11 — Test-Mode Final Status & Next Steps

11.1 Final test substrate state

The Phase-1 foundation substrate is live in test-mode on the production DB (directus), entirely inert/fail-closed:

SB-0  authorization spine : governance_build_authorization + v_build_auth_valid
                            + quorum_passed + valid_sovereign_esign + fn_build_commit_allowed   (0 grants ⇒ fail-closed)
SB-1  action vocabulary   : 8 governance apr_action_types (handler_ref=unimplemented)  + F-83-1 trigger fix (permanent)
SB-12 ruleset registry    : governance_ruleset                                          (empty)
SB-13 worker cursors      : gov_worker_cursor (text-generalized watermark)              (empty; no worker)
SB-10 candidate keystone  : governance_candidate_state (no checked-forever; group-grain) (empty; no scanner)
SB-11 event domain        : 5 governance event types in event_type_registry             (all active=false; 0 emit)
SB-2  ownership substrate  : governance_responsibility_scope (6 scopes) + governance_object_ownership
                            + v_object_effective_owner                                   (0 owner rows)

Nothing is activated. No worker, scanner, emit, handler, or approval path is live. The authorization verifier returns 0 (no grant exists), so the substrate cannot self-authorize any production action.

11.2 The long-term gate is NOT solved

The L2 council + L4 sovereign ratification of the authorization model remains un-enacted (os_proposal_approvals=0). This mission deferred that gate for test progress and makes no claim it is solved. The committed substrate is test-mode scaffolding; a production cut-over still requires the human ratification path.

11.3 Remaining blockers / follow-ups

1. B-RATIFY (the one gate): human L2+L4 ratification — President e-sign — to legitimize the authorization model and any production activation. Agent cannot satisfy.
2. SB-10 auxiliaries: build candidate_scan_run + governance_candidate_object once their exact literal DDL is extracted (impl-index doc 40 + the combined rehearsal doc 62).
3. SB-2 enhancements: replace v_object_effective_owner with the recursive owner-link-inheritance form + add v_object_owner_gap (impl-index doc 17 §4-5 / later SB-2 owner-line rehearsal).
4. Phase-B handlers: author the unimplemented handlers for the 8 action-types — each under its own authorization (NOT in test-mode).
5. C-1 / C-7 council rulings: SB-2 ownership policy (C-1), SB-10 input-trust/backfill-ruleset/legacy-deadline (C-7) — design-complete, decisions pending.

11.4 Next macro (suggested)

P1 extract exact DDL for SB-10 auxiliaries + SB-2 recursive views → build (test-mode) ∥ P2 author the auth-model ratification intake for the human (B-RATIFY) ∥ P3 GPT review of this build package. No worker/scanner/emit/activation until B-RATIFY.