01 — Dual-Path Live Drift Audit (Phase A)

Method

Every headline read via BOTH paths and compared:

1. query_pg (read-only role, AST-validated, RO txn).
2. ssh contabo → docker exec postgres → psql -U directus.

Dual-path headline (identical on both paths)

SELECT axis_assignment, ownership, PROC-OWN, PROC-OWN votes, REAL_RUN, births → 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1194790 on both paths. PASS.

Engineering collections vs prior checkpoint (2026-06-04)

Collection	Prior	Live 2026-06-05	Verdict
axis_assignment	25	25	MATCH
axis_registry	2	2 (AX-PROCESS CANDIDATE, AX-TOPIC CANDIDATE)	MATCH
governance_object_ownership	0	0	MATCH
approval_requests	230	230	MATCH
pivot_definitions	39	39	MATCH
dot_tools	309	309	MATCH
event_type_registry	52	52	MATCH
process.* events active	0/7	0/7	MATCH
REAL_RUN / DRY_RUN / SIM	0 / 2 / 4	0 / 2 / 4	MATCH

Birth re-baseline

births 1,194,727 → 1,194,790 = +63. Classified background: dominant growth collections are entity_labels (885,204 cum), system_issues (220,994 cum), registry_changelog (71,919 cum), knowledge_documents (6,255 cum). NONE of these are governance-engineering. +63 = EXPECTED_BACKGROUND_DRIFT.

trigger_guard / config

process_dot_runtime.{real_run_enabled=false, execute_enabled=false, dry_run_only=true}; piece_event_runtime.{emit_enabled=false, dry_run_only=true} — all locked safe, unchanged.

Verdict

NO ENGINEERING DRIFT. NO MISMATCH_BLOCKER. Live state trusted; all mutating branches cleared to proceed under authority gates. No mutating branch was halted.