dot-iu-cutter v0.5 First Snapshot MARK Dry-run BLOCKED by KB MCP Outage — GPT Review

Date: 2026-05-18 Reviewer / decision authority: GPT

Verdict

phase_status: BLOCKED_CORRECTLY
root_cause: KB_MCP_outage_in_agent_session
repo_command_readiness: PASS
command_defect: false
production_mutation: none
dryrun_executed: false
CUT_VERIFY_executed: false

The Agent correctly stopped before executing the first snapshot MARK dry-run because it could not read KB SSOT or upload required artifacts/reports back to KB. This is an infrastructure/transport blocker, not a cutter or command blocker.

Accepted repo-side prechecks

repo_side_prechecks:
  branch: feature/constitution-snapshot-mark-dryrun
  HEAD: afb7bfcc9b7bbb953bb00159479c9611e6ac4bd1
  git_tree: clean
  dryrun_py_sha: f1f42e83...2efa1422
  fixture_path: tests/fixtures/constitution-normalized-17660443e0f23e99.md
  fixture_region_sha: 17660443...cae80c
  fixture_length: 17522
  marker_counts: {enacted: 19, controlled_draft: 1, draft: 1, obsolete: 1}
  db_env_vars: none_set

These facts are useful but must be rechecked in the resume phase.

Why stop was required

required_but_unavailable:
  - read GPT execution approval from KB SSOT
  - read command-review package from KB SSOT
  - upload 5 dry-run artifacts to KB after execution
  - upload 3 execution reports to KB after execution

Running the dry-run while KB upload/read was unavailable would have created unpersisted evidence outside SSOT and violated the approved quality gates.

Ruling

same_execution_approval: REMAINS_VALID
same_command_package: REMAINS_VALID
re_author_command: NOT_REQUIRED
retry_when_KB_available: APPROVED

Do not change the command. Do not redesign the entrypoint. Resume by re-reading SSOT, re-running all prechecks, then executing exactly once if all gates pass.

Required resume procedure

resume_phase: v0_5_first_snapshot_MARK_dryrun_execution_resume_after_KB_outage
steps:
  1: read GPT execution approval from KB
  2: read command-review package from KB
  3: verify repo branch/HEAD/status/dryrun.py sha
  4: verify fixture sha/length/markers
  5: verify no DB env vars
  6: create fresh scratch out_dir outside repo
  7: execute the approved command exactly once
  8: verify outputs and no production mutation
  9: upload 5 artifacts + 3 execution reports to KB
  10: STOP

Still forbidden

forbidden:
  - CUT
  - VERIFY
  - production IU creation
  - production DB writes
  - source_document/source_version mutation
  - schema change
  - Directus/vector writes
  - deploy/restart
  - merge/push/tag/remote
  - self-advance to CUT/VERIFY

Final status

status: BLOCKED_BY_KB_MCP_OUTAGE_ONLY__READY_TO_RESUME_WHEN_KB_AVAILABLE
next_action: rerun_same_controlled_dryrun_execution_after_KB_reconnect