---
name: cto-first-real-governed-workflow-execution-attempt
tier: local
status: blocked
owner: jp
source: .sot/03-PROTOCOLS/CTO-FIRST-REAL-GOVERNED-WORKFLOW-ISSUES.md
created: 2026-06-01
last_reviewed: 2026-06-01
lifecycle_classification: planning
core_promotion_status: not-promoted
description: Child-local evidence record for the first approved CTO-WORK-049 execution attempt.
---

# CTO First Real Governed Workflow Execution Attempt

Local planning SOT only. Not a Core Protocol. Not active Core authority.

## Scope

Work item: `CTO-WORK-049`

Approved target:

```text
/home/svrnty/workspaces/cortex-os/cto-stage5-target-sandbox
```

Approved task:

```text
src/strings.py slugify alignment task
```

Approval text supplied by JP on 2026-06-01:

```text
I approve CTO-WORK-049 against /home/svrnty/workspaces/cortex-os/cto-stage5-target-sandbox for the src/strings.py slugify alignment task.
```

## Attempt

Command class: CTO Harness Case Stage 5 seam.

Runtime default activation: false.

Target mutation: none.

Harness run:

```text
/home/svrnty/.hermes/profiles/cto-planb/harness-runs/20260601T103932Z-r1-string-slugify-137131/report.json
```

Backend evidence:

```text
/home/svrnty/.hermes/profiles/cto-planb/harness-runs/20260601T103932Z-r1-string-slugify-137131/backend/provider-unavailable.txt
```

## Result

Status: blocked.

Reason: the shell resolved `case` as a shell keyword, not an executable Case CLI. The Harness therefore failed closed before Case process start and before target mutation.

Observed Harness facts:

- target repository admission status: `admitted`
- target repository start clean: true
- target repository ending clean: true
- changed files: none
- tests command recorded: `python3 -m pytest -q`
- tests passed: true
- Case process started: false
- backend exit code class: provider unavailable

## Decision

Do not mark `CTO-WORK-049` validated.

Do not patch the target by hand.

Do not use fake or shell-keyword resolution as Case proof.

Next useful step is to provide or build an executable Case CLI path and rerun the same approved Harness seam.

## Non-Authority Notice

This record is child-local planning evidence. It does not promote CTO artifacts into Core, does not activate Case as default backend, and does not authorize any broader target mutation.