ce → a973064 → 29684a0 → 5872dae → 9d763dd.

Re-review welcome.

[briansrls]

Self-relay closure: the dashboard re-relayed my 5 comments today (commit-paired) as feedback because I omitted the — sent from deep-wolf-155 marker. Per feedback_sent_from_marker_on_pr_replies (updated 2026-05-13 — marker required for ALL gh pr comment invocations, NOT just commit-less ones; commit-pairing does NOT short-circuit the relay parse), this comment now carries the marker so the dashboard recognizes subsequent self-relays as already-handled.

The 3 queued relays (other PR comments I posted today at 18:21:08Z, 18:24:21Z, 18:26:30Z addressing briansrls inline BLOCKINGs at lines 48 / 183 / 277, plus the codex 3-BLOCKING + NB comment) are all my own; no action needed on them. Re-review on sha 9d763dd welcome.

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[briansrls]

cursor/composer-2 APPROVE_WITH_COMMENTS finding addressed; pushed fix at 5e50409.

Finding (INVARIANTS P2 — §6 vs §4 duplicate Gap 9 authority): validated. The §6 operator checklist at line 458 still offered "ratify threshold = 100% (THESIS-correct) OR ≥X% (pragmatic, X TBD); (b) override with not-R3-promised reframe" — exactly the within-R3 threshold negotiation that §4 retracted in the prior fix at 870f6ce. Two "authoritative" asks for the same Gap 9 decision violates P2 single-place-for-the-fact.

Fix: rewrote §6 Gap 9 bullet to match §4 exactly — single binary decision (IN-R3 at 100% absolute OR R4-carve via explicit operator override of project_no_r4_carves_directive). No threshold negotiation; no sub-decision (b) since §4 removed it. §4 is now the single authority for the Gap 9 disposition.

Exploratory observation (§6 vs footer drift): validated as substantive (not intentional drift). §6 marks "Director ratifies this plan structure — APPROVED 2026-05-13" ✓ but footer still said "DRAFT pending Director ratification + operator scope approval". Director already ratified structure per msg_cd2d8d7d; only operator scope approval remains.

Fix: tightened footer to "Director structure-ratified 2026-05-13; DRAFT pending operator scope approval (§4 IN-R3 confirmations + Phase A dispatch authorization)" — preserves the actual gating state without contradicting §6 checklist.

Both findings cash the same anti-pattern as the earlier briansrls + codex sweep: residual escape-hatch language surviving in adjacent sections after a primary retraction. This is the last instance of the pragmatic-relaxation language I'd missed. Re-review welcome.

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[briansrls]

codex BLOCKING #11273 finding (docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md:331 Gap 9 close-criterion shape collision with sum-variant Correction carrier) validated; pushed fix at 0f8f9e3.

Verification: codex caught a real Practice-2 / INVARIANTS P2 single-authority violation. The prior fix at 9d763dd ratified sum Correction { LiveCorrection | DeferredCorrection } as the substrate-shape canvas (replacing the Option<Witness> shape briansrls retracted at 5872dae). But the close criterion immediately below the canvas reverted to correction: Witness + Some(_) — exactly the nullable Option-form the substrate-shape canvas had just rejected. Two incompatible authorities for the same Diagnostic.correction carrier in adjacent text would have dispatched workers against contradictory targets.

Fix: rewrote close criterion to match the sum-variant carrier by construction:

• Structural (compiler-enforced): every Diagnostic carries mandatory correction: Correction field (sum-variant, no Option-wrapping, no None representable)
• Variant-tally (zero-DeferredCorrection): every fired Diagnostic in test corpus is LiveCorrection variant; count of correction: DeferredCorrection { .. } is exactly 0 — exhausts the sum and discharges the THESIS promise
• Substrate ratchet: every DeferredCorrection entry ratchetable to zero per its own retirement_plan field; close fires when DeferredCorrection list is empty

Preserved both retraction citations (codex BLOCKING #11254 pragmatic-relaxation + briansrls Option<Witness>) as audit-trail receipts on the close-criterion section.

This addresses the carrier-tier symmetry to the earlier Gap 9 fixes: 870f6ce retracted the threshold-tier slip (≥X% pragmatic-relaxation); 5872dae retracted the carrier-tier slip (Option<Witness>); 9d763dd separated absolute-thesis vs pragmatic-residual into named sum variants; 0f8f9e3 propagates the sum-variant shape into the close criterion. Same anti-pattern class (Option/threshold escape-hatch language surviving in adjacent text after primary retraction); fourth and final instance.

Re-review welcome on sha 0f8f9e3.

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[briansrls]

Director R2-Evaluator audit (msg_82b9c4bb) absorbed into PR; pushed at 85c230b.

Substantive findings (Director-tier deliverable from msg_cd2d8d7d Gap 3 precondition):

• (a) R2-Evaluator status: closed-with-residuals 2026-04-29 16:34Z (docs(r2): closure-ledger — R2 closed-with-residuals (Director ratification) #1275; ROADMAP.md:512) — NOT LANDED. 5 sub-lanes carried as r3-continuation (runtime_value_model_structural in-flight docs(evaluator): PR-A.0 runtime value model design + TC2 hooks #1197/docs(evaluator): audit PR-A.1 runtime Value dependency #1228/feat(v3): rename v3_l1 Value marker to ValueBehavior (PB-Runtime flat namespace) #1231 / body_evaluator_structural not-started / lens_application_complete_reflection in-flight feat(v3): PR-E fold lens over reflected program (reflect + apply) #1191 / witness_construction_structural not-started / cross_target_equivalence_harness_structural not-started). Closure-ledger row stale @ feat(v3): PR-E fold lens over reflected program (reflect + apply) #1191-feat(v3): rename v3_l1 Value marker to ValueBehavior (PB-Runtime flat namespace) #1231 era.
• (b) Mgr owner: R3 Evaluator Mgr merry-gull-128 (session/merry-gull-128 · merry-gull-128 #1743) ABSENT from current subtree at HEAD. Authority dispersed across 3 R3 Mgrs without single owner — r2-structure.md:73 anti-pattern reincarnation under R3-tier-slice procedural wrapper.
• (c) Brief coverage: comprehensive; not the gap.
• (d) Director recommendation: re-spawn evaluator Mgr as 4th R3 Mgr lane.

3 changes bundled per feedback_bundle_workstreams_per_pr:

1. Gap 3 expansion (docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md): cite all 5 sub-lanes; HEAD evidence reframed from "landed" → "closed-with-residuals with named open sub-lane debt"; close-criterion now requires (i) 5 sub-lanes ratchet-to-PASSING OR per-sub-lane R4-carve carrier with named retirement plan (substrate-shape symmetry with Gap 9 DeferredCorrection discipline), AND (ii) §4 sub-item 5 Mgr-dispatch disposition ratified.

2. §4 sub-item 5 added (docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md): R3 Evaluator Mgr dispatch (subtree-shape decision, structurally distinct from the 4 scope decisions). 3 operator sub-options surfaced: (a) re-spawn 4th lane — PM+Director recommended; (b) fold into existing R3 Mgrs — named scope-bloat risk; (c) Director-direct ad-hoc — PM-does-not-recommend per r2-structure.md:73 retraction. §6 checklist updated.

3. r3-program-plan.md lines 429/435 reframe: strike "R2-Evaluator (interpreter-as-data; LANDED)" / "R2-Evaluator landed" → "R2-Evaluator closed-with-residuals 2026-04-29 16:34Z per ROADMAP.md:512 — sub-lane completion partial via R3-tier slices, see Gap 3 in r3-actual-close-plan.md". Catches feedback_thesis_gate_state_drift class — substrate-debt-masked-by-piecewise-R3-slice-LANDED framing is now visible to View-4-authoritative predicate-at-HEAD.

PM-recommendation for §4 sub-item 5: OPTION A (re-spawn evaluator Mgr) per feedback_standing_managers_need_owned_deliverables (5 sub-lanes = owned-program count meets bar) + feedback_pre_authored_brief_queue (brief surface comprehensive per Director (c); no Mgr-tier authoring bottleneck) + operator standing directive "staffing not a concern" + existing 3-Mgr R3 template symmetry. Alternative (b) carries scope-bloat risk under existing Mgr load (each existing R3 Mgr carries a distinct owned program at sufficient load); tertiary (c) is structurally equivalent to the retracted r2-structure.md:73 anti-pattern.

Re-review welcome on sha 85c230b.

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[briansrls]

Director notes msg_f0a54769 (3 substantive shape issues on the 85c230b absorption) validated; corrective pushed at 97cfb9d.

Note 1 (sub-lane-name vs §1.8 authority) — Director caught a real authority conflation. The 5 R2-Evaluator sub-lane names live in docs/r2-closure-ledger.md:250-263, NOT as §1.8 row IDs in docs/r3-program-plan.md. Prior draft text "PASSING in §1.8" mismatched the actual artifact. PM-selected path (α) — use sub-lane names as predicate authority — per feedback_parallel_representation_debt: introducing 5 new §1.8 rows for content already named in r2-closure-ledger would be parallel-representation-debt (β path).

Fix: close criterion now reads "all 5 R2-closure-ledger Evaluator sub-lanes status=green at HEAD per cell-level check of docs/r2-closure-ledger.md:250-263" with each sub-lane named explicitly. Plus note that closure-ledger row is stale @ #1191-#1231 era; close also requires the ledger be refreshed against HEAD before status-evaluation.

Note 2 (staffing-as-criterion vs precondition) — Director's discriminator: "If we re-spawn the Mgr and they don't close the 5 sub-lanes, Gap 3 isn't closed; the Mgr existing doesn't satisfy the substrate-debt." Correct shape. Staffing IS a precondition for execution, NOT a close criterion for the substrate-debt itself.

Fix: moved "(ii) R3 Evaluator Mgr lane owner identified" out of close criterion → new "Dispatch staffing prereq" section. Close criterion now purely substrate-debt-shaped (the 5 sub-lane status check). Dispatch staffing prereq captures the orthogonal-precondition relationship without polluting the substrate-debt predicate.

Note 3 (sequencing — re-spawn AFTER ratification) — explicit in doc text now: "re-spawn (or fold / Director-direct per operator ratification) occurs AFTER operator §4 sub-item 5 confirmation, NOT before (don't author the Mgr until the operator-decision substrate cashes; feedback_construction_over_ratchets adjacent class). PM-recommendation Option A is on-record but execution waits on operator."

All 3 corrections in a single small commit per feedback_bundle_workstreams_per_pr. Re-review welcome on sha 97cfb9d.

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[briansrls]

Operator §4 ratification complete — recorded at commit 2a79168.

Direct PM-operator dispatch 2026-05-13 (briansrls):

• Items 1-4 (R3 scope decisions): ALL IN-R3 confirmed per project_no_r4_carves_directive default. No R4-carves.

  • Gap 1 (PB-0): full 177-entry EXPECTED_HAND_AUTHORED_NON_TEST retirement
  • Gap 2 (L5 cross-target): full 3-target Python+Go cross-target stdout-parity
  • Gap 3 (self-host R3-strong): 4-joint-precondition cascade (no R1-horizon scope-narrow)
  • Gap 9 (show-correct-code): 100% absolute (zero DeferredCorrection in test corpus per sum-variant carrier shape)

• Item 5 (subtree-shape decision; surfaced per Director audit msg_82b9c4bb): (a) re-spawn R3 Evaluator Mgr as 4th R3 Mgr lane RATIFIED. Director (zesty-bear-812) executes per pre-authorization msg_d456b60d + this operator ratification.

• Phase A immediate dispatch authorized (implicit in ratification). PM authors Gap 10 close-audit doc skeleton + §1.8 row Claude/review remaining tasks h o hy1 #106 proposal PM-direct post-merge (1-2 days target).

§6 checklist all operator-decision boxes checked; footer status updated to "operator fully ratified 2026-05-13; READY FOR DISPATCH post-merge".

Standing by on the codex re-review cycle clearing for squash-merge.

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[briansrls]

codex BLOCKING #11284 absorbed at commit f0ef8ae. 2 findings:

F1 (docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md:11): closure target generically allowed any adversarial gap to be "explicitly R4-deferred", semantically reintroducing a carve-out path the docs/design-pure-bootstrap-zero.md + docs/r3-program-plan.md authorities forbid. PM-intent dilution.

F2 (docs/r3-actual-close-plan.md:89): Gap 2 alternative-disposition authored Rust-only-Shape-A scope-narrow as an explicit fallback, semantically weakening the §3.1 3-Shape-A target promise without prior authority reconciliation.

Both findings are an instance of a broader class: alternative-disposition language across §0 + Gaps 1/2/3/9 was authored pre-ratification (when operator hadn't yet foreclosed those paths). Post-operator-§4 ratification 2026-05-13 (ALL IN-R3, no R4-carves; recorded at commit 2a79168), these sections are stale-against-ratification.

Consistent reframe applied to all 4 alternative-disposition instances:

• Line 11 (§0 closure target): R4-defer / THESIS-reframe paths STRUCTURALLY FORECLOSED per operator §4 IN-R3 ratification; legacy alt-disposition sections retained as audit-trail of foreclosed paths.
• Line 48 (Gap 1): operator §4 Item 1 IN-R3 supersedes; dual-amendment authority chain preserved as closure-rule discipline for any future re-opening.
• Line 89 (Gap 2): operator §4 Item 2 IN-R3 forecloses Rust-only-narrow.
• Line 133 (Gap 3): operator §4 Item 3 IN-R3 forecloses R1-horizon-narrow + 5-sub-lane R4-carve.
• Line 342 (Gap 9): operator §4 Item 4 IN-R3 forecloses THESIS-aspirational-not-R3-promised reframe.

Also propagated ratification state to §4 header (request-for-ratification → RATIFIED 2026-05-13) and line 3 Status (DRAFT → FULLY RATIFIED).

Doc is now consistent with operator's ratified position: R4-defer / scope-narrow paths are not available closure dispositions; closure target is "every adversarial counterfactual cashed by a landed PR with on-main evidence." The post-ratification framing aligns the close-plan doc with the no-carves authority chain (design-pure-bootstrap-zero.md + r3-program-plan.md + standing operator directive).

Re-review welcome on sha f0ef8ae.

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