10 — Final Decision

VERDICT

C1_W7_PREAPPLY_HOLD_OWNER_QUORUM_NOT_AVAILABLE

Co-blocker (independent, would also HOLD): C1_W7_PREAPPLY_HOLD_DIRTY_SSOT_UNCLASSIFIED (A2).

Production writes: 0 · APR proposed/executed/registered: 0 · handler deployed: no · handler_ref bound: no · grant-issuer registered: no · dry-run: none · before == after.

Why HOLD (Phase A did not fully pass → Phase B not entered)

• A1 PASS — 5-file preflight package canonicalized to KB, readback OK, missing=0, mismatch=0.
• A2 FAIL — VPS tree DIRTY (80 lines incl. mid-edit governance binaries + live infra); not safely classifiable as "safe to patch over" by the agent — owner stash/commit/triage required.
• A3 FAIL (binding) — high-risk quorum for authorize_build_step (1 human president + 2 ai_council) does not exist; zero approvals, zero approval_requests; the agent cannot lawfully manufacture a human-president approval or self-certify as an ai_council quorum. Capability (SSH/SYNC_SECRET/ownership) ≠ authority.
• A4 PASS — before snapshot captured; matches baseline.

Self-check (YES/NO + evidence)

1. Canonicalized preflight evidence into KB? YES (file 01; 5/5 readback).
2. Classified dirty SSOT before patching? YES — classified as unrelated-but-not-agent-safe (file 02); owner triage required.
3. Proved owner/quorum separately from capability? YES (file 03; appr=0, apr_approvals=42 for other actions).
4. Touched only the W7 prerequisite? YES (no W1→W9, no C2–C7).
5. Every mutation by DOT/DOT-approved path? N/A — zero mutations (only RO reads + KB evidence writes).
6. Any operator action run raw SQL manually? NO.
7. Any operator action write Directus/registry manually? NO.
8. Handler deploy governed/approved? NOT EXECUTED (gated).
9. handler_ref binding governed/approved? NOT EXECUTED (gated).
10. dot-c1-grant-issue completed DOT lifecycle? NO — NOT EXECUTED (gated; zero orphan).
11. DOT-manage ledger update/readback pass? N/A — no DOT created/changed.
12. Zero orphan DOTs? YES.
13. Rollback/retire defined for every new DOT and mutation? YES (reference plan, file 09); nothing to roll back.
14. After snapshot proved expected state? YES — before == after (file 09).
15. Avoided W1→W9 and dry-run? YES.
16. Ready for Claude re-verification (not Codex)? YES.

Remaining blockers (operator-only, out-of-band)

1. Marshal the high-risk quorum: 1 human president + 2 ai_council approvals for authorize_build_step.
2. Clean/stash/commit/triage the dirty feat/s177-sprint1-round-a tree (80 lines).
3. Supply SYNC_SECRET at dot-apr-execute invocation (present on VPS; operator supplies explicitly).

Readiness flags

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