104 — Phase 1 Build Entry: Preflight & Backup

Mission §4 STEP 0 (build entry). Tier: controlled Phase 1 foundation build — entry/preflight only. Mutation footprint: ZERO. No COMMIT, no DDL, no DML. Live PG accessed read-only via independent query_pg. Outcome: BLOCKED at Hard Gate 0. The master gate M-1 (os_proposal_approvals > 0 with a sovereign row scoping to the step) is not met (live os_proposal_approvals = 0). Per doc 89, doc 96 §96.5(1), and doc 100, every step resolves to STOP. No step 1–6 was entered.

104.1 Channel & target confirmation (Hard Gate 0 items 1–3)

• Host/DB target: contabo VPS, Docker container postgres, database directus (PG16.x). Confirmed reachable.
• Verification channel: independent read-only query_pg (AST-validated, READ ONLY txn, statement_timeout 5s, LIMIT 500). Author-mode write channel (ssh contabo → docker exec -i postgres psql -U workflow_admin -d directus) NOT opened — no mutation was permitted to begin.
• Delegated build authorization doc exists: gpt-review-phase1-safety-pack-pass-and-delegated-build-authorization-2026-06-01.md (read in full). Finding: it is a GPT delegated ruling, which per docs 68/80/89 cannot satisfy M-1. See §104.4.

104.2 Live preflight (doc 96 §96.2, read-only, 2026-06-01)

Check	Live	Baseline (doc 96 §96.1)	MUST	Verdict
os_proposal_approvals (M-1)	0	0	> 0 for this step	❌ FAIL
governance_ruleset (SB-12)	ABSENT	ABSENT	absent pre-build	✅
gov_worker_cursor (SB-13)	ABSENT	ABSENT	absent pre-build	✅
governance_candidate_state (SB-10)	ABSENT	ABSENT	absent pre-build	✅
candidate_scan_run (SB-10)	ABSENT	ABSENT	absent pre-build	✅
governance_object_ownership (SB-2)	ABSENT	ABSENT	absent pre-build	✅
governance_responsibility_scope (SB-2)	ABSENT	ABSENT	absent pre-build	✅
apr_action_types	6	6	6 until SB-1	✅
gov-4 action codes present	0	0	0 until SB-1	✅
birth_registry[apr_action_types]	0	0	0 (F-83-1 root)	✅
apr_action_types birth trigger	no-arg fn_birth_registry_auto()	no-arg	no-arg until fix	✅ (F-83-1 unapplied, expected)
approval_requests	211	211	unchanged	✅
apr_approvals	42	42	unchanged	✅
governance_registry	9	9	unchanged	✅
governance_relations	8	8	NOT widened	✅
normative_registry	47	47	no law change	✅
law_catalog	5	5	no law change	✅
event_type_registry[governance]	0	0	0 until SB-11	✅
event_outbox[governance]	0	0	0 (no emit)	✅
dot_domains	46	46	unchanged	✅
dot_tools	309	309	unchanged	✅
dot_coverage_required	11	11	unchanged	✅
idle_in_transaction (directus)	0	0	0	✅

Interpretation: the substrate is pristine greenfield, exactly matching the captured baseline. Everything Phase 1 would build is ABSENT; nothing is out of place; the master gate is shut.

104.3 Backup / rollback staging (doc 96 §96.4)

Not required and not performed — no COMMIT was reached. No reuse-table (evolution_snapshots, queue_heartbeat, event_type_registry, apr_action_types) was touched. The staged rollback runbook (doc 97) and SQL-pack spec (doc 99) remain the authoritative recovery references should a future, authorized build proceed. Greenfield tables would rollback by DROP; reuse tables would require the per-step pg_dump named in doc 96 §96.4 — to be taken only at the start of an authorized build.

104.4 Hard Gate 0 verdict — the authorization conflict

The mission asserts authorization via the GPT delegated build-authorization doc. That doc self-describes as "the delegated build authorization." However, the controlling governance model is explicit and consistent that a GPT delegated ruling is REHEARSAL-class and cannot move M-1:

• Doc 89: "os_proposal_approvals = 0 ⇒ COMMIT_FORBIDDEN. If M-1 is not met when you read this, STOP — nothing below is executable."
• Doc 96 §96.2: master gate "A>0 (for this step) … the build agent must additionally confirm the row scopes to THIS step and was sovereign-created."
• Doc 80 / Doc 68: "The build needs new input beyond the delegated ruling (a sovereign M-1 write + C-1/C-2 build intake)." "No gate may be satisfied by self-approval."

The three authorities are non-interchangeable: (1) GPT delegated ruling = rehearsal-class; (2) council C-1/C-2 = recorded build-intake decisions; (3) sovereign M-1 = the ONLY os_proposal_approvals writer = the ONLY COMMIT key, per step. Live state: (1) present but insufficient; (2) absent; (3) absent (os_proposal_approvals=0).

Therefore Hard Gate 0 FAILS. No step may COMMIT. The build agent did not, and will not, fabricate an os_proposal_approvals row to unblock itself (that is the self-approval the architecture forbids).

STEP 0 verdict: BLOCKED. Preflight clean, master gate shut, zero mutation. Steps 1–6 NOT entered (docs 105–109). Path forward: doc 112.