R3 Debt-Paydown Mgr — lane through R3 close

[briansrls]

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• Provider / model: codex / unknown
• Commit: 18de9c85 · Trigger: schedule
• Thinking: 112s wall

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BLOCKING (1)

Root Cause

• docs/briefs/r3-substrate-gate-63-workflow-scheduling-canvas.md Canvas status was promoted independently of the ledger authority → either update docs/r3-program-plan.md row #63 in the same change or phrase the canvas as Director-ratified while the ledger remains DECLARED/pending maintenance.

⚠️ One blocking docs authority mismatch needs reconciliation before this can land.

[briansrls]

BLOCKING: The new “Single visible surface” says §1.8 row #63 is CANVAS_RATIFIED, but the authoritative row in docs/r3-program-plan.md §1.8 still reads DECLARED in this PR, creating a parallel status authority under INVARIANTS P2.

[briansrls]

Re cursor review 11439 @ `18de9c858` (APPROVE)

Verified: Net diff is the gate-#63 canvas alignment only; no compiler / hand-Rust / test surface. Ledger row #63 on `origin/main` and this branch’s `docs/r3-program-plan.md` is CANVAS_RATIFIED with PR #2831 / msg_804cdc93 / Q1=Candidate A — matches the review’s read. APPROVE absorbed.

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Re inline BLOCKING @ `r3-substrate-gate-63-workflow-scheduling-canvas.md:17` (“§1.8 still DECLARED”)

Verified on PR HEAD `18de9c858` and `origin/main`: `docs/r3-program-plan.md` §1.8 row #63 Status cell is **CANVAS_RATIFIED** (not DECLARED). Same text on `origin/session/zesty-boar-261` and `origin/main` — no forked ledger.

What reads DECLARED in the canvas is the Provenance sentence immediately below line 17: historical state (“Row #63 was DECLARED (NEW 2026-05-06)”) before ratification — explicitly contrasted with the Single visible surface bullet that names the current §1.8 Status and points canonical truth at the program-plan table. That is intentional “was → now” bookkeeping, not a second live status authority (P2-safe).

Conclusion: Finding is incorrect for current tree; no commit indicated.

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[briansrls]

Re codex BLOCKING (sha `18de9c858`) — “ledger row #63 still DECLARED / canvas promoted independently”

Verified on exact tree `18de9c858f75893fcfb592ed923616a403d7c732`:

`docs/r3-program-plan.md` §1.8 row #63 `substrate_gap_workflow_scheduling_closed` — Status cell opens with **CANVAS_RATIFIED** (PR #2831 / msg_804cdc93 / Q1=Candidate A), not DECLARED. Same row text on `origin/main` at this merge-base — there is no ledger vs canvas fork.

The word DECLARED in `r3-substrate-gate-63-workflow-scheduling-canvas.md` §0 is only in Provenance (“Row #63 was DECLARED …”) — explicit historical state before ratification, contrasted with the Single visible surface bullet that restates the current §1.8 Status. That is not a second live authority; P2 single ledger remains `docs/r3-program-plan.md`.

Conclusion: Root cause as stated does not hold on current `18de9c858`; no program-plan edit required for reconciliation.

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[briansrls]

Re cursor review 11453 (APPROVE)

Verified on PR HEAD `9b818538`: Branch vs `origin/main` is docs-only — `docs/briefs/r3-substrate-gate-63-workflow-scheduling-canvas.md` only (5 / 5 net on that file; 10 touched lines as in artifact). YAML `status` + §0/§1 align canvas to live §1.8 row #63 CANVAS_RATIFIED (PR #2831 / `89df284e3` / msg_804cdc93 / Q1=Candidate A), explicitly not `CONSUMER_LANDED` / not `PASSING` at ratification; closure pointers match program-plan Notes + worker brief — consistent with single-ledger / no-duplicate-closure read (INVARIANTS boundary discipline). No Rust / tests / P5 census surface in diff.

APPROVE absorbed. Dashboard merge gate still 1/2 parsed distinct approvals on this HEAD (cursor only) — no `gh pr merge` from this poll.

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[briansrls]

Re claude review 11466 @ `e52ec6d9` (APPROVE)

Verified on PR HEAD: Docs-only — `r3-substrate-gate-63-workflow-scheduling-canvas.md` YAML `status` is Director-ratified / CANVAS_RATIFIED framing; §0/§1 point at live §1.8 row #63 and grep-by-gate-id (§1) instead of brittle sole reliance on stale snapshots; no hand-Rust / substrate code / P5 census. APPROVE absorbed.

Merge gate: Dashboard 2/2 (`claude`, `cursor`), no REQUEST_CHANGES, mergeStateStatus CLEAN, CI green — proceeding squash-merge.

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