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title: 16 — Self-Review & Acceptance date: 2026-05-31 verdict: PASS

16 — Self-Review & Acceptance

A. Acceptance criteria (§17)

criterion	status	where
approval artifact scan completed	✅	doc 02 — NO_APPROVAL_FOUND (3 sources)
if no approval → commit deferred + ratification pack final	✅	doc 03 (final session pack), doc 04 (deferred)
six-object commit safe w/ rollback (if approval)	N/A → re-rehearsed GREEN, ready	doc 04 / 15 E7
missing pivot bundle exists	✅	doc 05 (+engine capability, temp-clone + real INSERT)
drilldown mapping exists	✅	doc 06 (overlay 37→24/6/0; gated DDL)
threshold/label + pin rehearsal-backed	✅	docs 07, 08 (display_policy 28/160; registry_pin CHECK)
phantom law pack exists	✅	doc 09 (source_model-aware; live-race proof)
Directus/API readiness exists	✅	doc 10 (field→source; route inventory)
static UI preview deployed OR exact pack	✅ DEPLOYED	doc 11 — HTTP 200
legacy retirement plan exists	✅	doc 12 (real file:line; retire-after-replace)
no-hardcode checks + current violations documented	✅	doc 13 (9 real violations, file:line)
next macro chain exists	✅	doc 14 (M1–M14)
no unsafe mutation occurs	✅	doc 15 E10 (4× ROLLBACK; 0→0; idle 0)

B. Forbidden compliance (§16)

No COMMIT without approval ✅ · no self-approval ✅ · no persistent PG mutation ✅ (4 BEGIN..ROLLBACK, incl. a real pivot INSERT, all rolled back) · no Directus mutation ✅ · no Qdrant write ✅ · no production Nuxt change ✅ · no fake approvals ✅ · no frontend business logic introduced ✅ · no hardcode introduced ✅ (existing ones documented, not added) · no event/job execution ✅ · no notification emit ✅ · no route cutover to production ✅ · no legacy retirement before replacement ✅. Only outward change = explicitly-authorized static preview (no DB).

C. New evidence this session (delta vs gateway pack)

1. Approval = definitively NO (PG spine: 2 approved total, latest 2026-04-22, all registries rows machine-generated).
2. net_gap 132→148, live-fluctuating via CAT-023 birth writes (+1→+16→+17) — strengthens the phantom-unsafe argument.
3. pivot_query engine capability mapped → PIV-500/drift/phantom must be view-backed (no not_like/col-vs-col); sum supported.
4. Real pivot INSERT rehearsed: fires full refresh trigger, <45 s, rolled back clean → bulk insert feasible off-peak (one statement).
5. Real source violations located (file:line) → CI + retirement are now concrete, not hypothetical.
6. Static preview DEPLOYED and verified 200.

D. Honest limitations

• net_gap is live-moving; "balanced" rows are balanced-by-scan, only 21/160 checked vs pivot (hidden-drift check = M3).
• PIV-500 grand-total semantics (what a meaningful total sums across heterogeneous registries) still a design call (M3).
• parent_code/pivot_code wiring overlay-proven but not committed; tree flat until M4.
• Phantom unresolved (RG4); CAT-006's 146 await the law.
• CI scans the source repo on the VPS; if the deploy pipeline builds elsewhere, wire CI there too.

E. Verdict

PASS. Approval scanned (NO) → commit deferred with a final ratification pack; six-object pack re-rehearsed GREEN and hot; missing-pivot/drilldown/threshold/pin/phantom/API all rehearsal- or design-backed; static preview deployed (200); legacy retirement + no-hardcode CI grounded in real file:line evidence; macro chain M1–M14 ready. Zero unsafe mutation. Next: M1 (human RG1+RG2) → M2 (view commit).