Macro-5 Staging TD Candidate Lifecycle Model — R2-B2 (2026-06-19)
Macro-5 Staging TD Candidate Lifecycle Model — R2-B2 (2026-06-19)
Date: 2026-06-19 · Workstream: R2-B2-MACRO-5-STAGING-BUILD-AUTHORIZATION-PACKAGE-2026-06-19 (Deliverable 17 of 110) · Editorial revision: rev1
Class: non-executable staging TD candidate (lifecycle model) · READ-ONLY · NON-ENACTING · NON-AUTHORIZING · NO write performed.
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NON_EXECUTABLE_TD_CANDIDATE. No SQL/DDL/command. Lifecycle described as stages, not scripts.
0. Status and non-authorization
STATUS: PASS — engineering / design-only. The conceptual lifecycle "draft → test → reject → delete" with production untouched. Engineering PASS ≠ authority PASS. Default: HOLD.
1. Purpose
Answer macro question 4 (lifecycle half) — the loop a future workbench runs, as stages.
2. Sources / evidence read
Macro-4 staging workbench lifecycle (D8); draft-adjust-delete-fast operating model (Macro-4 lineage); operating-rules ("/tmp not SSOT"). Main process, no reader-agents.
3. Accepted baseline (carried)
The loop is safe because nothing a draft does writes production and the whole experiment is discardable in one delete-fast.
4. Evidence / analysis — lifecycle stages (conceptual)
| Stage | What happens | Constraint |
|---|---|---|
| Provision | disposable surface stood up (future build) | separate; Owner-gated |
| Seed | bounded disposable sample (shape only) | no live extraction designed |
| Exercise | candidate producer writes candidate inspect_* |
PEN→STAMP→GATE; one column per inspector; fail→staging audit |
| Observe | staging-tagged evidence records counts/ids/failures | records, never decides |
| Reject/Adjust | wrong design discarded; new one drafted | no production cleanup needed |
| Dispose | whole surface deleted in one unit | production byte/count-identical before/after |
5. Candidate / requirement / gate / result
The lifecycle has no automatic promotion stage; a validated candidate is evidence, not a production write. Promotion is a separate Owner gate outside the loop. No stage is executed here.
6. Owner-gated future work
Provisioning/seeding/exercising/disposing are Owner-gated future TD; forbidden now.
7. What remains unresolved
Seed population and disposal mechanism are FUTURE_TECHNICAL_DESIGN_REQUIRED.
8. Ready for GPT/Codex review
Yes — Codex should confirm the lifecycle has no implicit staging→production step.