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 # ADR-0227: ComputeBudgetPolicy Envelope
 
-**Status:** Proposed
+**Status:** Accepted
 
 **Date:** 2026-06-22
 
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 **Depends on:** ADR-0226 and PR #865
 
+## Ratification note
+
+Accepted for staged implementation.
+
+This ADR authorizes exactly one next implementation PR: a diagnostic-only `ComputeBudgetDecision` read adapter over `SearchGateDecision`.
+
+This authorization does not include `GeometricSearchRun`, search execution, candidate generation, repair, Workbench implementation, serving/runtime behavior, teaching/proposal/report/eval mutation, answer production, or any unreviewed artifact mutation. Those remain separately gated by future PRs.
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 ## 1. Summary