KB-1CB8

Supertrack K — Zero-Hardcode / Disguised-Hardcode Final Scan

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11 — Supertrack K: zero-hardcode / disguised-hardcode final scan

Verdict: ZERO_HARDCODE_VERIFIED.

Hardcode pattern scanned Found? Basis
fixed answer outside sealed manifest No all policy in versioned sealed rows; runtime tables hold facts only
policy-shaped CHECK No runtime CHECKs are structural (num_nonnulls=1, time ordering, NOT NULL); no policy CHECK / no DEFAULT-false
boolean policy default No evaluated_pass/evaluated_blocked are NOT NULL, owner-guard-derived, no default
hidden CASE/list policy No enforcement via FK/UNIQUE/exact-set/both-EXCEPT
numeric literal threshold as authority No CP-05 thresholds sealed; structural_literal_class classifies every adapter literal (unclassified → FAIL)
extra authority surface No exactly 27; RP corrections reuse #05/#20/#21/catalog-root/dependency_manifest
fixed partition policy No partition interval/capacity from ACTIVE sealed storage_class_manifest #05 row, never source literals
free-text operand authority No typed operand columns + operand_column_contract; item_payload descriptive-only
unsealed code catalog No sealed root; one-active index; RP-04 families inside it; count via expected_family_count
Directus-editable authority No Directus SELECT-only on listed business objects; no control-plane DML; read-contract sealed (#21)
mutable denominator No dashboard_export.denominator_set_sha256 must equal the sealed denominator (ACTIVE manifest expected_item_count); compute-your-own → FAIL
manual inventory as authority No realized truth from pg_constraint/pg_index/pg_class, compared both-EXCEPT to sealed #20
regex / source-text as authority No literal scan + analyzer edges are fail-closed DETECTORS; the authority is the sealed catalog/edge set (detector-not-authority — same pattern accepted for CP-05/SA15 and FIX5 callgraph)
function/view existence as proof No proof is sealed manifest rows + evidence + hash recompute, not object existence
arbitrary reviewer/approver/provenance string No reviewer/binder = principal_registry + human_identity_registry FKs; no CI string (CP-09)
MD5 / delimiter hash No CP-06 forbids MD5 and delimiter concatenation; SHA-256 over explicit-key JSONB
bool_and NULL-ignore No payloads forbid SQL NULL; readiness uses exact-set/count-match both-EXCEPT, not NULL-tolerant aggregates
routed-later without blocking-now No all six blocking RP fail-closed now; CP-08 retention "becomes blocking before any retention action" is a scale-gated maintenance escalation with values sealed now, not deferred authority
image/URL/path hardcode if operational No evidence_registry.artifact_uri/artifact_sha256 are evidence data, not operational policy

Disguised-hardcode specific note

The one item worth naming: the numeric-literal source scan (structural_literal_class/SA15). It is NOT source-text-as-authority because the decision rule is total classification ("every literal must map to a sealed class; any unclassified → FAIL"), with the catalog as the sole authority. This is a completeness gate, not a policy-from-text. Consistent with the project's established accepted pattern. No disguised hardcode found.

Conclusion

ZERO_HARDCODE_VERIFIED and no disguised-hardcode risk. (The H-binding precision gaps in Supertrack B are a no-guess/byte-implementability completeness issue, NOT a hardcode issue.)

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