PR #204 (ADR-0137 retrospective binding, rescoped to subsumption-only)
was drafted then closed without merging. The deferral reason is
structural: the DeferredCandidate/BindingProof apparatus is the right
shape for true retrospective binding (first-pass candidate has open
slots awaiting later evidence), but re-examination showed neither S.1
nor S.2 short-circuit fits that definition — both join two fully
grounded candidates. With no kind that has open slots in the v2
ledger, the machinery would degenerate to a join everywhere, which is
speculative infrastructure ahead of a forcing function (CLAUDE.md
warns against this pattern).
Update appended to the post-rescan notes so the deferral lives in the
repo, not just in a closed PR thread. Includes a reopen criterion:
ADR-0137 (or successor) may return when a case appears whose first-pass
candidate has genuinely open slots only later-sentence evidence can
close. Until then the unlock vehicle is S.x.
The S.1/S.2 short-circuits remain as tactical bridges; the canonical
runner staleness is better fixed in the runner than in a binding
layer.
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