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audit(l10-l11): lookback review of the lived spine #567–#573
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# L10/L11 Lived-Spine Lookback Review (#567-#573)
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Date: 2026-06-05
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Branch: `audit/l10-l11-lookback`
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Base reviewed: `origin/main` at `ea503f6d5177`
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Scope: PRs #567-#573, the L10/L11 lived-spine stack.
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## Executive Finding
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The stack landed the intended Shape B+ resume spine: bit-exact field/vault/session
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serialization, schema-v2 state loading, reboot-transparent L10 traces, EngineIdentity
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lineage stamping, and proposal-only idle learning. The strongest wrong=0 hazards
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requested in the brief are solid: `idle_tick()` does not ratify or bypass HITL,
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vault restore does not reproject, and persistence restore adds no hidden field
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repair at a forbidden site.
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One live crash-consistency hazard remains: the new multi-file checkpoint treats
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`manifest.json` as the final commit marker but loads `session_state.json`
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unconditionally. A power loss after `session_state.json` is atomically replaced
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and before `manifest.json` is replaced can pair an old manifest with newer lived
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state on reboot. Fix before the next phase.
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## Hazards
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### H1 - Multi-file checkpoint can restore mixed-generation state
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Category: hazard
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Evidence:
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- `ChatRuntime.checkpoint_engine_state()` writes recognizers, candidates, then
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`session_state.json`, then `manifest.json` as the stated commit marker
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(`chat/runtime.py:779-803`).
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- `EngineStateStore.save_session_state()` explicitly says session state is saved
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before the manifest so the manifest is the last durable act
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(`engine_state/__init__.py:225-236`).
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- On load, `_load_engine_state()` reads the manifest turn count, then restores
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`session_state.json` whenever `persist_session_state=True` and the file exists;
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there is no generation, digest, or turn-count check tying the loaded session
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snapshot to the manifest (`chat/runtime.py:719-755`,
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`engine_state/__init__.py:238-251`).
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- The P4 tests cover an orphan temp file and `os.replace` failure for
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`manifest.json`, but they only assert recovered `turn_count` from the manifest;
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they do not simulate a newer committed `session_state.json` with an older
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manifest (`tests/test_l10_continuity.py:204-238`).
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Impact:
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A kill between `save_session_state()` and `save_manifest()` can next-boot into a
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hybrid checkpoint: old manifest/turn count plus newer field/vault/referent state.
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That violates the L10 P4 claim that recovery lands on a valid prior checkpoint.
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It is not a versor-condition failure, but it is a lived-spine continuity and
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deterministic replay hazard.
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Fix before next phase:
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Make the checkpoint generation atomic at the composed-state level. Minimal repair:
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stamp `session_state.json` with the same committed `turn_count`/generation and
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load it only when it matches the manifest. Stronger repair: write a generation
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directory or content-addressed bundle and have the manifest point to hashes for
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recognizers, candidates, and session state. Add a P4 regression test that creates
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old manifest plus newer session state and proves restore refuses/falls back to
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the valid prior generation.
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## Drift
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### D1 - P5a recall precision did not land
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Category: drift
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The L10 continuity spike design specified P5 as the T-experience gate, including
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P5a recall precision@k stability. The landed contract explicitly records P5a as
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`not_covered` (`evals/l10_continuity/contract.md:33-38`), while P5b/P5c landed
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as anchor/coherence catastrophe checks (`evals/l10_continuity/predicates.py:291-380`).
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This is honest in the contract, but it is still a design-vs-implementation cut.
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Fix before next phase:
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Do not claim T-experience or long-horizon recall stability from #567-#573 alone.
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Add the held-out exact-CGA recall probe set and gate P5a before using the lived
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spine as evidence of continuous experiencing memory.
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### D2 - EngineIdentity scope differs from the L10 scoping recommendation
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Category: drift
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The L10 scoping brief recommended an EngineIdentity hash over
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`schema_version + canonical_bytes` and a lineage chain recording schema migration.
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The shipped EngineIdentity is instead a content hash over ratified identity,
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safety, ethics, register, anchor-lens packs plus code revision
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(`core/engine_identity.py:1-20`, `core/engine_identity.py:85-127`).
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The manifest stamps this identity and its parent (`engine_state/__init__.py:161-189`).
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This shipped model is internally coherent and tested, but it is not the same
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identity primitive described in the scoping record. Lived experience remains in
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Shape B+ `session_state.json`; the identity hash names the ratified substrate.
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Fix before next phase:
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Amend the L10/L11 design record or ADR scope to say EngineIdentity deliberately
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means ratified substrate identity, not checkpoint-content identity. If checkpoint
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content is still desired, add a separate `checkpoint_identity`/digest and link it
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from the manifest rather than overloading EngineIdentity.
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## Gaps
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### G1 - P4 is sampled at the manifest/orphan boundary, not arbitrary interruption
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Category: gap
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The design brief elevated power-loss-at-arbitrary-instruction as a primary driver.
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The landed runner simulates an orphan `.manifest.json.*.tmp` and the tests patch
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`os.replace` for manifest writes (`evals/l10_continuity/runner.py:107-119`,
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`tests/test_l10_continuity.py:204-238`). That is useful, but it does not enumerate
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or sample every write boundary in the multi-file checkpoint.
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Fix before next phase:
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After H1 is fixed, extend P4 to cover crashes after each durable file in the
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checkpoint sequence: recognizers, candidates, session state, and manifest.
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### G2 - Idle learning backpressure remains unresolved
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Category: gap
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The roadmap/scoping notes called out absent-reviewer saturation as a real operator
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condition. The proposal path has a pending cap (`DEFAULT_PENDING_CAP = 256`) and
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emits a queue-full report when saturated (`teaching/proposals.py:48`,
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`teaching/proposals.py:551-586`). `idle_tick()` treats proposal refusals as
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non-created proposals and continues (`chat/runtime.py:858-865`). This is safe for
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wrong=0, but it means learning can stall silently from the runtime result shape:
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`IdleTickResult` has no refused/capacity count (`chat/runtime.py:508-514`).
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Fix before next phase:
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Expose refusal counts/reasons in `IdleTickResult` or idle telemetry so operators
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can distinguish "no determined candidates" from "HITL queue full."
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## Solid
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### S1 - `idle_tick()` does not bypass HITL
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Category: solid
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`idle_tick()` contemplates pending candidates, calls `propose_from_candidate()`,
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and never calls `accept_proposal()` or writes to the corpus (`chat/runtime.py:815-873`).
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`propose_from_candidate()` first builds a proposal through `check_eligibility()`,
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which rejects `polarity="undetermined"` (`teaching/proposals.py:165-181`), then
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records a `created` event and replay evidence; acceptance remains a separate
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operator path (`teaching/proposals.py:623-676`). Tests cover undetermined refusal
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and determined-but-pending behavior (`tests/test_continuous_learning_idle.py:72-99`).
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Answer to the audit question: an undetermined candidate cannot reach `pending`
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through `idle_tick()`. A determined candidate can reach `pending`, but not
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`accepted`; that is the intended HITL boundary.
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### S2 - Vault restore does not reproject
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Category: solid
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`VaultStore.from_dict()` decodes persisted arrays, rebuilds `_exact_index`, leaves
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`_matrix_cache` derived, and never calls `store()` or `reproject()`
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(`vault/store.py:444-469`). The bright-line test asserts byte-identical restored
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versors and exact recall (`tests/test_vaultstore_codec.py:41-84`). The existing
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live `store()` path still auto-reprojects every N stores, but the restore path is
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pure deserialize plus derived-index rebuild.
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Answer to the audit question: engine-state restore does not reproject a vault.
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### S3 - Persistence adds no forbidden field repair
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Category: solid
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The array codec is raw dtype/shape/base64 bytes; `FieldState.from_dict()` rebuilds
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from decoded bytes via the constructor, which copies and validates shape/dtype but
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does not normalize (`field/state.py:117-132`, `field/state.py:173-183`).
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`SessionContext.restore()` composes component restore functions and explicitly
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keeps vocab/persona outside session state (`session/context.py:373-405`).
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No new persistence load path calls `unitize`, `normalize`, `null_project`, or a
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field repair operator.
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Answer to the audit question: no new persistence restore path normalizes or repairs
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field state at a forbidden site.
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### S4 - Schema-v2 compatibility/refusal is implemented
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Category: solid
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`_SCHEMA_VERSION = 2` is present (`engine_state/__init__.py:74`). `load_manifest()`
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tolerates old/equal versions and refuses newer versions with
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`IncompatibleEngineStateError` (`engine_state/__init__.py:191-209`). Tests cover v2
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manifest write and v1 no-session-state fallback
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(`tests/test_engine_state_session_persistence.py:40-54`).
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### S5 - `persist_session_state` is default false and opt-in
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Category: solid
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`RuntimeConfig.persist_session_state` defaults to `False` with comments explaining
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the per-turn O(n) snapshot cost and always-on-runtime scope (`core/config.py:279-285`).
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`ChatRuntime` only loads/saves the lived session snapshot when the flag is true
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(`chat/runtime.py:752-755`, `chat/runtime.py:789-795`). The L10 soak runner forces
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the flag on for the resume lane (`evals/l10_continuity/runner.py:93-104`).
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### S6 - Referent slot/history aliasing is preserved on restore
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Category: solid
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`ReferentRegistry.to_dict()` persists history as source of truth and slots as
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slot-to-history-index so `from_dict()` reuses the same restored `ReferentEntry`
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objects (`session/referents.py:173-204`). The test confirms the active slot object
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is the same object as the corresponding history entry
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(`tests/test_session_context_codec.py:52-63`).
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### S7 - Source-tree invariant scans exclude `.claude/`
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Category: solid
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The whole-tree architectural scans filter `.claude` in both walk/rglob styles
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(`tests/test_architectural_invariants.py:240-243`,
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`tests/test_architectural_invariants.py:648-658`). This satisfies the audit note
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that invariant source-tree scans must exclude agent worktrees.
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## LOC Accounting
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GitHub/merge-commit accounting for #567-#573:
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| PR | Title | Files | Additions | Deletions | Net |
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| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
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| #567 | L10 continuity spike | 8 | 1305 | 0 | +1305 |
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| #568 | Shape B+ Phase A | 4 | 319 | 1 | +318 |
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| #569 | Shape B+ Phase B | 2 | 138 | 0 | +138 |
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| #570 | Shape B+ Phase C | 8 | 413 | 5 | +408 |
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| #571 | Shape B+ Phase D+E | 9 | 215 | 40 | +175 |
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| #572 | L11 identity continuity | 10 | 549 | 5 | +544 |
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| #573 | Continuous learning idle | 2 | 203 | 0 | +203 |
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| Total | | 43 | 3142 | 51 | +3091 |
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This was not a net-removal stack. It added a new eval lane, persistence codecs,
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state wiring, identity lineage, and idle-learning tests/substrate.
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## Validation
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Requested baseline:
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```bash
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core test --suite smoke -q
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```
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The bare `core` command was not initially on PATH in the fresh worktree. After
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running through the local editable project entrypoint:
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```bash
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uv run --with-editable . core test --suite smoke -q
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```
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Result:
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```text
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87 passed in 116.32s (0:01:56)
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```
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No source code was changed during this audit. Only this report was added.
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