Macro-6 Owner Go/No-Go Memo — R2-B2 Disposable Staging Workbench (2026-06-19)
Macro-6 Owner Go/No-Go Memo — R2-B2 Disposable Staging Workbench (2026-06-19)
Date: 2026-06-19 · Workstream: R2-B2-MACRO-6 (single consolidated decision memo, in place of a 130-file expansion) · Editorial revision: rev1
Class: Owner Go/No-Go decision memo · READ-ONLY · NON-ENACTING · NON-AUTHORIZING · NON-EXECUTING · NO write to runtime/source/staging · NO blocker resolved.
Why this file exists instead of 130 files. Macro-6 was specified as a 130-file "execution authorization request package." On review, the authorization request is already complete and twice Codex-reviewed (Macro-4 90 files
PASS_WITH_CAVEATS; Macro-5 110 filesPASS_WITH_CAVEATS). Another packaging macro would add documents without changing the one thing that is actually missing — an Owner decision. This single memo consolidates that request and puts the decision cleanly to the Owner. It is LEGO-compatible: one file, independently reviewable, replaceable, and discardable.
Metadata convention. Editorial revision (rev1) only. AgentData storage revision /
content_lengthare authoritative at read time and are not pinned in the body.
0. Status and non-authorization
STATUS: PASS (engineering / decision-readiness). The consolidated REQUEST is complete and ready to put to the Owner. Engineering PASS ≠ authority PASS. This memo requests a decision; it does not grant or execute one. Default: HOLD until the Owner acts.
VERDICT (one line): The staging-build REQUEST is complete and Codex-accepted — GO to the Owner decision now. The Owner should cast either an explicit GRANT (conditioned on resolving the three coupled prerequisites) or an explicit, logged HOLD-with-revisit. Either is acceptable; what is not acceptable is continuing the implicit HOLD-by-inaction that spawns further packaging macros while the backlog grows.
1. Purpose
Answer four questions for the Owner in one place:
- Is there enough material to decide whether to build a disposable staging workbench? (Yes.)
- What exactly is being requested, granted, and executed — and which of those is happening here? (REQUEST only.)
- What must the Owner resolve for a GRANT to be real? (Owner approval + channel + S2 owner + Điều 0-G.)
- Should we proceed to request authority for the disposable staging build, or HOLD? (Recommendation below.)
2. Sources / evidence read (this session, main process, no reader-agents)
| Source | Type | Used for |
|---|---|---|
codex-review-macro5-…-2026-06-19.md |
KB (full) | Official Codex verdict on the 110-file Macro-5 package |
macro5-…-execution-report-2026-06-19.md |
KB (full) | Macro-5 outcome, preflight NO-GO causes, Macro-6 branch map |
macro5-staging-build-authorization-ballot-2026-06-19.md |
KB (full) | The decision options already prepared (M5-Q1…Q4) |
| Macro-4 exec report + Codex review + staging-build authorization gate (D57) | KB (search-confirmed) | Workbench/IO/TD-entry-gate baseline; SB-1…SB-6 NO-GO |
query_pg ×4 (READ ONLY) + list_docker |
Live runtime | Fresh backlog / ownership / channel / staging-object / service snapshot |
3. Accepted baseline (carried, not re-litigated)
- B2 = inspect producer only. B2 must not certify, canonicalize, mint identity, write KG provenance, run backlog, flip gates, or promote. (Held.)
- A disposable staging workbench is less than actual B2 TD, but still needs its own Owner gate; that gate (Macro-4 D57 SB-1…SB-6) is NO-GO.
- LEGO discipline: the workbench must be one isolated unit, communicate only through the standard IO envelope, leave production untouched, and be delete-fast removable. No mega-registry / mega-graph / mega-birth pipeline.
- v0.1-stable / FIX7 V3 is the frozen regression fixture; v0.2-hardening is not authority.
4. Evidence / analysis
4.1 Fresh read-only runtime snapshot (2026-06-19, this session)
| Metric | 2026-06-17 | Macro-5 (earlier today) | Now (fresh) | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
birth_registry uncertified |
1,211,557 | 1,211,893 | 1,212,007 | ↑ growing (+450 in 2 days) |
birth_registry certified |
1,402 | 1,402 | 1,402 | frozen (one-shot 2026-03-21) |
uncertified rows with any inspect_* |
0 | 0 | 0 | B2 producer absent |
governance_object_ownership |
0 | 0 | 0 | no S2 owner (GATE-5) |
pg_cron extension |
absent | absent | absent | no channel (GATE-4) |
| staging object (macro5/macro6/b2draft/workbench table) | — | none | 0 rows | EXECUTE not started |
| docker services | healthy | 11 healthy | 11 healthy | production untouched |
Certified fraction ≈ 0.1156%. The gap the workbench is meant to close is widening, not closing. This is urgency evidence, not bypass authority.
4.2 The REQUEST is already complete (Macro-4 + Macro-5)
Everything an Owner needs to evaluate a disposable staging build already exists and has been adversarially reviewed:
| Required artifact | Where | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Staging workbench concept + draft lifecycle + isolation | Macro-4 | designed, Codex-accepted |
| Standard IO envelope / contract (no hidden coupling) | Macro-4 | designed, Codex-accepted |
| B2 candidate input/output/error/evidence/delete/owner/firewall contracts | Macro-4 + Macro-5 (refinements) | designed, Codex-accepted |
| Non-executable staging TD candidate (roles + field families, no DDL/SQL) | Macro-5 | designed, Codex-accepted |
| Staging object model (run/input/output/error/evidence/delete/provenance/owner/promotion-blocker/production-firewall) | Macro-5 | conceptual roles only |
| Build preflight PF-1…PF-9 + final go/no-go | Macro-5 | obligations defined; aggregate NO-GO |
| Postflight PT-1…PT-7 proof plan | Macro-5 | obligations defined |
| Delete-fast verification (before/unit/after/no-leftovers/no-touch) | Macro-5 | obligations defined |
| No-production-touch verification + production firewall | Macro-4 + Macro-5 | obligations defined |
| Bad-input later-test gate (eligibility, no-digest-pass, fail-open stop) | Macro-5 | gate defined; no test eligible/run |
| Macro-6/7 branch map + Owner ballots (M4-B1…B4, M5-Q1…Q4) | Macro-4 + Macro-5 | prepared, not cast |
| Independent control review | Codex Macro-4 + Codex Macro-5 | both PASS_WITH_CAVEATS |
Conclusion: no further authorization-packaging macro is required to enable the Owner's decision.
4.3 Codex position (official)
Codex accepted Macro-5 (and Macro-4) as read-only, non-executing authorization packages and was explicit: "engineering/design PASS is not authority PASS. Default remains HOLD until Owner action." Codex's recommended next action: "Owner may choose between HOLD/default or a separate explicit Owner build-authorization path; until then, Macro-6 remains design-only/HOLD." This memo executes exactly that recommendation — it routes the decision to the Owner rather than producing more design.
4.4 REQUEST / GRANT / EXECUTE — the core separation
| Stage | Definition | Who can do it | Status now | This memo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REQUEST | Assemble + present the complete, reviewable ask to build a disposable staging workbench | Claude / GPT (delegate) | COMPLETE (Macro-4 + Macro-5, Codex ×2) | = this memo (consolidated request) |
| GRANT | Owner authorizes the build and resolves/delegates the coupled prerequisites | Owner only | NOT GIVEN (default HOLD) | forbidden here; not done |
| EXECUTE | Write-enabled, staging-only build of the workbench, then delete-fast teardown | future write-enabled run ("Macro-7") | NOT STARTED (fresh check: 0 staging objects) | forbidden here; not done |
4.5 What a real GRANT requires — the four coupled NO-GO prerequisites
A GRANT is not a single yes. Build preflight is NO-GO because four items are NO-GO, and three of them are themselves Owner/governance acts the delegate is forbidden to perform:
| # | Prerequisite | Gate | Fresh evidence | Who must resolve |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Owner build approval | PF-5 / owner-approval | ballots prepared, not cast | Owner |
| P2 | Inspection channel | PF-6 / GATE-4 (non-waivable) | pg_cron absent; host-cron 54/0-birth; agent-api 2/0-birth-bound | Owner (select — not selected here) |
| P3 | S2 producer owner | PF-7 / GATE-5 (non-waivable) | governance_object_ownership = 0 |
Owner (assign — not assigned here) |
| P4 | Điều 0-G source authority | PF-8 / GATE-3 | source anchor broken (law-00g-birth.md) |
Owner (recover or accept-with-caveat — not adopted here) |
For a GRANT to translate into a real EXECUTE, the Owner must, in the same decision, either (a) resolve P2/P3/P4, or (b) explicitly scope them as the first gated steps inside the staging build (still Owner-approved, still staging-only). This memo selects no channel, assigns no owner, and adopts no source.
4.6 The cost of the status quo
Across Macros 2→5 the file count grew 45→60→90→110 and every run closed identically: Default HOLD / all blockers OPEN / engineering PASS ≠ authority. Meanwhile uncertified births rose monotonically and certification stayed frozen. The implicit HOLD (keep packaging, never decide) is the only option that guarantees the backlog keeps growing with zero forward motion. That is why this memo forces the REQUEST/GRANT fork now.
5. The decision (Owner Go/No-Go) and recommendation
The single decision: Do we proceed to request the Owner's authority for a disposable, write-enabled, staging-only build of the B2 inspect-producer workbench — or hold?
| Option | What it means | Consequence |
|---|---|---|
| GRANT (Go) | Owner authorizes the staging build and resolves/scopes P2 (channel) + P3 (S2 owner) + P4 (Điều 0-G); next step = a write-enabled run ("Macro-7") that builds one disposable workbench, proves no-production-touch + delete-fast, then tears down | Only path that can begin reducing the 1.21M backlog; staging-only, production firewalled, fully reversible by design |
| HOLD (No-Go) — explicit | Owner records an explicit, dated HOLD and stops the macro chain until revisit | Legitimate; backlog stands and grows; but at least no further packaging-macro waste |
| HOLD-by-inaction | (the status quo) keep producing macros, decide nothing | Not recommended — pure accumulation; backlog grows; reviewed here only to reject it |
Engineering recommendation (not authority): GO to the Owner decision now, and within it the Owner should prefer GRANT conditioned on resolving P2/P3/P4, because it is the only option that addresses the actual, worsening problem. If the Owner is not ready to resolve P2/P3/P4, the correct move is an explicit, logged HOLD-with-revisit-date — not another macro. This is an engineering recommendation only; the Owner alone grants authority.
6. Owner-gated future work (all forbidden now)
- Macro-7 (proposal only): a write-enabled run that builds one disposable staging workbench, communicating via the standard IO envelope, proving production-untouched + delete-fast, then deleting itself. Launches only on explicit Owner GRANT; otherwise HOLD.
- Future writes that remain Owner-gated and forbidden in this memo: channel selection, S2 owner assignment, Điều 0-G adoption/recovery, any DDL/DML, any staging object creation, any actual B2 TD, any bad-input test run.
7. What remains unresolved
- Gates OPEN: GATE-3 (source/Điều 0-G), GATE-4 (channel, non-waivable), GATE-5 (owner, non-waivable); aggregate B2 TD = NO-GO; staging build = NO-GO.
- Blockers OPEN (none resolved): CONS-002/003, CELL-003/004/007, HOLD-1, HOLD-2, RISK-BYPASS, GOV-016/017, GOV-REUSE-001, Điều 39 (2,199 edges / 0-provenance), Điều 35 (prod FAIL).
app.birth_gate_modelive value remains unavailable via the safe read-only surface (cannot claim "no transient bypass" with certainty).
8. Ready for GPT / Codex review
Yes. This memo is the consolidated REQUEST. GPT reviews it; Codex may adversarially confirm (1) the request is complete, (2) REQUEST/GRANT/EXECUTE are not conflated, (3) no authority was granted, no channel selected, no owner assigned, no Điều 0-G adopted, no staging object created, no executable artifact emitted. Then the Owner decides GRANT vs explicit HOLD. No automatic build. No automatic TD. No write-enabled remediation. Default HOLD.
Non-authorization locks (this memo)
- No DB write / DDL / DML — held (read-only queries only; 0 mutating calls).
- No executable SQL / migration / rollback script / runnable command sequence emitted — held.
- No schema / table / corpus / staging object created — held (fresh check: 0 staging objects).
- No restart / reload / runner / job / cron / worker / DOT / KG / birth / certify / promote / repair execution — held.
- No
inspect_*/certifiedwrites; noapp.birth_gate_mode/dot_configflip — held. - No channel selected as runtime authority — held.
- No S2 owner assigned / no
governance_object_ownershiprow written — held. - No Điều 0-G source adopted / recovered / patched — held.
- No source / law / draft / prior-report patched — held.
- No bad-input test run — held.
- No actual B2 technical design opened — held.
- No implementation — held.
- No 130-file Macro-6 expansion produced; no Macro-7 launched — held.
- No Owner authority granted by Claude — held.
- No blocker falsely resolved (all OPEN) — held.
- B2 only primary block; B5/B7 dependency-only; R1/KG cross-check-only — held.
- v0.1-stable / FIX7 V3 baseline not overwritten; v0.2-hardening not promoted / not used as authority — held.
Engineering PASS is not authority PASS. This memo requests a decision; it does not make one. Default: HOLD.