---
name: cto-first-real-governed-workflow-pass-evidence
tier: local
status: validated
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 that CTO-WORK-049 passed through the governed CTO Harness Case seam.
---

# CTO First Real Governed Workflow Pass Evidence

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

## Result

Status: validated.

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
```

Target commit:

```text
7706f99 fix(strings): align src.slugify with root behavior, add whitespace tests
```

Harness pass report:

```text
/home/svrnty/.hermes/profiles/cto-planb/harness-runs/20260601T105222Z-r1-src-string-slugify-180161/report.json
```

Stage 5 proof:

```text
/home/svrnty/.hermes/profiles/cto-planb/harness-runs/20260601T105222Z-r1-src-string-slugify-180161/stage5-owned-repo-proof.json
```

Hermes fix commit:

```text
9806400 Fix Case Stage 5 baseline supervisor
```

## Evidence Facts

- target repository admission status: `admitted`
- target repository start clean: true
- target repository ending clean: true
- Case process started: true
- changed files: `src/strings.py`, `test_strings.py`
- allowed paths passed: true
- forbidden paths passed: true
- forbidden actions attempted: false
- public publication attempted: false
- push, merge, deploy, close, PR open attempted: false
- validation command: `python3 -m pytest -q`
- validation passed: true
- operator outcome: `accepted`
- runtime default activation: false

## Root Cause Fixed

The Stage 5 lifecycle supervisor previously treated any repository with more than one commit as ready to stop Case after a clean commit state. The owned Stage 5 target already had history, so the supervisor killed Case before the approved task diff existed.

Hermes now passes the captured baseline HEAD into the Case engine and stops only after `HEAD != baseline_head` with a clean worktree.

The Stage 5 validator now uses a target repository with existing history so this failure class is covered.

## Decision

`CTO-WORK-049` is validated as the first real governed workflow execution.

Case remains a gated adapter behind CTO Harness.

Runtime default activation remains false.

This evidence does not promote CTO artifacts into Core and does not authorize broader target mutation.