03 — Readiness Exact-Set Denominator Review (SUPERTRACK C)

Source: 03-readiness-denominator-spec.md.

Checks

#	Requirement	Spec answer	Verdict
C.1	14-gate denominator exact + sealed	denominator = every row of the single ACTIVE READINESS_GATE manifest (sealed, owner-only)	PASS
C.2	14 gate IDs specified	named: OBJECT_AUTHORITY_IMMUTABLE, READINESS_MANIFEST_EXACT, SIGNOFF_AUTHENTIC, CAPABILITY_BEHAVIORAL, DEPENDENCY_TRUTH, NO_BYPASS_ALL_BLOCKED, CANONICAL_HASH_SHA256, PLANNER_NOT_CLONE, SCALE_SAFE, GATEWAY_PASS, FREEZE_PASS, PERMIT_POLICY_PASS, TIER_POLICY_PASS, WRITER_FAIL_CLOSED	PASS (all 14 named)
C.3	missing gate fails	exact expected=actual in both EXCEPT directions; missing fails	PASS
C.4	extra gate fails	both-EXCEPT comparison; extra fails	PASS
C.5	NULL gate fails	"no NULL/missing/extra/unknown/stale"; bool_and-alone forbidden	PASS
C.6	deleted failing gate cannot green readiness	delete-failing-result, fake/extra, NULL, stale all fail; manifest immutable + owner-only	PASS (design)
C.7	denominator not Directus-changeable	Directus-no-write; reduced manifest requires exact critical quorum	PASS (design) — LIVE-gated until cutover
C.8	manifest activation + hash binding	reduced manifest only via Q_CRITICAL_3 + hash/epoch binding	PASS
C.9	freshness requirement	post-activation verifier complete + per-gate freshness	PASS (global); per-gate freshness values "in the full spec" (not shown)

Strength

The denominator design is exact-set, sealed, owner-only, both-EXCEPT, NULL-strict, bool_and-alone-forbidden, and quorum-gated to change. This is a complete and correct answer to the FIX6 "mutable/self-defined denominator" and "bool_and NULL-ignore" findings. The denominator is bounded by gate count (14), not object count — scale-safe (see doc 15).

Residual (cross-ref doc 02)

Each gate's adapter name + rule set + freshness is deferred to "the full spec" and not in the KB. The denominator structure is complete; the per-gate enforcement logic is named-not-shown. This does not make the denominator mutable, but it means T1 cannot author the 14 adapters without the rule sets (guess risk).

Verdict: READINESS_SPEC_COMPLETE (denominator) — with a flagged dependency

No mutable-denominator bypass in the design. Denominator semantics are COMPLETE and scale-safe. But publish the 14 gate adapter rule sets + per-gate freshness (cross-ref B) before T1 implements; otherwise the per-gate logic is guessed.