11 — FINAL DECISION

VERDICT

C1_W7_AUTO_HOLD_OWNER_QUORUM_NOT_AVAILABLE

One-line basis

The agent has full capability (live SSH/exec channel, owner scope authorization, clean apply surface) but not authority: the high-risk fn_apr_quorum_check gate requires ≥1 human president + ≥2 ai_council recorded approve votes, none of which the agent can produce without fabrication — which the macro explicitly forbids. The owner's free-text authorization in the prompt is scope/capability, not a recorded governed quorum, and is explicitly barred from being treated as quorum. The run halted at Phase B2, before any Phase A mutation. before == after.

20-point self-check

1. Stayed inside W7 prerequisite only? — YES.
2. Avoided W1→W9? — YES.
3. Avoided C1 dry-run? — YES.
4. Avoided Codex? — YES.
5. Secured sensitive files without printing content? — N/A; no file moved, no content read/printed.
6. Preserved/isolated dirty work safely? — N/A; no working-tree mutation made (held before it).
7. Every mutation by DOT/APR/DOT-approved path? — YES vacuously; zero governed mutations made.
8. Any manual SQL? — NO (read-only SELECT only).
9. Any manual Directus write? — NO.
10. Any manual registry write? — NO.
11. Quorum read back before high-risk execution? — YES; read back, found unobtainable, halted.
12. Handler deploy governed? — N/A; not deployed (gated).
13. handler_ref binding governed? — N/A; not bound; still unimplemented.
14. dot-c1-grant-issue completed lifecycle? — NO; phase not entered.
15. Zero orphan DOTs? — YES; nothing created.
16. DOT-manage ledger read back? — Not mutated; nothing to ledger (0 governed writes).
17. Rollback/retire defined? — YES; nothing to roll back (file 10).
18. After snapshot matched expected deltas? — YES; all deltas 0 (file 09).
19. Ready for Claude re-verification? — YES.
20. Still not Codex/dry-run/production ready? — Correct: NO to all three.

Remaining blockers (single, authority-class)

High-risk quorum for the patch_ops_code deploy vehicle (and for authorize_build_step): 1 human-president approve + 2 ai_council approve, recorded in apr_approvals against a proposed APR, by identities other than the proposer. Only the owner (acting as the human president, in-channel) plus the ai_council seats (gemini/gpt) can supply these. The agent cannot.

What unblocks this (owner action)

1. Agent (or owner) proposes the W7 patch_ops_code APR via dot-apr-propose.
2. Owner records a human-president approve vote through the governed approval channel.
3. Two ai_council seats record approve votes through the governed channel.
4. With quorum recorded and read back, an authorized operator may run Phase C→E.

Until step 2–3 produce real recorded votes, the apply cannot lawfully proceed.

Readiness flags

• Ready for Claude re-verification: YES
• Ready for Codex final confirmation: NO
• Ready for governed dry-run: NO
• Ready for production: NO