RS-TKT-1-PATCH1C · 05 — Phase 2 Dry-Run Launch Contract (Final)

NON_EXECUTABLE_DESIGN_DOC
DOT_BOUND_DRYRUN_READINESS_PROOF_ONLY
NOT_IMPLEMENTED
NOT_AUTHORIZED_FOR_RUNTIME

Lane: RS-TKT-1 — Phase 1 TKT Base · PATCH1C Date: 2026-06-22 Gate: REGISTRATION_HOLD · REGISTRATION_CAN_PROCEED = NO · 0 runtime mutations Authority: NON_AUTHORITY · may_gate=false · decision_effect=NONE

After GPT review and one fresh Codex confirmation, the next explicit Owner/GPT command may open the Phase-2 dry-run. No additional design / preflight / clarification remains.

---

1. The launch statement (exact)

After GATE-1 (GPT review) and GATE-2 (Codex confirmation), the next explicit Owner/GPT "open Phase 2 dry-run" command may open the Phase-2 dry-run.
The dry-run MUST use the selected DOT binding: DOT_TKT_DRYRUN_READ_REPORT_INSPECTOR (+ DOT_TKT_DRYRUN_READ_REPORT_INSPECTOR_VERIFY).
The dry-run MUST write EXACTLY ONE KB markdown report (PATCH1C/04).
The dry-run MUST remain READ_REPORT_INSPECTOR_ONLY (read-only; no SUT; no PG/Directus/registry mutation; no NVSZ root; no raw logs).
No further design clarification of name, scope, paths, permissions, artifact, stop states, oracle, coverage, or DOT binding remains.

2. Launch gates (the ONLY things that remain)

GATE-1  GPT review of PATCH1C                                   : GPT_REVIEW_REQUIRED            (expected gate)
GATE-2  one fresh Codex confirmation of PATCH1C                 : CODEX_CONFIRMATION_REQUIRED    (expected gate; target = NO_MORE_PREFLIGHT_REQUIRED_BEFORE_DRYRUN)
GATE-3  explicit Owner/GPT "open Phase 2 dry-run using
        DOT_TKT_DRYRUN_READ_REPORT_INSPECTOR" command           : OWNER_AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED   (expected gate; COMPOUND — see §3)
INVARIANT-1  REGISTRATION_HOLD remains active                   : MUST_STAY_TRUE
INVARIANT-2  REGISTRATION_CAN_PROCEED = NO                      : MUST_STAY_TRUE
THERE IS NO GATE-4. No hidden design/preflight/path/artifact/permission/schema/collection/PG/Directus/readiness clarification remains.

3. GATE-3 is a single compound Owner authority act (not a hidden extra gate)

Because the Owner mandate requires "even dry-run runs through DOT," opening Phase 2 IS, by the Owner's own rule, the act of authorizing the bound DOT.
GATE-3 therefore comprises, as ONE Owner authorization event:
  3a  open Phase 2 (authorization to proceed).
  3b  register / activate DOT_TKT_DRYRUN_READ_REPORT_INSPECTOR (+ _VERIFY) through the governed DOT path (the DOT-REGISTER verb; Owner-gated; handbook §17/§18).
  3c  open the bound DOT's runtime gate for READ_REPORT_INSPECTOR_ONLY mode.
These are AUTHORITY / EXECUTION acts the Owner performs at open time. They are NOT design clarifications and NOT preflight steps Claude can or should do now.
Honesty statement: the bound DOT is NOT registered today (dot_tools = 309; REGISTRATION_HOLD). Its live registration is 3b above — part of GATE-3, an EXPECTED gate, NOT a design gap and NOT a GATE-4.

4. Why no design gap remains (the readiness claim, qualified)

RESOLVED by PATCH1C (design-level, counted in 07):
  - DOT binding (01/02)            : resolved
  - DR-12/13/14 (03)               : resolved + counted
  - single artifact model (04)     : resolved (count=1)
  - handbook admission (06)        : done (doc-only)
  - paths/permissions/stop states  : resolved (02; carried from patch1b/05)
  - oracle/coverage/traceability   : Codex-PASS (patch1b 01/02/03/04), not reopened
REMAINING (all EXPECTED authority gates, by design — NOT design gaps): GATE-1, GATE-2, GATE-3.
⇒ dryrun_owner_decision_gaps_before_open_command = 0  (the only Owner decision left is GATE-3, which is the open command itself).

5. After a successful open (informational; not authorized here)

On GATE-3, the bound DOT (once registered + gate-opened by the Owner) would: read the inert KB corpus under the source prefix, apply the
canonical oracle, and write ONE markdown report under the output prefix. If the read/report surface or DOT gate is unavailable ⇒ HOLD_NO_EXEC_SURFACE /
HOLD_DOT_GATE_CLOSED (never PASS). Nothing in this document executes, registers, or opens anything.