O8B Report 09 — Final O8B report

• macro: v0.6-o8b-reconcile-deploy-live-wiring
• date_utc: 2026-05-21 · host: vmi3080463 (Contabo · Linux x86_64)
• FINAL RESULT: B — BLOCKED_WITH_EXACT_O8B_GAP

1. The exact gap

O8B must reconcile the O8A live-execution wiring into the Mac SSOT repo (/Users/nmhuyen/iu-cutter-build/repo/iu-cutter, main ≈ 6625f76), test/commit there, build a clean artifact, and only then deploy to Contabo. O8B was launched on the Contabo VPS (vmi3080463), which:

• does not contain the Mac SSOT repo (/Users does not exist), and
• has no route to it (no SSH config/keys, no mount, no v0.6 SSOT clone on this host).

Gates G2 (reconcile into SSOT), G3 (local tests in the SSOT tree), and G4 (local commit + clean artifact via git archive of that commit) are therefore structurally impossible from this environment. G5 deploy is defined to promote the G4 artifact; deploying by any other route (copying the staging tree onto the deployed tree) would put Contabo ahead of the SSOT — the O5 risk R-12 anti-pattern that O8A Report 07 §2.1 explicitly forbids, and an "unsafe deploy path" O8B BLOCKED trigger. G6 / G7 depend on G5.

This matches the O8B BLOCKED criterion verbatim: "not running from an env that has the Mac source repo."

2. What O8B completed (safely, read-only)

Gate	Outcome
G0 precheck-live	DONE — env = Contabo; Mac SSOT absent + unreachable; staging / v0.6 / v0.4 present; KB read+upload works (Report 01)
G1 staging change-set survey	DONE — exact 9-file set (7 mod, 2 new), sha256 inventory, matches O8A Report 04/08; no secrets/hardcodes; no production mutation required (Reports 02, 05)
G3 (supplementary)	change set sound on the staging copy — 28/28 live-wiring + 394/394 full suite + py_compile (Report 04)
G2 reconciliation	BLOCKED — Mac SSOT repo unreachable (Report 03)
G4 artifact	NOT EXECUTED — no SSOT commit (Report 05)
G5 deploy	NOT EXECUTED — no verified artifact; direct-copy rejected as unsafe (Report 06)
G6 postdeploy proof	NOT EXECUTED — nothing deployed (Report 07)
G7 rollback / disable	clean — no mutation, nothing to roll back (Report 08)

3. Key finding

The block is purely environmental, not a code or architecture defect. The O8A change set is verified-sound: it matches its KB report exactly, carries no secrets/hardcodes, keeps execution_enabled at False, and passes 394/394 tests. It is ready to land — it simply must be landed from the Mac.

4. Non-mutation attestation

production_mutation:          NONE — the production DB was never connected
execution_enabled:           False — never flipped (staging + v0.6)
deployed_iu-cutter-v0.6:      byte-unchanged (DEPLOY-MANIFEST sha dd787b06…)
v0.4_skeleton:                untouched (git HEAD e93424b)
o8a_staging:                  read-only; untouched
mac_ssot_repo:                not reached — no commit, no push
service / cron / docker:      none installed; none started or restarted
live CUT / VERIFY / enact:    NONE
Mode.LIVE simulator fallback: not introduced (impossible by construction)
secrets logged:               none

5. Exact next action to clear the gap

Re-run O8B (or an O8A_DEPLOY_LIVE_WIRING macro) from the developer Mac, where /Users/nmhuyen/iu-cutter-build/repo/iu-cutter is present:

1. G2 — copy the verified 9 files from the O8A staging tree (Report 05 hash manifest) into the Mac SSOT repo on top of 6625f76; execution_enabled stays False.
2. G3 — python3 -m unittest discover -s tests → expect 394/394.
3. G4 — commit; git archive the new HEAD → iu-cutter-v0.6-<short>.tar.gz
   • sha256 manifest (exclude .git / .env / secrets / caches).
4. G5 — scp to Contabo; timestamped backup of iu-cutter-v0.6; side-by-side promote; kill-switch OFF; no service restart.
5. G6 / G7 — postdeploy proof (kill-switch OFF refuses Mode.LIVE before mutation; LIVE→adapter seam, not simulator; row counts unchanged) + rollback note.

The Contabo-side staging, deployed tree, and v0.4 skeleton are all in the exact state this follow-up expects.

6. STOP

final_outcome:       B — BLOCKED_WITH_EXACT_O8B_GAP
exact_gap:           O8B ran on Contabo; the Mac SSOT repo required by
                     G2 / G3 / G4 is absent and unreachable from this host
production_mutation: NONE
execution_enabled:   False (unchanged)
next_action:         STOP -> route to GPT / User; re-run from the Mac